All that area in the Canterbury Land District the boundaries whereof are as follows: Commencing at Harper’s Pass, on the Hurunui River; thence easterly, following down the centre of that river, to the South Pacific Ocean; thence south-westerly along high-water mark to the mouth of the River Waipara; thence westerly and north-westerly by a line along the middle of the Waipara River and its South Branch to its source; thence by a straight line north-westerly to Block Hill, and again north-westerly from Block Hill to Ashley Head; thence northerly, following the top of the ranges, to Esk Head; and from thence westerly and north-westerly along the top of the Dampier Range and the Snowy Ranges to the summit of the Southern Alps; and from thence returning along the summit to Harper’s Pass, the commencing-point.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Waipara County as described in the First Schedule hereto, from the eastern boundary of Tawera County, as described in the First Schedule to the Tawera County Act, 1909, to the sea at the mouth of the Waipara River; thence towards the east by the sea to the mouth of the Waimakariri River; thence towards the south generally by the Waimairi and Selwyn Counties; and towards the west generally by the Tawera County aforesaid to the place of commencement: excepting the Boroughs of Kaiapoi and Rangiora.