NEW ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES.
A Gazette published recently gives the following description of the revised boundaries of the Ohincmuri and Tauranga electorates as under :
OHINEMURI This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Raglan and Thames Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from the Mangawara Stream, at its confluence with the stream forming the northern boundary of Section 77, Block IY, Newcastle Survey District, to the mouth of the Otahu River ; thence towards the east generally by the ocean to the Ohinemuri Electoral District, as described in “ New Zealand Gazette," No. 76, of the 27th September, 19IJ, at the Katikati entrance of Tauranga Harboui; thence by that electoral dis. trict to the south-eastern corner of Section Part 20 as shown on Land Transfer Plan 4936 a ; thence towards the west by the southern boundary of the said sectiou and southern boundaries of Sections 9 and 10 of Block VII, Wairere Survey District, to the western boundary of Te Aroha Riding, as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917 ; thence iu a northwesterly direction by the western boundary of. the said riding to its junction with the southern boundary of the Borough of Te Aroha (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence by the southern, eastern, northern, and western boundaries of the said borough to the Morrins-ville-Te Aroha railway-line ; thence in a south-westerly direction by that railway-line to its intersection with the Piranui Stream; thenoe in a south-easterly direction by that stream to the southern boundary of the Waihon Ridiug (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence by the southern boundary of the said ridiug to its junction with the eastern boundary of the Waitoa Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence by the eastern, southern, and western boundaries of the said Waitoa Riding to its junction with the soath.eastern corner of Morrinsvillo Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence by the son them boundary of the said riding to its junction with the eastern boundary of the Morrinsville Town District (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the eastern, northern, western and southern boudariea of the said town district to the junction of the eastern boundary of the said Morrinsville Riding ; thence by the eastern and southern boundaries of the said riding to the Raglan Electoral District hereinbefore described ; tbence towards the south and west generally by the said Raglan Electoral District, to the place of commencement.
TAURANGA This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Raglan and Ohinemuri Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from the eastern boundary of Section 63, Block VIII, Hamilton Survey District, to the Katikati entrance of Tauranga Harbour; thence towards the northeast generally by the ocean to the Waihi Estuary ; thence towards the east by the eastern and southern shores of the said estuary to the mouth of the Kaikokopn River, and by that river to the road on the uorthern boundary of Section 9, Block VIII, Maketn Survey District; thenco by that road forming the northern aud eastern boundary of the said Sectiou 9, and westorn boundaries of Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, arid 16 of the said block and survey district to the northern boundary of the Village of Manitutu (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence by the northern, western, and southern boundaries of the said village to and along the road formiug the western bounderies of Sections 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, snd 21, of Block XII of the aforesaid survey vtiii % the production of that road to the southern boundary of Tauranga Couuty (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south generally by the southern boundary of the said county to its junction with the north-east-ern boundary of Matamata County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence by the northeastern boundary of the said county to the south-eastern corner of Matamata Ridiug (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence in a south-westerly direction generally by the southern boundary of the said riding to its junction with the eastern boundary of the Taotaoroa Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thence in a southerly direction by the eastern boundary of that riding to the Waikato River ; thence in a westerly direction by that river to the eastern boundary of the Borough of Cambridge (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) ; thonoe by the eastern, northern, and western boundaries of the said borough to the said Waikato River, and by that river to and along the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections 1 IS, 119, and 123, the southern and eastern boundary of Section 100, and the eastern boundaries of Sections 50, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63 of Block VIII, Hamilton Survey District, to the place of commencement. Including Matakana Island, Mot'ti Island, and adjacent Islands.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXXV, Issue 5608, 25 February 1918, Page 2
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825NEW ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES. Te Aroha News, Volume XXXV, Issue 5608, 25 February 1918, Page 2
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