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River): thence towards the west by a right line to the easternmost extremity of the said Section No. 11253, and by that line produced to the left bank of the Waimakariri River : thence again towards the south by the left bank of the Waimakariri River to a point due north of the western extremity of Section No. 7845 (part of Baile's Island) : thence again towards the east by a right line to the western extremity of Section No. 7845 aforesaid: thence towards the north-east by the southern boundary of Baile's Island to a point in line with the eastern side of Fleshborn Road, in Block V., Christchurch Survey District: thence again towards the east by a right line in the direction of the eastern side of Fleshborn Road aforesaid to the right bank of the Waimakariri River: thence again towards the south generally by the right bank of the Waimakariri River to a line being the production of the western side of the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 32083 of Block IV., Hawkins Survey District: thence towards the north-west by a right line to the southernmost corner of that section ; thence by the said Section No. 32083 to its easternmost corner ; thence by a right line to Trig. Station 48, in Block XIII., Mairaki Survey District: thence towards the north-east by the road running south-easterly from the said Trig. Station 48 to its intersection by the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 33451, Block XIII., Mairaki Survey District, produced : thence again towards the north-west by a right line to the westernmost corner of the said Section No. 33451, and thence by the western boundary-line of Section No. 33451 aforesaid and by the western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 33342, 30310, and 34754 of Block IX., Mairaki Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Section No. 15260 of Block IX., Mairaki Survey District aforesaid; thence by the western boundary-line of the said Section No. 15260 and the western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 13681 and 13682 of Block IX., Mairaki Survey District, to the north-western corner of the said Section No. 13682 : thence by a right line across the River Eyre to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 18588 of Block IX., Mairaki Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 18588 to its north-eastern corner; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of Section No. 23164 of Block IX., Mairaki Survey District aforesaid ; thence by the said Section No. 23164 and by Sections Nos. 19574, 23243, and 4643, Mairaki Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence by a right line across the Oxford and Rangiora Railway-line to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 13633, Mairaki Survey District; thence by the road which forms the eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section, and by that road continued passing Sections Nos. 20562, 20912, 17980, 17265, 13678, 12782, 12783, and 10678, Mairaki Survey District, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No. 9791, Mairaki Survey District ; and thence by a right line drawn in the direction of Trig. Station 16 to the left bank of the Ashley River aforesaid, the place of commencement. Riccarton. This district is bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Kaiapoi Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the southern boundary-line of Baile's Island in the Waimakariri River at a point in line with the eastern side of Fleshborn Road, Block V., Christchurch Survey District, to the mouth of the Waimakariri River: thence towards the east by Pegasus Bay to a point in line with the northern side of the road which forms the north-eastern boundary of Reserve No. 2638, Christchurch Survey District: thence towards the south-west by a right line to the northern side of the said road, and thence by the said road and its continuation in a northwesterly direction, passing Sections Nos. 2340, 31684, 20428, and 20429, to the road forming the north-western boundary of Sections Nos. 20278 and 20279, Christchurch Survey District : thence again towards the north-west by the last-mentioned road to Purarekanui Creek: thence towards the south-east by the Purarekanui Creek to its confluence with the Styx River; thence by the Styx River to the south-western boundary-line of Rural Section No. 294 of Block VII., Christchurch Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 294 to Hawkins Road : thence towards the east by Hawkins Road to its junction with Hill's Road; thence by Hill's Road to its junction with Kelly's Road: thence towards the south by Kelly's Road to Shirley's Road: thence towards the north-east by Shirley's Road to the Borough of St. Albans : thence again towards the south-east and towards the north-east respectively by the Borough of St. Albans (as the said Borough of St. Albans is described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 102, 24th November, 1881) to the River Avon at the road forming the south-western boundary of original Rural Section No. 6, Christchurch Survey District: thence against towards the south-east by the River Avon to the western boundary-line of Hagley Park: thence again towards the east and towards the south by the western and southern boundary-lines of Hagley Park to the Lower Lincoln Road: thence again towards the south-east by the Lower Lincoln Road to Junction Road : thence towards the southwest by Junction Road to Middle Lincoln Road: thence again towards the south-east by Middle Lincoln Road to the road forming the north-western boundary of Rural Section No. 327, Block XIV., Christchurch Survey District; thence by that road, the road forming the northern and western boundaries of Rural Section No. 2176, and by the road forming the western boundary of Rural Section No. 550 to Halswell Junction Road : thence again towards the south-west by Halswell Junction Road to the Southbridge Railway-line : thence again towards the north-west by the Southbridge Railway-line to the Main South Road ; thence by the Main South Road to Hornsby Junction Road, and thence by Hornsby Junction Road to and across the DunedinChristchurch Railway-line to Yaldhurst Road : thence again towards the south-west by Yaldhurst Road to Kaiapoi Junction Road : and thence again towards the north-west by Kaiapoi Junction Road to Coringa Road : thence again towards the south-west by Coringa Road to the road intersecting Section No. 6113 of Block V., Christchurch Survey District: thence again towards the north-west by the last-mentioned road and its continuation in a north-easterly direction through a reserve to Fleshborn Road ; thence by Fleshborn Road and by the eastern side of Fleshborn Road produced to the right bank of the Waimakariri River at the Kaiapoi Electoral District, the place of commencement,

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