NELSON COUNTIES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 263, 4 December 1876, Page 2

NELSON COUNTIES.

The Waimea and Coilingwood Counties ara divided into the following Ridings by a proclamation which appeared in the Govern-, ment Gazette of Friday last :— Waimea Coonxt. Riwaka.— Bounded towards the North by Oollingwood County; towards the East by the ocean to the mouth of the Moutere Hirer; thenca along the middle of the Moutere River to the south-eastern angle of section 200, Motueka; thence by the southern boundary of the said section, and the western ' boundaries of sections 5, 9, 11, 28, and 6, Moutere, to the south-western angle of section 6; thence a line to the western angle of section 44, Moutere, and along the northwestern boundaries of sections 4, 2, 3,57, and 56 of Square 3, a portion of south-western boundary of section 66, and the eastern boun.danes of sections 48, 49, and 50 of Square 3, to the south-eastern angle of section 50; thence hyaline to south-western angle of section 47, Waiwhero, and along the western boundaries of sections 47 4 45i 44; thence westerly to and along the northern boundaries of sections 64 and 65, to the aoutharn bank of the Motueka river; thence by the Hirer Motueka to the Pakororo river; thence by that river and the western boundaries of sections 27, 55, 90, and 95; thence due west to Collingwood County; and towards the West by Collingwood County. Moutebb.— Bounded towards the North by Riwaka Riding; towards the East by the ocean to the northern end of the division line between sections 194 Moutere, and 26, Waimea West; thence by the south-eastern boundaries of sections 194, and 192, Moutere, to the southern angle of section 192; thence by a straight line to the highest point of the ridge at the south-western angle of section 69, Square 2, and along the western boundaries of sections 36, 39, 38, and 37, Square 2, to the south-western angle of section 37; thence by a straight line to the south-east angle of section 173; thence along the southern boundary of section 173, and a line to the south-west corner of section 126, Rifling Sun Valley; thence by a line to the south-west angle of section 161, Square 2 t f and thence by a straight line to the eastern angle of section 114, Square 2; thence by the southern boundaries of sections 114, 113, 112, 111, the western boundary of section 111, the eastern boundaries of sections 108 and 139 to the northern corner of section 139; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of section 10, Square 6, and by the eastern boundary of section 10, and the western boundaries of sections 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, the southern boundary of sections 85 and 89; thence by a line to the southern corner of section 103; thence by the southern boundary of section 103 to the Mouteka river, and by the middle of that river to the confluence of the Baton; thence due west to Buller County: and towards the West by Buller County and Collingwood County. Stoke.— Bounded towards the North by the high watermark of Tasman Bay, from the northern end of the division line between sactions 194, Moutere, and 26, Waimea West, to the northern angle of section 1, Suburban South; thence along the northern and eastern boundaries of the said section, the eastern boundary of section 4, Suburban South, parts of the north-eastern boundaries of section 12, Suburban South, the north-eastern boundary of sections 11, 6, 7, and 12, in the said district, to the eastern angle of section 12, Suburban South; thence along the southeastern boundary of same section to the northern angle of section 11, Suburban South, and along the north-eastern boundaries of the said section 11, and of section 18, Suburban South, and in the same straight line as the said boundaries to the Pelorus river; thence by Marlborough County to the southern boundary of square 18, thence due west to the river Lee, thence by the middle of the river Lee and of the river Wairoa to the junction of the Wairoa and Wai-iti rivers; thence southward by the middle of the Waiiti river to the road between sections 7 1 and 80, Waimea South; thence in a north-westerly direction by a straight line to the north-west angle of section 208; thence in a straight line to the north-west angle of section I of 3, square 2; thence between sections 17 and I of 3 to the southern corner of section 17, thence by the western boundary of section 17 to its western corner; thence towards the West by a line due north to the Moutere Riding, and by Moutere Riding to the starting point. Including Rabbit and other adjacent Islands. Wangamoa.— Bounded towards the West and North by the ocean; towards the East Sounds County and Marlborough County; and towards the South by Stoke Riding. Motceka.— Bounded towards the North by Moutere Riding antl Stoke Riding; towards the East by Marlborough County to a point due east of the southern angle of the Waimea district, thence due east to the southern angle of the Waimea district; thence by a right line to the south-eastern angle of section 29, square 4} thence round the southern j and western boundaries of that section to its I north-western angle, thence by the aurnmlt of the Wai-iti Hiils to Nicholson's Well; thence by a right line to the north-western angte of section 135, square 2; thence by a right line to the southern corner of section 103, square 6, on the boundary of the Moutera Riding. Wai-iti.— .Bounded towards the North and East by Moutere Riding and M6tueka Riding to the St. Arnaud Range; towards the East by Marlborough County and Amuri County; towards the South by Inangahua County to the Hope river; thence towards the West by the Hope river and the watershed of the Tadmor and Motupiko rivers to the Motueka river; thence by the middle of the Motueka | river to section 103, square G, the boundary of Moutere Riding. Wangapeka.-— Bounded towards the North by Moutere Riding; towards tha East "by Wai-iti Riding; towards the South by Inangahua County; and towards the West by Buller County. i Collingwood Countt. Rangiora.— Boanded towards the North by the ocean and Golden Bay to the mouth of the River Pariwhaka-aho, in section 70; thence towards the East by a line drawn to the summit of Slate River Peak, and along the watershed to the summit of Mount Snowdon; towards the South by Buller County; and towards the West by the oceau. Takaka.— Bounded towards the North by the high watermark of Golden Bay, from the mouth of the River Pariwhaka-aho, in section 79, Square 13, to the boundary of Waimea County, near Adele Island; towards the East by Waimea County; towards the South by Buller County; and towards the West by Rangiora Riding.

Now that summer is upon us with hot weather (says the Auckland Herald) and as our citizens feel the oppressiveness of Queenstreet, parties are beginning to be formed for expeditions to the country. We shall probably soon have a few Alpine Clubs in our midst, and certainly some of our young men might be worse employed than in revivifying their systems by scaling the higher peaks of this island and in making observations in natural history in these solitudes. Our Lake country— one of the wonders of the worldis now an easy holiday tour, not requiring any great strength. We have heard of a party organising with the purpose of ascending tot he snowy top of Ruapehu, and those who do so will have something to talk about during the rest of their lives

An exceedingly violent whirlwind; passed over the Kuri Bush district in Otagb lately, destroying: in itk course, } which over about two mila!^ the -settlers' growing crojs, improvements, and live stock, and' demolishing the bridges and culverts along the roads.- The damageisuajainedby some of . the settlers through thi§ unusualvisitation amounts to about £300. The following sensible recommendations were made at a meeting of the Dunedin Regatta Club, which are worthy the notice of tour Regatta Committee:— "The Rev T. L. Stanley had proposed to the committee (for he was unable to be present at the meeting) that, among the prizes to be offered, some should be given for the most creditably and quickly performed feats of the following nature:— Fixing a buoy at an equal distance from some of the ships in harbor, and offering a prize to the first boat's crew that obtained it; each boat to be lashed as at sea, to be lowered, and to be manned "in the same way as when a person has fallen overboard during a passage, and steps are being taken to recover him. : Peats of this kind are deserving of every encouragement." The Waikito limes speaks in bitter terms of the ravages of the sparrows in that district. It says:— "The destruction of the sparrows has been commended on a wholesale scale in Auckland. As far as the (sparrows are concerned we are glad to hear it, for a greater pest and curse- .to the farmer, and especially to the gardener, was never imported into the colony than that- bird, not even excepting the Scotch thistle, twitch grass, and the education rate. It is time that the Acclimatisation Society came forward, cried peccavi, and made amends for the error it has committed by organising sparrow clubs for the destruction of this feathered vermin very much fear that many an innocent songster will share the rate of these grain and f ruifJ-eating rascals in their indiscriminate extermination by poison." A. curious point, we understand, haa been raised in connection vrith the discharge of a bankrupt from his ' liabilities, owing to one of the items which appears in his schedule of. "debts— namely, the amount of his education rates. Many persons are qf opinion that debts due. to the Crown are not liquidated by insolvency, and as education rates may be fairly classed as/a Crown debt, it appears to be; an unsettled point as to whether the amount must not be paid before absolute relief from the debtor's liabilities can be obtained and his discharge granted. To those who are anxious to look up precedents, a capital opportunity presents itself of giving an opinion on the untried case, and of affording valuable-information, which may prove very useful to those who, either from pressure or necessity are obliged to seek relief from their debts under the several Debtors and Creditors Acts now in force in the colony. — N. Z. Herald. The Auckland correspondent of the Poverty Bay Standard writes to that journal as follows: — "A case, very interesting to ladies, will, unless settled, afford much amusement in Auckland. It has not yet been placed in the lawyer's hands; so the parties have a chance of arranging things quietly, and they ought to avail themselves of it. It is a ' breach of promise,' — a case of May and December, the oft repeated tale — an old fool, with, of course, some means, entrapped by a maiden of sweet twenty-two, but not by any means as ' green as she looked.' I cannot, of course, mention the names of the parties, as they hare not yet been officially announced, but in my opinion, and I am slightly acquainted with the interesting couple, although the fair one exclaims loudly at the perfidy and deceit of the male sex, and at the loss, heartache, anc pains of every imaginable description she has suffered, she ought to rejoice at the old man's ardour cooling, and give, instead of claiming, compensation for being rid of her bargain; for her lover is of that disagreeable age that many years might elapse before she finished nursing and became a widow."

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