PROVINCIAL COUNCIL EXTENSION ORDINANCE 1866.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1614, 15 February 1866, Page 2

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL EXTENSION ORDINANCE 1866.

vT^^6li° w ing ia the schedule of the Or<r andpiiich has just been printed, and m»vv" WW** officially accurate. There ar?7 n 5* 44 member* in all toV * &CHEDULB. 1. The Waipara district comprises that n of the province bounded on the north by d province of Nelson ; on the east by the . on the south by the river Waipara fro m ? h ; sea to the source of its southern bran vT thence by a right line to the source of h, river Ashley, thence along that river to t> south-east boundary of pasturage run v" 255, thence by a straight line passing ovu-n 0, summit of Oxford-hill to the river Wai . kariri and by the south bank o£ the Wai" 11 kariri river ; and on the west by a ri;>ht from the top of the saddle QivifJin'r j?' Hurunui from the Teremakau river to th source of the river PouUer foll ,ni n „ ,{!* western bank of that river to its corjflu fcn , with the Waimakariri.-—One member. 2. The Sefton district comprises that tr of the province bounded on the north by T' south bank of the river Waipara ; on th east by the sea, from the mouth of the VY» para to the mouth of the Ashley ■ " on ,1'" south by the south bank of the Ashley f rrr C the sea to its confluence with the Okuku • the west by the east bank of the Okuku the east bank of the Karetu to the bus thence by a right line to the trigonometrical station, on the summit of Mount Grey thenr by a right line passing over the summit of Mount Brown to the Waipara river—tJ members. ' ,w " 3. The Oxford district comprises that d» of the province bounded on the north and west by tke Waipara district; on the eswt St the Sefton district and by a true north south line drawn through trig pole C 13,, the south bank of the Waimakariri ; on tb south by the south bank of the Waimakariri —One member. 4. The Rangiora district comprises thr part of the province bounded on the north bv the Hefton district; on the west by the Oxford district; on the south by the centre of th r Harewood road from a point where it sects the west boundary of the district to » point where it meets a road lying on th-south-west boundary of section No.'ijas tl> middle of that road to the corner of stctk 1,631, the middle of the road lying on 4 boundaries of section 1,631,1,539, and 1so? to the north-west corner of 1,029, the Wt boundary of 1,029 to a point where it m <*t s South Brook, and the middle of South Brook to the west boundary of native reserve; on the east by the boundary of the native reserve. th»middle of a road lying on the south-we'-; boundary of section 1,655,355, 355 a , and 43; the west boundary of 432 to the Harewood road, the middle of that road to the sou:'" corner of 544, and the middle of the ro&i lying on the east boundary of 544 to thf" point where the said road meets the riveAshley.—One member. 5. The town of Kaiapoi comprises the m of the town offKaiapoi as described in ti> schedule to the town of Kaiapoi Tows Ordinance, Sess. VIII., No. 7, and the remainder of rural section No. .320.— On* member. 6. The Mandeville district comprises thai part of the province (the town of Kaiapoi not included as hereinbefore described bounded on the north by the Sefton <3i«rict and the Rangiora district; on the west by the Oxford district; on the south by the south bank of the river Conrtcnay or Waimakariri, and a line drawn from trig, pole C. 19 on the sou'h bnnk of tha; river to trig, pole C. 27 on the sea coast; on the east by the sea coast.—Two members. 7. The City of Christchurch district comprises the site of the city of Ciristehureh together with all the adjacent reserves lying between the said town and the rural section? fronting upon such reserves.—Four members. 8. ThePapanui district comprises that par: of the province bounded on the north by the southern boundary of the Mandeville* district ; on the east by the sea ; on the soutii by the northern bank of the river Avon ami the City of Christchurch district; and on the west by the north bank of the river Avon anl by the north bank of the Wararepa branch of the same river to the Prebhleton and Kaiapoi road, thence by the continuation of the Fendaltown road and the road formicc the western boundary of section No. 1799 t" the Waimakariri.—Two members. 9. The Riccarton district comprises tin: part of the province bounded on the north by the Mandeville and Oxford district; on tkt east by the Papanui district and by the City of Christchurch district; on the south by tinsouth boundary of Section No. 10, tin-south-east boundary of Section No. 145 till it is crossed by a creek running easterly into the Heathcote, the middle of that creek till it meets a line in continuation of the south-east boundary of section No. ISO, the line so continued to the south-east boundary of section 180, the middle of the road lying on the north-west boundary of section No. 156, as far as a point where that road first meets a branch of the River Heathcote, a line drawn thence due west to a point where it crosses the Great South road, and by the Great Soutii road ; on the West by | the Waimakariri and Ross road and by the Weeden and Ross road.—Two members.

10. The Town of Lyttelton district comprises that part of the province bounded the north by the ridge of the hill lying ou tne north side of Lyttelton, on the east by spur of the hill running down to the sea, immediately on the east side of Golian's Bay. on the south by the see, on the west by a true north line drawn through the most western point of the town of Lyttelton a? originally laid out by the Canterbury Association.—Four members. 11. The Heathcote district comprises thst part of the province bounded on the nortii by the Papanui, Riccarton, and city of Christchurch districts, on the east by the sea, on the south by the towu of Lyttelton district, the ridge of the Port Hills as far as the southern boundary of section No. 1901, by that boundary and the Ahuriri Bush road south to the. western boundary of section 1879. and by that boundary to the river Halswell, on the by the west boundary of the old river bed of the Courtenay and the middle of the river Halswell to the western boundary of before mentioned section Mo. 1709. —Thret members. 12. The Lincoln district compri*es tb:<t part of the province bounded on the north by the Kiccarton district, and the middle or tt:c Great South road ; on the east by the Hwt-'-cote district and by the river Halswell; 011 the South by the river Sclwyn and lake Ellesmere to the mouth of the Halswell; *'W on the west by the Weeden and Springs ros i. the Waterholes road by Taucred's, the mere at*T Lincoln road, and the Drain row to the river Sclwyn.—Two members. 13. The Port Victoria district comprise that portion of the province bounded on north by the sea, the southern shore of Ellesmere, and the town of Lyttelton ' Heathcote districts; on the west by tj"' Heathcote and Lincoln districts, by hik l Ellesnure, and the outlet therefrom to t»'' sea; on the south by the sea and the iiorthei'ij shore of lake Forsyth, on the east by f' lo river Okute to the eastern boundary of tin' town of Wairewa, thence by a riylit line to the summit of Barry's pass, thence by » right line to the trigonometrical sta# o" ou Mount Sinclair; and thence by a rig' l line to a point on the sea coast half-way between the east head of port and the west head of Pigeon Bay, including tne islands in port Lyttelton.—Two members. 14. The Town of Akaroa comprises the?' of the town of Akaroa, as set forth in ap r clamation issued by the Superint nilont or province on the Ist May, 1856, and public in the Provincial Government Gazette, aa May 12, 1856.—0ne member.. t 15. The W&inui district comprises tliatp ot the province, uot included in the town Akaroa as hereinbefore describe. bounded on the north by the highest rig the hills, and the ridge of the spur lea' B Pulakoto Head, on the east and south dj sea, on the west by the Port Victoria < —One member. . , t oar t 16. The Bays district comprises at P of the province included b . lt *' ee " n( i the Victoria district, the Wainui district, sea. —One member. th»' 17. The Rakaia district cor " pr, ff nor t!. part of the province bounded on v-

by the summit of the dividing- range* the Waipa™ district, and the Oxford district; on the east by the Selwyn district \ on the south by the north hank of the Rakaia to the source of its middle branch ; and on the west by the summit of the dividing range.— One member. 18. The Selwyn district comprises that part of the province bounded on the north by th south bank of the Waimakariri, on the east by the Riccurton and Lincoln districts and the western shore of Lake Ellesmere, and the outlet therefrom, on the south by the sea shore and the southern bank of the Rakaia from the sea to the South road,, on the west by the South road from the Rakaia to the Selwyn, thence by the Selwyn and Waimakariri road along the western boundary of run No. 39 to the southern bank of the Waimakariri.—' member. 19. The Ashburton district comprises that part of the province bounded on the north by the Rakaia district and by the Selwyn district ; on the east by the sea, on the south by the north bank of the Rangitata to the source of its north-west branch, and a true west line thence to the summit of the dividing range, and on the west by the summit of the dividing ranges. —One member. 20. The Geraldine district comprises that part of the province bounded on the north by the northern bank of the Rangitata from the sea to the western boundary of Hun No. 470 ; on the west by the western boundary of that run to the Orari; thence by a right line to the Western boundary of run No. 529 and by that boundary to the Opihi; on the south by the south bank of the Opihi to the mouth of that river; on the east by the sea. —One member. 21. The town of Timaru comprises that part of the province bounded on the north and east by the sea, on the south by the north boundary of section No. 1702, the north side of a road lying to the north of seetion Nos. 2367, the Cemetery Reserve 1706, and the north boundaries of sections 1706 and 1607, on the west by the east boundary of section 1606, the east and north boundary of section 707, the east boundary of section 1652, till it meets Whale's Creek to the sea.—-One member. 22. The Waitangi district comprises that part of the province bounded on the north by the north bank of the Rangitata to the source of its north-west branch ; on the east by the Geraldine district hereinbefore described, and by the Seadown and the Waimate districts hereinafter described; on the south by the province of Otago, and on the west by the Hakateramea river to its source at the Hakateramea river pass, and the ridge of hills by Mackenzie's pass anu Burke's pass to the summit of the main range near Mount Forbes. —One member. • 23. The Mount Cook district comprises that part of the province bounded on the north and east by the Ashburton and Waitangi districts, on the south by the province of Otago, and on the west by the summit of t&e dividing range.—One member. 24. The Waimate district comprises that part of the province bounded on the north by the Seadown district; on the west by the western boundary of section No. 7105, thence bv that boundary to the western boundary of section No. 3611 and the stream forming the | •western boundaries of sections Nos. 6221 and ( 8132 to the south-western corner of the last- . mentioned section, and by a straight line to the north-western corner of run No. 449, by the western boundary of that run, the western boundary of run 450, and by a straight line from the south-western corner ( of the last-mentioned run to the fence on the Waihao, the same being about two miles east ' of the north-western corner of run No. 503, and by that fence to the Waitangi; on the ' south by the province of Otago, a distance 1 of about eight miles, and on the east by the ( sea.—One member. ' 25. The Seadown District comprises that ' part of the province bounded on the north by 1 the south bank of the Opihi from the sea to ( its confluence with the Tengawai ; thence by the Tengawai to a point opposite the eastern 1 boundary of rural section No. 5209 ; on the 1 west by the eastern boundary of the said sec- 1 tion to the saddle, thence by a small stream £ to the Pareora ; and on the south by the south J bank of the Pareora to the sea ; on the east by the sea and by the town of Timaru before ® described.—One member. ■ 26. The Town of Hokitika District, com- 1 prises the site of the Town of Hokitika, as £ marked on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury.—Two members. | 27. The town of Greymouth district, com- 1 prises the site of the town of Greymouth and s the Native reserves adjacent thereto as marked ® on the map of the chief surveyor of the pro- J vince of Canterbury.—One member. 28. The Westland district comprises that * part of the province bounded on the north by the province of Nelson, on the west by the sea, and on the south by the province of Otago, and on the east by summits of the dividing range, but excepting the towns of s Hokitika ami Greymouth districts as herein- c before defined.—Two members. o