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Roads District Ordinance 1863

19. The Roads Districts Ordinance 1863

Analysis. Preamble.

I. Repealing and Interpretation Clauses.

1. Repealing former Ordinance.

2. Interpretation.

II. Respecting Districts.

3. Districts how constituted.

III. Respecting Boards.

4. Boards: how constituted.

5. Who eligible to be Members.

6. Re-election when vacancy occurs.

7. Penalty for acting on the Board when not eligible.

8. Board to be a Body Corporate.

9. Chairman of the Board.

10. If Chairman vacates, Board to elect again.

11. Majority to decide: three to be a quorum.

12. No act of Board to be invalid by vacancy, &c.

13. Roads to be under control of Board.

14. Board to employ servants and take security.

15. Board to keep records and accounts.

16. Board to be bound by votes of Provincial Council, &c.

17. Accounts of Board to be audited.

IV. Respecting the Ratepayers' Roll.

18. Form of Ratepayers' Roll.

19. Crown Lands and Public Buildings not liable to be rated.

20. Board to correct Ratepayers' Roll annually.

21. Roll to be revised by Revising Justices.

22. Justices may order fresh assessment.

23. Adjourned meetings of Justices.

24. Roll to be signed by Justices.

V. Respecting Meetings of Ratepayers.

25. Ratepayers to vote at meetings: Scale of votes.

26. Annual and other meetings.

27. Chairman of Board to be Chairman of meeting.

28. Chairman to cause records to be kept.

29. Election of Members of Board at annual meeting.

30. If poll demanded.

31. The Board to make rates.

VI. Respecting Rates.

32. Rates: by whom payable.

33. Notice of rate to be served.

34. Rates: how to be recovered.

35. Erection of toll-gates and toll-houses, and imposition of tolls.

36. Table of tolls to be put up and tickets to be provided.

37. Overcharge or misbehaviour of Toll Collector.

38. Toll misdemeanours.

39. Leasing of tolls.

40. Expenditure of residue of tolls levied.

VII. Initiatory and Suspending Clauses.

41 Electoral Roll to be Ratepayers' Roll temporarily.

42. First Board when to be elected.

43. First Board to make Ratepayers' Roll.

44. Three Members to retire at first annual meeting.

45. If Ratepayers and Board do not act, Superintendent may appoint

Commlssloner.

46. Commissioner to make Ratepayers' Roll if not previously made. Ratepayers may again elect Board.

47. Rates, tolls, &c., recoverable.

48. Title.

Whereas an Ordinance was passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, entituled " The Road Ordinance, Session VI., No. 2," and it is expedient that the same should be repealed, and that other provisions should be made for the construction and maintenance of Roads within the said Province: Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, as follows:—

I. Repealing and Interpretation Clauses.

1. Repealing former Ordinance.

The said recited Ordinance is hereby repealed.

2. Interpretation.

In the interpretation of this Ordinance, the words "the district," "the board," "the Ratepayers' Roll," shall mean a district, a Board, and a Ratepayers' Roll, as the same are severally constituted by the provisions of this Ordinance. The words " Public Notice," shall mean the publication of such notice in some Newspaper ordinarily circulated within the district, or the posting of such notice in not less than twelve public places within the district, for a space of not less than ten days prior to the event to which such notice refers. A notice shall be deemed to be served when it shall have been served on the person on whom service is required, either personally, or by leaving the same at his ordinary abode or place of business within the district: or if he shall have no such abode or ordinary place of business within the district, then by affixing the same to some conspicuous place on the land in respect of which, or in respect of the right of pasturage over which land such person shall be liable t be rated, and the word " road " shall be held to mean any public road, bridle-road, foot-path, bridge, or other works included within a reserve for a road laid on the authenticated Map of the Chief Surveyor.

II. Respecting Districts.

3. Districts how constituted.

Every district set forth and described in the Schedule A to this Ordinance shall be deemed to be a district for the purposes of this Ordinance.

III. Respecting Boards.

4. Boards: how constituted.

There shall be in every district, for the purposes of this Ordinance, a Board, consisting of five Members, of whom three Members and two Members

alternately shall be elected in each successive year, at the annual October meeting of the Ratepayers of the district as hereinafter provided: And those Members, whether three, or two as the case may be, who shall have been in office two years, shall go out of office on the day of such annual meeting: Provided that every Member, so retiring, shall be eligible to be re-elected.

5. Who eligible to be Members.

No person shall be eligible to be elected to be a Member of the Board unless he shall be a Ratepayer of the district, and shall reside or have his ordinary place of business therein, and shall have paid all rates which he shall have been liable to pay under the authority of this Ordinance at the time of such election. And if any Member of the Board shall become insolvent, or of unsound mind, or shall have been convicted of any felony, or shall have ceased to reside or to have his ordinary place of business within the district, or shall be in arrear of any rates which he shall have become liable to pay under the authority of this Ordinance, or shall accept or continue to hold any place of profit or emolument under the Board, or shall have any pecuniary interest in any work done under the authority of the Board other than as a Shareholder in a public registered Company contracting therewith, or shall have resigned his seat at the Board, by writing, under his hand, addressed to the Chairman thereof, orshall have been absent from four consecutive meetings of the Board without leave from the Board, in writing, first obtained, his seat at the Board shall, ipso facto, become vacant.

6. Re-election when vacancy occurs.

When any such vacancy shall occur, the Board shall forthwith, by public notice, call a meeting of the Ratepayers to elect a Member to fill such vacancy, and the Member so elected shall continue in office so long only as the Member would have continued in whose place he shall have been elected.

7. Penalty for acting on the Board when not eligible.

If any person shall act as a Member of the Board, or vote at any meeting thereof, not being eligible to hold a seat thereat, he shall be liable to a penalty, not exceeding Twenty Pounds, for every such act or vote, to be recovered in a summary way, upon the information of any Ratepayer of the district.

8. Board to be a Body Corporate.

Every Board shall be, and is hereby declared to be a Body Corporate, under the name and title of the Road Board of the district, and under such name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law or Equity, and is hereby empowered to hold and enjoy property both real and personal, and to enter into contracts, and

to enforce the same for the purposes of this Ordinance.

9. Chairman of the Board.

Every Board shall, at its first meeting, elect one of its Members to be the

Chairman thereof, who shall preside at the meetings of the Board, and shall have

an original and also a casting vote thereat. Provided, that if the Chairman shall be absent from any meeting, the Members present shall elect one of their number to preside in his stead at such meeting.

10. If Chairman vacates, Board to elect again.

If the person shall cease to be a Member of the Board, or shall, by writing, under his hand, addressed to the Board, vacate the office of Chairman, the Board shall, at its next meeting thereafter, elect another Member to be Chairman in his stead.

11. Majority to decide: three to be a quorum.

All questions coming before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the Members present, and there shall be no meeting of the Board unless at least three Members be present.

12. No act of Board to be invalid by vacancy, &c.

No act of the Board shall be invalid by reason of any vacancy having occurred, or by reason of any Member being ineligible to occupy his seat thereat.

13. Roads to be under control of Board.

All roads within the district shall be deemed at Law to be under the control and management of the Board, and it shall be the duty of the Board, out of any moneys in its hands available for such purpose, to make and maintain the same in good and efficient repair.

14. Board to employ servants and take security.

The Board shall have power, from time to time, as it shall think fit, to employ all such Clerks, Treasurers, Collectors, Assessors, Surveyors, Engineers, Overseers, and other persons as may be required to carry this Ordinance into operation, and the same so often as it shall think fit to remove and employ others in their stead. Provided that the Board shall require every Collector, Treasurer, or other person through whose hands any moneys, being the property of the Board, shall pass, to give security, by two Sureties, in such amount as the Board shall think sufficient for the safe custody of such moneys, and for the due disposition thereof as the Board shall determine.

15. Board to keep records and accounts.

The Board shall cause true and faithful Records and Accounts to be kept of all its proceedings, and of all contracts entered into by it, and of all moneys received and expended by it under the authority of his Ordinance, and all such Records and Accounts shall be laid before every meeting of the Ratepayers, and shall be open to be inspected, at all reasonable hours, by any Ratepayer of the district, or by the Superintendent, or by any person appointed by him to inspect the same.

16. Board to be bound by votes of Provincial Council, &c.

The Board shall expend an money paid to it under any Ordinance of the

Superintendent and Provincial Council in accordance with the provisions of such

Ordinance, and shall expend all money arising from rates levied within the district in accordance with any Resolutions which may be passed by the Board in that behalf.

17. Accounts of Board to be audited.

The Superintendent shall, with the advice of the Executive Council, appoint an Auditor for each district, who shall audit all the accounts thereof, and every Report of such Auditor, shall be laid before the next meeting of the Ratepayers, and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Superintendent, and shall be laid before the Provincial Council during the next Session of the same.

IV. Respecting the Ratepayers' Roll.

18. Form of Ratepayers' Roll.

There shall be within each district a Ratepayers' Roll, which shall contain the name, in order, of every person holding property within the district liable to be rated under the provisions of this Ordinance, together with an assesment of the net annual value at which the same might reasonably be expected to be let from year to year, of an the land not being waste land of the Crown, and of all buildings, in respect of which, every such person shall be liable to be rated as hereinafter provided.

19. Crown Lands and Public Buildings not liable to be rated.

It shall not be lawful to make or levy any rates on any land or premises belonging to, and in the occupation of her Majesty, or of to be of the Provincial Government of Canterbury, or on any land or building used exclusively for public, charitable,

or literary, or scientific purposes, or on any building used exclusively for public worship, or for a public school, or school-house, provided it be inhabited only by the Master or Mistress of said school, or his or her family.

20. Board to correct Ratepayers' Roll annually.

The Board shall, on or before the first Tuesday in the month of August in each year, cause the Ratepayers' Roll to be revised and collected, both in respect to the names of the persons liable to be rated, and in respect to the value of the rateable property entered therein, and shall, on or before such day, give public notice of the place where such corrected Roll may be inspected, and such corrected Roll shall be open to the inspection of all Ratepayers, and of all persons claiming to be affected thereby, between the hours of ten a.m. and four p.m., on every day, not being a Sunday or public holiday, until the first Tuesday in the month of September next following.

21. Roll to be revised by Revising Justices.

The Superintendent shall, by public notice in the Government Gazette appoint,

for each district, two persons, being Justices of the Peace, not resident within the district, and not occupying or being possessed of any rateable property therein,

to be the Revising Justices to revise the Ratepayers' Roll of the district; and such Justices shall meet on the first Tuesday in the month of September in each year, at such place within the district, as the Board shall, by public notice, appoint, and shall hear and determine all objections to the Ratepayers' Roll; and such Justices shall, after hearing all such objections, and all evidence which may be offered relating thereto, amend the said Roll in such manner as they shall think fit, by adding thereto the name of any person omitted therefrom, together with the description and assessed value of the property in respect of which he is liable to be rated, or by erasing therefrom the name of any person erroneously entered therein, or by altering the descriptionor value of the property in respect of which any person is liable to be rated. Provided that no such alteration shall be made, except on the application of a Ratepayer of the district, nor unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of such Justices that a notice, setting forth the nature of the alteration proposed to be made, shall have been served on every person affected thereby, at least ten days before the hearing of such application.

22. Justices may order fresh assessment.

It shall be lawful for such Justices, if they shall think fit to order a fresh Assessment to be made of the value of any property to which any objection shall have been made, and to appoint such Valuators as they shall think fit to make such Assessment, and to order the cost of making such new Assessment to be paid out of any moneys at the disposal of the Board for the purposes of this Ordinance.

23. Adjourned meetings of Justices.

If either of the said Justices shall not attend at such meeting, or if all the applications shall not be determined thereat, such meeting may be adjourned to any day not later than seven days thereafter, and so on, from time to time, until the Ratepayers' Roll shall be completed and signed.

24. Roll to be signed by Justices.

The said Roll, when so amended, shall be signed by such Justices, and shall be the Ratepayers' Roll for the district, for the ensuing year, and shall continue in force until the same shall be amended and signed in like manner, in the year following.

V. Respecting Meetings of Ratepayers.

25. Ratepayers to vote at meetings: Scale of votes.

Every person of full age, whose name shall appear on the Ratepayers' Roll, and who shall have paid all rates which he shall have been liable to pay under the authority of this Ordinance, and who shall be of sound mind, and shall not have been convicted of felony, shall be entitled to take part at an meetings of the Ratepayers of the district, and shall be entitled to vote thereat, according to the following scale, that is to say, every person who shall appear on the Ratepayers'

Roll as liable to be rated in respect of property of net annual value, not exceeding Twenty-five Pounds, shall have one vote; in respect of property exceeding the value of Twenty-five Pounds, and not exceeding Fifty Pounds, two votes; exceeding Fifty Pounds, and not exceeding One Hundred Pounds, three votes; exceeding One Hundred Pounds and not exceeding Two Hundred Pounds, four votes; and exceeding Two Hundred Pounds, five votes.

26. Annual and other meetings.

The Chairman of the Board shall be Chairman of every meeting of Ratepayers, and if he shall not be present thereat, the Ratepayers present shall, before proceeding to any other business, elect a Chairman who shall preside at such meeting; and all questions coming before such meeting shall be determined by a majority of the Ratepayers present thereat, and the Chairman shall have a casting, but not an original vote thereat.

27. Chairman of Board to be Chairman of meeting.

An annual meeting of the Ratepayers shall be held at the hour of noon, on the first Tuesday in the month of October in each year, and meetings of the Ratepayers shall be held at such other times, and at such places within the district as the Board shall appoint; and the Board shall give public notice of the time and place of all such meetings, and any such meeting may be continued by adjournment.

28. Chairman to cause records to be kept.

The Chairman shall cause to be entered in the Minute Book of Ratepayers' Meetings, which the Board shall keep for that purpose, and shall lay before every meeting of the Ratepayers true and faithful Minutes of all the proceedings of such meeting, and having signed the same, shall transmit such book to the Board.

29. Election of Members of Board at annual meeting.

At the said annual meeting the Ratepayers shall elect Members to fill the vacancies occurring in the Board as hereinbefore provided, and the Chairman shall put the name of each Candidate separately to the meeting, and shall declare, according to the majority of the votes of the Ratepayers present, upon whom the election has fallen: Provided that the Chairman shall propose no person for election unless he shall be eligible to be a Member of the Board as hereinbefore provided, and unless he shall have declared, in writing, addressed to the Chairman, that he is willing to accept such office, and to fulfil the duties thereof.

30. If poll demanded.

If any Candidate shall demand a poll, such poll shall be held forthwith, and shall be closed at five o'clock of the same day, and such polling shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, entituled "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," and the Board shall

make all necessary arrangements for such poll being held in accordance with such Act.

31. The Board to make rates.

It shall be lawful for the Board, from time to time, to make a rate or rates upon an the property within the district, as the same shall appear in the Ratepayers' Roll, and to order the days upon which such rate or rates, or any part thereof, shall become payable, and to order the proceeds of such rate to be expended in the construction and maintenance of the roads generally within the district, as the Board shall direct, or to order the proceeds of any such rate, or of any part thereof, to be expended in the construction or maintenance of any particular road or roads within the district: Provided that all the rates payable in any one year shall not exceed the sum of One Shilling in the Pound on the net annual value of such property.

VI. Respecting Rates.

32. Rates: by whom payable.

An rates payable in respect of land or buildings shall be paid by the Occupier thereof, or if there shall be no Occupier, such rates shall be paid by the Owner thereof.

33. Notice of rate to be served.

When any rate shall become due, the Board shall cause a notice, in the form set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed, to be served by a Collector, duly authorised to receive the same, upon every person liable to pay such rate; and if such rate be not paid to such Collector, on the service of such notice, it shall be paid at the place named therein within thirty days after the service thereof, and if not paid within such thirty days, it shall be forthwith recovered as hereinafter provided.

34. Rates: how to be recovered.

All rates, when made as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed

to be the property of the Board, and may be recovered in a summary way, at the suit of any Collector duly authorised by the Board to collect and receive the same.

35. Erection of toll-gates and toll-houses, and imposition of tolls.

It shall be lawful for any District Board, subject to the approval of tolls. of the Superintendent, from time to time to erect toll-gates or bars, and toll-houses upon the roads and bridges within their respective districts, at such places as may to them seem convenient, and also, with such approval as aforesaid, to remove, whenever they may think fit so to do, such toll-gates or bars and toll-houses, and to impose tolls upon an animals and vehicles at a rate not exceeding the several

sums set forth in the Schedule B to this Ordinance: Provided that her Majesty's mails, and persons in charge thereof, Police Constables on duty, and Prisoners, shall be exempt from tolls.

36. Table of tolls to be put up and tickets to be provided.

Before any toll shall be demanded at any toll-gate to be erected as aforesaid, the Board shall cause to be put up and maintained at every toll-gate within their respective districts, a table, painted in legible black letters, on a board with a white ground, containing at the top the name of the gate, distinguishing the several tolls, together with the Christian name and surname of the Toll Collector, and also a List of the several gates (if any) which shall be cleared by the

payment of toll at the toll-gate or bar where such table of tolls shall be affixed; and the said Board shall also, where more than one gate shall be erected in the district, provide tickets denoting the payment of toll, and on such tickets shall be specified the name of the gate at which the same respectively shall be delivered, and also the names of the several gates freed by such payment, one of which tickets shall be delivered gratis to the person paying the toll, and on production of such ticket at any gate or gates therein mentioned as being cleared as aforesaid by payment of the toll at the gate here such ticket was delivered, the person producing the same shall, on the day of the issue thereof, pass through the gate or gates therein mentioned without paying any further or additional toll for the same animal or vehicle.

37. Overcharge or misbehaviour of Toll Collector.

Every Toll Collector appointed under the authority of this Ordinance, who shall take more or less toll than authorised as aforesaid or who shall refuse to give his name to any person demanding the same after having paid the toll, or who shall in any wise hinder any person from reading the inscriptions on such aforesaid table, or who shall unnecessarily detain, or wilfully obstruct or hinderany Passenger from passing through any toll gate, or who shall use any abusive language to any Traveller or Passenger, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

38. Toll misdemeanours.

Any person forcing his way through any toll-gate or bar, or evading the payment of any toll for passing through, or fraudently claiming exemption from toll, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

39. Leasing of tolls.

It shall be lawful for any Board, subject to the approval of the Superintendent, from time to time, to farm out, for any term not exceeding three years, an or any of the tolls authorized to be collected by this Ordinance, together with any toll- bar, toll-gate, and house; such farming out to be either by tender, to be advertised for at least three consecutive weeks in the public Newspapers, and to be published in the Provincial Government Gazette; or by public auction, duly advertised in like manner; and such security shall be taken bv the said Board as

they shall think fit for the due performance of the conditions of the lease of any tolls; and any person to whom such tolls may be leased, shall, for the purposes

of this Ordinance, be deemed to be a Collector thereof, duly appointed under the powers of this Ordinance: Provided that previously to so letting out, the Board shall fix the maximum rate of toll which shall be demanded within the limits prescribed by the Schedule A to this Ordinance, and shll in no case decrease the amount of tolls without the consent, in writing, thereto of the Lessee.

40. Expenditure of residue of tolls levied.

All tolls levied under the authority of this Ordinance, shall, after deducting the expenses of collecting the same, be expended in making and maintaining the roads whereon such tolls shall from time to time be collected.

VII. Initiatory and Suspending Clauses.

41. Electoral Roll to be Ratepayers' Roll temporarily.

For the purpose of bringing this Ordinance into operation, every person whose name shall appear on the Electoral Roll for the time being in force for the election of Members of the Provincial Council for the electoral district or districts in which the district for the purposes of this Ordinance may be situated, in respect of property situate within such last-mentioned district, and every resident Householder within such district shall be taken and deemed to be a Ratepayer

for the purposes of this Ordinance.

42. First Board when to be elected.

A meeting of such Electors shall be held at the hour of noon, on such day for each district respectively, as the Superintendent shall appoint, after the First day of the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, for the purpose of electing five Members, who shall constitute the first Board for the district, and the Superintendent shall cause public notice of such meeting to be given within each district.

43. First Board to make Ratepayers' Roll.

It shall be the duty of the Board, so constituted, to cause the Ratepayers' Roll to be made up on or before the first Tuesday in the month of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four; and the Ratepayers' Roll, so made up, shall be deemed to be the Ratepayers' Roll corrected, as required by the 20th Clause of this Ordinance, and shall be dealt with accordingly.

44. Three Members to retire at first annual meeting.

At the annual meeting, to be held on the first Tuesday in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, three of the Members, who shall be chosen by lot, shall retire from the Board, and three other Members shall be elected in their room, as herein provided.

45. If Ratepayers and Board do not act, Superintendent may appoint

Commlssloner.

If, at any time, the Ratepayers of a district shall refuse or neglect to elect Members of the Board, or if the Members of the Board shall refuse or neglect to carry this Ordinance into operation, or to resign their seats thereat, and to make due provision for the election of other Members in their room, the Superintendent shall, with the advice of the Executive Council, by Proclamation, published in the Provincial Govenment Gazette, declare the powers of such Board to be suspended, and shall, by such Proclamation, appoint a Commissioner for such district, and all the powers, rights, privileges, and duties of such Board, shall,

from the date of such Proclamation, vest in, and be exercised by such Commissioner, on behalf of the Board, and the Superintendent shall cause such salary as he shall think fit to be paid to such Commissioner out of any funds belonging to the Board, an applicable to the use of the district under the provisions of this Ordinance: Provided that such Commissioner shall be guided in the performance of his duties by such Instructions as he shall receive from the Superintendent in that behalf.

46. Commissioner to make Ratepayers' Roll if not previously made. Ratepayers may again elect Board.

It shall be the duty of such Commissioner, if no Ratepayers' Roll shall have been made, to cause a Ratepayers' Roll to be made and revised in the manner herein provided, and if at any time after the elect Board making thereof, the Ratepayers shall, at the annual meeting, elect five Members to form a Board, such Members shall constitute the Board under the authority of this Ordinance, and the appointment of the Commissioner, together with all his powers, shall thereupon cease and determine, and at the next annual meeting after such election, three of the Members, to be chosen by lot, shall retire from the Board, and three other Members shall be elected in their room, as hereinbefore provided.

47. Rates, tolls, &c., recoverable.

All Rates, Tolls, Fines and Penalties, imposed under this Ordinance, shall be recoverable in a summary way.

48. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as the short title " Road

Districts Ordinance, 1863."

Schedule A.

1. THE NORTH SEFTON DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the Province of Nelson; on the east by the sea, on the south by the south bank of the River waipara to the summit of the Pass north of Runs Nos. 165,166, 168, and a line from thence to Ashley Head, Esk Head, Snowy Peak, and the Teramakau Saddle.

2. THE SOUTH SEFTON DISTRICT comprises that part of the Province bounded on the north by the North Sefton District, on the east by the sea, on the south by the south bank of the River Ashley to its source at Ashley Head.

3. THE OXFORD DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the North and South Sefton Districts and the Province of Nelson, on the east by a true north and south line through trig.-pole C 30, on the south by the south bank of the Waimakariri to the head-waters of its westernmost source, and a true west straight line to the West Coast; on the west by the sea.

4. THE RANGIORA AND MANDEVILLE DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the North by the south bank of the Ashley; on the east by the sea, on the south by the south bank of the River Waimakariri, from trig.-pole C 30 to the sea, on the west by the Oxford District, save and except the town of Kaiapoi, as hereinafter described.

5. THE TOWN OF KAIAPOI DISTRICT comprises the town of Kaiapoi, as described in the Schedule to the " Town of Kaiapoi Town Ordinance, Session VIII., No. 7, and the remainder of Rural Section No. 320.

6. THE EAST AVON DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the North by the south bank of the River Waimakariri, from the sea to its junction with the western side of the North Road, forming the eastern boundary of Section 812; on the east by the sea; on the south by the north boundary of the

city of Christchurch, and the north bank of the River Avon to the sea; on the west by the western side of the main North Road to the city of Christchurch District.

7. THE CENTRAL AVON DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the south bank of the River Waimakariri, on the east by the East Avon district and the western boundary of the city of Christchurch electoral district, on ths south by the north-west side of the Lincoln Road to Archer's Bridge and the north-east side of the Lincoln and Riccarton Junction Road to its junction with the Great South Road; the south side of the Great South Road to its junction with the south side of the Harewood Road by Riccarton, to a point in a line with the west side of the Prebbleton and Kaiapoi Junction Road, on the west side of the Prebbleton and Kaiapoi Junction Road to the Waimakariri, at the north-east corner of Rural Section No. 2197.

8. THE WEST AVON DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province of Canterbury bounded on the north by the south bank of the Waimakiriri, on the east by the Central Avon District to the south side of the Great South Road; on the south by the south side of the Great South Road, on the west by a true north and south line through trig.-pole C 30 to a point on the south side of the Great South Road.

9. THE EAST HEATHCOTE DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the East Avon District and the city of Christchurch; on the east by the sea; on the south by the Port Victoria Electoral District, on the west by the west side of the Dyer's Pass Road, and the west side of the continuation of Colombo-street south, to the city of Christchurch.

10. THE CENTRAL HEATHCOTE DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the North by the city of Christchurch and the Central and West Avon Districts; on the east by the East Heathcote District; on the south by the south bank of the River Heathcote to the south side of the Canal Reserve and the south bank of the River Halswell to the old river bed, and the west edge of the old river bed to the Great South Road.

11. THE SOUTH HEATHCOTE DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the Central Heathcote district on the east by the East Heathcote district and the boundary of the Port Victoria electoral district; on the south by the boundary of the Port Victoria electoral district; on the west by the west side of the River Halswall.

12. THE EAST LINCOLN DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the Central Heathcote and West Avon districts and the south side of the Great South Road; on the east by the South Heathcote district and the west bank of the River Halswell; on the south by the north bank of the Halswell, and the north side of the road from the thirteen-mile bridge to trig.-pole L 1, and the north side of the Lincoln and Coal Tramway Road to its junction with the Weeden and Springs Road, and the east side of the Weeden and Springs Road to its junction with the Great South Road.

13. THE WEST LINCOLN DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the East Lincoln district and the south side of the Great South Road; on the east by the west bank of the river Halswell, on the south by the edge of Lake Ellesmere and the north bank of the River Selwyn.

14. THE PORT VICTORIA DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the south-west boundary of the native reserve at Rapaki; on the east by a line from the eastern point of Camp Bay to the north- east corner of Section 399, thence along the east boundary of Section 399 to the south corner of the said section, thence by a straight line to Mount Herbert Peak, thence by a straight line to Mount Herbert, thence by a straight line to trig.-pole L

1, thence following the ridge of the hills by Cooper's Knobs, and Cass's Peak to the south-west boundary of the native reserve at Rapaki.

15. THE PORT LEVY DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the sea, on the east by a line from a point half way between the east head of Port Levy and the west head of Pigeon Bay to the head of Little

River; on the south by a straight line drawn from the head of Little River to Mount

Herbert Peak; on the west by the Port Victoria district.

16. THE LITTLE RIVER DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the East Lincoln, the South Heathcote, and Port Victoria districts; on the east by the Port Levy and Wainui districts; on the south by the sea; on the west by the east shore of Lake Ellesmere and the West Lincoln district.

17. THE TOWN OF AKAROA AND WAINUI DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the highest ridge of the hills and the spur leading to Putakolo Head; on the east and south by the sea; on the west by the Port Levy and Little River districts.

18. THE BAYS' DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north and east by the sea; on the south bv the Wainui district, and on the west by the Port Levy district.

19. THE EAST RAKAIA DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the south bank of the Waimakariri; on the east by the West Avon, East Lincoln and West Lincoln districts; on the south by the Selwyn and the Hororata branch of the Selwyn to the east boundary of Run No. 37; on the west by the east boundary of Run No. 37 to the south bank of the Wakaepa branch of the Selwyn, thence south-easterly along the south bank of the Wakaepa, to a point opposite to and in a line with the east boundary of Run No.

41, thence north-easterly by the boundary of Run No. 41 to the south bank of the

Waimakariri.

20. THE SOUTH RAKAIA DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the West Lincoln district, on the east by Lake Ellesmere; on the south by the sea and north bank of the Rakaia; on the west by the west side of the Great South Road.

21. THE NORTH RAKAIA DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north and east by the south bank of the Waimakariri and the East Rakaia district; on the south by the Wakaepa branch of the Selwyn to its junction with a creek running from the Thirteen-mile Bush; thence north-westerly in a straight line to the southernmost point of Lake Lyndon; thence in a straight

line to the southernmost point of the Black Range, thence following the summit of the range to the head waters of the Waimakariri.

22. THE WEST RAKAIA DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the Oxford, North and East Rakaia districts; on the east by the South Rakaia district; on the south by the north bank of the Rakaia to its south-westernmost source, thence by a straight line due west true to the West Coast, and on the west by the sea.

23. THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the West Rakaia 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 West Coast; on the west by the sea.

24. THE GERALDINE DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the Ashburton district; on the east by the sea, on the south by the south bank of the Opihi to its source near Burke's Pass, and a straight line

thence to the summit of Burke's Pass; on the west by the ridge of the hills dividing the waters of the Opihi and Rangitata from the waters of the Tekapo.

25. THE TOWN OF TIMARU comprises that portion 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 section No. 2367, the Cemetery Reserve No. 1706, and the north boundaries of sections Nos. 1606 and 1607; on the west by the east boundary of section No. 1606, the east and north boundary of section No. 707, the east boundary of section No.1652, till it meets Whale's Creek to the sea.

26. THE WAITANGI DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province not included in the town of Timaru hereinbefore described, and bounded on the north by the Geraldine district; on the east by the sea; on the south by the Province of Otago; on the west bv the Hakateremea River, to its source at the Hakateremea River Pass and the ridge of the hills to Mackenzie Pass and Burke's Pass.

97. THE MOUNT COOK DISTRICT comprises that portion of the Province bounded on the north by the Ashburton district; on the east by the Ashburton, Geraldine, and Waitangi districts; on the south by the Province of Otago; and on the west by the sea.

Schedule B. Notice of Assessment. District of .

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of the said district, duly held on the day of at it was resolved to adopt a rate of in the Pound upon the assessment of the said district, and all persons whose names appear in the assessment for such district for the current year are hereby required, within fourteen days after the publication thereof, to pay the amount of such rate, according to the sum at which they appear to be assessed in such assessment to at his residence, at the said

Dated

(Signed) Chairman

Schedule C.

For every horse, ass, or mule ... ... ... ... ... ... For every beast carrying a burden ... ... ... ... For all horned or neat cattle, per head ... ... ... For every wheeled vehicle drawn by one horse

or other being duly authorised to receive such rates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

... ... ... ... ...

For every additional horse or beast drawing such vehicle ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

For every sheep, lamb, goat, or pig, in one drove, not exceeding 100 ... ... ... ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

For every additional sheep, lamb, goat, or pig ... Sixpence.

Sixpence. Fourpence.

One Shilling. Sixpence. One Penny.

^Halfpenny.

Notes.

Passed by the Provincial Council on 17th September 1863, and reserved for the assent of the Governor, who assented. This was notified in NZG, No 66, 23rd December, 1863, 555p.