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River to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 26385, Block XV, Oxford Survey District; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of the lastmentioned section; thence by the south-eastern boundaryline of the last-mentioned section to the road forming the south-eastern boundary-lines of Reserve No. 2330, Block XV, to the Main Race Road ; thence by the said Main Race Road to Burnt Hill Road; thence by the said Burnt Hill Road to Eyre Road ; thence by the said Eyre Road to the road forming north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 31939, 26373, and 26568, Block XII, Oxford Survey District; thence again towards the west by the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 25809, Blocks VIII and XII, of the said Oxford Survey District and the last-mentioned road produced to the left bank of the Eyre River ; thence by the said Eyre River to the south-eastern boundary of the Town of East Oxford ; thence towards the south-east, south-west, north-west, north-east, and again towards the north-west by the said Town of East Oxford to the Oxford and Rangiora Road ; thence by a right line across the last-mentioned road to the south-western corner of Section No. 1889 aforesaid, and by the south-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to the place of commencement. Avon. This district is bounded towards the west and north-west generally by the Christchureh East Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the junction of Ferry Road and Fitzgerald Avenue to the Bealey Avenue ; thence from the Bealey Avenue by the Christchureh North Electoral District, hereinbefore described; thence by the Kniapoi Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to Pegasus Bay; thence towards the east by the said Pegasus Bay to the estuary of the HJeathoote and Avon Rivers ; thence towards the south-west and southeast by the said estuary to the south-western side of the ('anal Reserve; thence, again towards the south-west by the southwestern side of the Canal Reserve (being the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Woolston), to a point in line with the middle of Aldwin's Road; thence again towards the south-east by a right line to the middle of Aldwin's Road, and by a line along the middle of that road and its production to the middle of Ferry Road ; thence again towards the southwest by a line along the middle of Ferry Road to Grafton Street; thonoe again towards the south-east by a line along the middle of Grafton Street to Charles Street; thence again towards the south-west by a line along the middle of Charles Street to the Christchureh East Electoral District, hereinbefore described, and by that district to the junction of Ferry Road and Fitzgerald Avenue to the place of commencement. Lyttelton. This district is bounded towards the norl h-east, north, and north-west generally by the Chrietchurch South, Christchureh East, and Avon Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from the junction of Smart's Road and Strickland Street to the estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence by the said estuary and by Pegasus Bay to Godley Head ; thence towards the east generally by a right line from the said Godley Head to Baleine Point; thence by the South Pacific Ocean to Big Bay ; thence by a right line from Big Bay to the road intersecting Section No. 27872, Block 111, Pigeon Bay, and the road intersecting Sections Nos. 33229, of the seid Block 111, 24754, 24758, and 24762, Block VI, to the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 24930 ; thence by the northeastern, western, and north-western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned section to the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 33464, Block VI; thence by the north-western and south-western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned section to the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 33233 ; thence by the north-western and western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned section to the road forming the southwestern boundary of Section No. 33233 aforesaid; thence by the last-mentioned road to Summit Road, and thence by Summit Road to its junction with Mount Herbert Peak Road, and thence by the last-mentioned road to a point in line with a right line drawn between Mount Herbert and Herbert Peak ; thence by a right lino to Mount Herbert; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 35602; thence by the south-western boundary-lines of the lastmentioned section to the road forming the south - western boundary of Section No. 6260 of the said Block XI, and the road forming the south - western and south - eastern boundaries of Section No. 4190, Block ■ VII, Halswell Survey District, and the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section No. 1383 of the said Block VII, to the south-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 1387, Blocks VII and XI, Halswell Survey District; thence by the southeastern, south-western, and north-western boundary-lines of the said Section No. 1387 to the south-western corner of Section No. 1378; thenco by the western boundary of the

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last-mentioned section and Sections Nos. 1357, 1338, 1356, 1379, 1410, 28012, 35273, 21710, 34958,22306,20961, 34229, 696, and 35511 to the Riccarton Electoral District, hereinbefore described, and thence towards the west generally by the said Riccarton Electoral District to the Christchureh South Electoral District at the junction of Smart's Road and Strickland Street, the place of commencement. Ellesmebe. This district is bounded towards the north-west from a point on the left bank of the Rakaia River at its junction with the Great South Road ; thence by the Great South Road to the Dunedin and Christchureh Railway-line ; thence by the said railway-line to the Riccarton Electoral District, hereinbefore described; thence towards the north generally by the said Riccarton Electoral District, hereinbefore described, and the Lyttelton Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to Big Bay on Banks Peninsula; thence towards the north-east, east, and south-east generally by the South Pacific Ocean to the mouth of the Rakaia River ; thence towards the south-west by the left bank of the said Rakaia River to the junction of the Great South Road with the left bank of the said Rakaia River, the place of commencement. Selwyn. This district is bounded towards the east generally by the Hurunui, Riccarton, and Ellesmere Electoral Districts, from the source of the south branch of the Hurunui River, hereinbefore described, to the mouth of the Rakaia River ; thence towards the south-east by the sea to the abutment of the Wakanui Road ; thence towards the south-west by the said Wakanui Road to the Hampstead Town District; thence towards the north-west and south-west by the said Hampstead Town District (as described in the New Zealand Gazettes, Nos. 25, 1886, and 57, 1886) to the Great South Road ; thence again towards the north-west by the Great South Road to its junction with Dromore Road ; thence again towards the south-west by the said Dromore Road to Mitcham Road ; thence again towards the southeast by the said Mitcham Road to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 27392, Blocks I, 11, V, and VI, Ashburton Survey District; then again towards the southwest by the north-eastern boundary-line of the last-men-tioned section and the north-eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 27969, 27970, 27985, 28020, 31252, 30505, 30504, across Black's Road, 30506 of the said Block 1, Ashburton Survey District, and by the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 30509, Block VII, Corwar Survey District, the crossing of Thompson's Road; thence by the northeastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 34170, 30966, and 34169, Block XVI, Spaxton Survey District, to the Lyndhurst Road ; thence again towards the south-east by the said Lyndhurst Road and the north-western side of the lastmentioned road produced to the eastern corner of Reserve No. 1123, Block 111, Westertield Survey District; thence by the south-eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned reserve, and that line produced to the left bank of the north branch of the Ashburton River ; thence again towards the south-west by the last-mentioned river to a point in line with the road forming the north-western boundary-lines of Section No. 24665, Block XIV, Spaxton Survey District, and Section No. 21039, Block 11, Westerfield Survey District, and thence by a right line to and by the last-mentioned road, produced to the middle of the south branch of the Ashburton River; thence again towards the north-east by middle of the last-mentioned river to a point in lino with the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 34026, Block 11, Westeriield Survey District; thence again towards the south-east by a right line to the northern corner of the said Section No. 34026 ; thence by the north-eastern boundarylines of the last-mentioned section and the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Xos. 26412, 8860, 34631, 2133(5, to Valetta Road ; thence by a right line across the said Valetta Road to the easternmost corner of Section No. 35975 ; thence by the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 35894, 35975, 29851, 33101, and 32627, of Blocks I and 11, Westerfield Survey District, the abutment of a road, the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 2255, 2258, Education Reserves, Block V, all of Westerfield Survey District, to the northern corner of Section No. 36560, Block VIII, Shepherd's Bush Survey District; thence by the road forming the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 36560, 32724, 36417, the crossing of a road, 36127, 36115, 2562, the crossing of a road to the northern corner of Section No. 21344, all of the said Block VIII; thence by the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section, and that line produced to the middle of the Hinds River ; thence again towards the south-west by the middle of the said Hinds River to a point in line with the Rangitata Bridge to Mayfield and Mount Somers Road; thence again towards