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Manukau. Manukau comprises the Borough of Onehunga; that portion of One-Tree Hill Road District of Eden County lying south-east of the road leading westerly from the Great South Road near the Harp of Erin Inn to Mount Smart Road near the Royal Oak Hotel, passing intermediately Sections Nos. 7, 17a, 16, 15, and 14, and intersecting Section No. 13 ; also that portion of Mount Wellington Road District situated south of the road which starts at the Tamaki River, about 16 chains south of Tamaki Bridge, and runs westerly, passing en route the small lots near Panmure, and striking the Great South Road about 10 chains below Penrose Junction Railway-station ; together with Otahuhu, Howick, and Papakura Ridings of Manukau County; the Opaheke Road District of Manukau County; and the outlaying district of Maungatawhiri Riding of Manukau County facing the Firth of Thames. This district includes also Ponui Island, Waiheke Island, Rotoroa, Pakatoa, Paheki, Rakino, Motutapa, Rangitoto, Motuihi, Brown's, and adjacent islands. Papakura Town District is in this district. Franklin. Franklin District comprises Awitu, Waiuku, and Pukekohe Ridings of Manukau County; the Paparata, Pokeno, Mercer, and Maungatawhiri Road Districts of Manukau County; the Onewhero and Whangape Ridings of Raglan County ; that portion of Te Akau Riding of Raglan County lying north of Rangikahu Stream; that portion of the Waingaro Riding of Raglan County lying north of the Te Paid Stream, Te Hue Stream, and Mangakara Stream, together with the whole of Waikato County less that portion situated south-east of the Hamilton-Morrinsville Railway, and less that further portion lying south of Komakorau Parish and between the Waikato River and the road leading northerly from the railway about a mile and a half on the Hamilton side of Ruakura Junction, passing Sections Nos. 238, 192, 191, 190, 189, 188, 187, 185, and 184, and that road continued northerly to Section No. 136; thence along the road fronting Sections Nos. 136 a and 137 to the road forming the western boundary of Section No. 86; thence along the last-mentioned road and its continuation, passing Sections Nos. 85, 84, 80, 79, 77, 74, and 73, to the southern boundary of Komakorau Parish : also that portion of Waitoa Riding of Piako County situated within the following boundaries —viz., commencing where the road which runs through the Manga-o-tupua Native Block intersects the western boundary of Piako County, and proceeding thence northerly along that road to the Hamilton-Te Aroha Railway; thence north-easterly along that railway to Morrinsville ; thence along lines so as to include Morrinsville to the railway-line, and thence easterly along the railway-line to the crossing at the Waitoa River, and thence up that river to the boundary of Waitoa Riding ; thence south-easterly along the boundary of Waitoa Riding to the Thames River near Stanley; thence down to the Thames River to the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 64, Block XII., Aroha Survey District; thence westerly along that road and its continuation to Waihou Township ; thence along the eastern, southern, and western boundaries of Waihou Township to Rangiatea Settlement ; thence along the north-eastern boundary of Rangiatea Settlement to the Waitoa River, and thence northerly along that river to the northern boundary of Piako County; thence westerly along the northern boundary of Piako County and southerly along the western boundary of Piako County to the place of commencement : also that portion of Te Aroha Riding of Piako County situated south of line which extends easterly from the Thames River along the southern boundary of the Thames High School endowment, and thence due east to Tauranga County boundary; and that portion of Newcastle Riding of Waipa County situated in the fork of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers north-west of a line commencing at the north-western corner of Hamilton Riding at the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 146, Pukete Parish, and proceeding along that road continued, passing Sections Nos. 136, 135, 134, 133, 132, and 210 a, to Ohote Stream, and thence along that stream to the Waipa River. Ngaruawahia Town District is in this district. Thames. Thames District comprises Coromandel County; the Parawai, Kauaeranga, and Waiotahi Ridings of Thames County ; and that portion of Hastings Riding of the same county lying west of the Waiwawa River and the Waiwhakaurunga Timber Leasehold ; together with the Borough of Thames, and Great Mercury and Cuvier Islands. Ohinemuri. Ohinemuri District comprises the whole of Thames County less that portion thereof absorbed by the Thames District, hereinbefore described ; the whole of Ohinemuri County less the Waihi Riding thereof, together with the Borough of Te Aroha; and those portions of Te Aroha and Waitoa Ridings of Piako County lying east and west respectively of the Borough of Te Aroha, and north of a line commencing at a point on the boundary between Piako and Tauranga Counties due east of the south-eastern corner of the Thames High School endowment, and proceeding thence due west to the said endowment; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the Thames High School endowment to the Thames River; thence northerly along the Thames River to the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 64, Block XII., Aroha Survey District; thence westerly along that road and its continuation to the Township of Waihou ; thence by lines so as to include the Township of Waihou to Rangiatea Settlement; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of Rangiatea Settlement to the Waitoa River ; and thence northerly along that river to the northern boundary of Piako County. This district includes also Slipper Island. Waikato. Waikato District comprises the whole of Waipa County less the area lying in the fork of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers north-west of a line commencing at the north-western corner of

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