All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the boundary-line between the Counties of Selwyn and Westland, the said point being the westernmost corner of Block I, Davie Survey District; thence generally north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of the County of Westland to its junction with the north-eastern boundary of the County of Selwyn on the northern boundary-line of Block II, Minchin Survey District; thence generally south-easterly, southerly, and south-westerly along the north-eastern, eastern, and south-eastern boundaries of the County of Selwyn to the centre of the Waimakariri River; thence generally southerly along the centre of that river to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Rural Section 4739; thence south-westerly by a straight line to the westernmost corner of Rural Section 4803; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to its southernmost corner; thence south-westerly, southerly, and south-easterly along the north-western, western, and south-western boundaries of Rural Section 5321 to the southernmost corner thereof; thence by a straight line to the northernmost corner of Rural Section 5150–5177; thence south-westerly along the Dalethorpe and Kowai Road to the north-western corner of Section 18979; thence south-easterly by a straight line to the north-eastern corner of Rural Section 13715; thence again south-easterly to a point being the intersection of the north-western side of the road running through Rural Section 3719 with the western boundary of that section; thence again south-easterly by a straight line to a point being the intersection of the northern side of the Auchenflower Road with the north-western boundary of the Courtenay Road District; thence north-westerly by a straight line to the south-western corner of Rural Section 3719; thence south-westerly by a straight line to the north-eastern corner of Rural Section 10759; thence again south-westerly by a straight line to the northernmost corner of Rural Section 3107; thence south-westerly along the north-western boundary of Rural Section 3107, a distance of about 20 chains; thence north-westerly by a straight line to the centre of the Wakaepa River; thence along the centre of that river to Boundary Creek; thence north-westerly by a straight line to the southernmost end of Lake Lyndon; thence north-westerly by a straight line to Red Hill; thence generally northerly and north-easterly along the summit of the high snowy range to Trig. Station V, Block IV, Harper Survey District; thence north-westerly, crossing the Cass River, to Mount Misery; thence generally south-westerly, westerly, and north-westerly along the summit of the Black Range, through Mount Greenlaw, to a point on the northern boundary of Block VIII, Davie Survey District, opposite the head-waters of the White River, a tributary of the Waimakariri River; and from thence returning westerly along the northern boundary of Blocks VIII, VII, and VI, Davie Survey District, to the commencing-point.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-east generally by Tawera County hereinbefore described from the south-western boundary of Westland County to the south-western boundary of Ashley County; thence by the said Ashley County to the north-western corner of Waimairi County as described in the First Schedule to the Waimairi County Act, 1909; thence towards the east generally by the said Waimairi County to the City of Christchurch; thence by the City of Christchurch and the Borough of Woolston to the estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence by the said estuary and the Boroughs of Sumner and Lyttelton to the northern boundary of the Mount Herbert County; thence by the said Mount Herbert County and the Wairewa County as described in the First Schedule to the Wairewa County Act, 1909, to the sea at the outlet of Lake Ellesmere; thence towards the south-east by the sea to the mouth of the Rakaia River; thence towards the south-west by Ashburton County to the summit of the Southern Alps; and thence towards the north-west by Westland County to the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Waimairi County from the City of Christchurch to the Borough of New Brighton; thence towards the east generally by the Borough of New Brighton to the estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence towards the south-east by the said estuary to the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Woolston; and thence towards the south-west generally by the Borough of Woolston and the City of Christchurch to the place of commencement.