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Government Notification, Dividing MotueJca Highway District, I County of Waimea, into Five Districts. A . GORDON, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by a Proclamation under the hand of the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, daed the twentyninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and published in the Nelson Provincial Gazftle of the same date, a certain district described in the said Proclamation was constituted a highway district, and called the Motuelia Highway District : And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Proclamation, and to constitute five highway districts in lieu of the said district : Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of tie powers vested in me by " The Nelson Highways Act, 1872," "The Nelson Highways Acfc Amendment Act, 1573," and "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," do hereby revoke the above-mentioned Proclamation, and do hereby censtituto the said district into five highway districts, to be called respectively the Motueka Highway District, the Riwaka Highway District, the Lower Moutere Highway District, the Upper Moutere Highway District, and the Pangatotara Highway District, with the boundaries specified in the Schedule hereto. SCHEDULE. Motueka Highway District. Ali, that area in the Provincial District of Nelson, bounded towards the North by the Riwaka Highway District, before described; towards the East and South-east by the sea and Moutere Mud-flat to the mouth of the River Moutere, aud by the said river to the south-east corner of Section 200, Square 3, Motueka Survey District ; thence by a right live to the south-west corner of said section ; thence by Sections 5, 9, 11, 28, and 6, Square 3 ; thence by a straight line to the noith corner of Section 4, Square 3 ; thence -by Sections 4, 3, 2, 57, oG, and 50, Square 3 ; thence by a right line to the western corner of Section 82 ; and towards the West by a right line ; thence to the south-west corner of Section 47 ; thence by the western bound-ary-lines of Sections 47, 45, 44, 43, 42, and 41 ; thence by Section 51, to its southern corner ; thence in a straight line to the south-west corner of Section 2 of 1, Square 3 ; thence by the western boundary-line of said section to the northern boundary-line of Section 1 of 1, and by that line to the southwest corner of Section 231, Square 3 ; thence by Sections 260. 2 of 32. 4of 31, 253, 252, 251, 250, 249, 248, 247, and 24G, and across river to starting point. Riwaka Highway District, >All that area in the Provincial District of Nelson, bounded towards the North from a point on the dividing range due west of Torrent Basin by a right line to said basin ; towards the East by the sea to the mouth of the Motueka River ; towards the South by lhat river to the east corner of Section 4 of 62, Square 9, Motueka Survey District ; Lhence by Sections 4 of 62, 22, 57, 56, and 62, Square 9 , thence by a line due west to the dividing range between the East and West Coasts ; and towards the West by the summit of said range to the starting point. Lower Moutere Highway District. All that ar?a in the Provincial District of Nelson, bounded towards the North-East by the sea from the mouth of the River Moutere to the south-east corner of Section 45, Square 3, Moutere Survey District ; thence towards the South by tlie public road between Sections 30 md 31 to its junction with the road on the eastern boundary of Section 27 ; thence by a straight line to the southeastern corner of Section 159 ; thence by the public road to the southern corner of Section 158 ; thence by a straight line through Section 35 to the northern corner of Section 94 ; thence by Sections 94, 92, and 90 ; thence by a straight line across Section 82, and by Sections 85, 144, 142, 140, 137, aud 75 ; and thence by a right line to the south-east corner of Section 49, Square 3, Motueka Survey District ; and towards the Northwest, West, North, and again towards the North-west by the Motueka Highway District, before described. Upper Mouteee Highwat District. All tbat area in the provincial District of Nelson, bounded towards the North by the Lower Moutere Highway District, before de scribed ; towards the East and South-east by the sea to the eastern corner of Section 194 ; Lhence by Sections 2G, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 110 to the' southern corner of Section 192 ; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section 69 ; thence by a right line to the western boundary-line of Section 36, by said Section and Sections 39, 38, and 37, to the westernmost corner of last-mentioned section ; towards the South and South-west by a right line to the north- cast corner of Section 188, by said section and by southwestern boundary-lines of Sections 126, and .127, Square 2, Wai-iti Survey District, to the westernmost corner of last-mentioned section; thence by a right lino to the westernmost corner of Section 161, Square 2, ; thence by a right line to the eastern corner of Section 113, Square 2 ; thence towards the West by a right line from the north-west corner of Section 82, Square 3, Moutere Survey District; and by the Motueka Highway District, before described, to the starting point. Pangatotara Highway District. All that area in the Provincial District of Nelson, bounded towards the North from Mount Snowden by a right line bearing east 22° 30' south to the summit of the dividing range, by that range to the Riwaka Highway District, before described, and by that district ; towards the East by the Motueka and Upper Moutere Highway Districts, before described, to the eastern corner of Section No. 113, Square 2, Wai-iti Survey District ; towards the South by Sections 150, 148, 147, 87, 108, and 139, Square 2 ; thence by a right line to south-eastern corner of Section 10, Thorpe Surburban ; thence by Sections 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Thorpe Suburban, to the River Dove; thence by the River Dove to boundary-line between Sections 88 and 89, Square 6, Wai-iti Survey District; thence by said boundary -line to south-eastern corner of Section 89; thence by a right line to south-eastern corner of Section 103, Square 6 ; thence by the boun-dary-line of said section to the River Motueka; Lhence along and crossing the said river to the River Baton ; thence by a due west line to the dividing range between the East and West Coasts ; and towards the South-west and West by aright line to the junction of the Leslie and Karamea Rivers ; and thence by a right line to Mount Snowden, the starting point. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Msjesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Governor und Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Oniony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same ; and issurd under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel- . lington, this twenty-ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightyone. THOMAS DICK. God save the Queen 2144 " "". ' "* '" '™"" ' ii* i*— - — m , „,,..^.~ ^-~f HAVING LOST a number of SHEEP bj Bf.GS and otherwise, any persot found TREBPASbING on my Land will be PROSECUTED. CHABLIS STRATFORD. Walroea Wert, May 7, 1881, l«2-t c

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 154, 30 June 1881, Page 3

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