✨ Land Division Proclamation
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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official
Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made
to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
VOL. II. AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, SEPT, 14, 1854. [No. 26.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Lieutenant-
Colonel ROBERT HENRY WYN-
YARD, a Companion of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath
the Officer Admistering the
Government of New Zealand,
&c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS it is expedient that that por-
tion of the Province of Otago which
comprises the lands known as Otakou, Kai-
karae, Taieri, Mataau, and Te Karoro, and
whis piece or parcel of land is bounded on
the North by the sea coast from a point at
Purehurehu, half a mile distant from the
Western head of the Harbour of Otago to
Otupa, and thence to the Poatiri; on the East
by the sea shore from Poatiri aforesaid to
Tokata; on the South and South-west by the
ridge of hills known as Taukohu to Pohua-
roa, on the West by a line running along the
summit of the Kaihiku range, then by a right
line drawn from the Northern extremity of
the said line, along the summit of the Kai-
kiku range, known as Munga Atua; thence
by a line running North North-easterly along
the summit of the said Munga Atua range to
Wakari; thence by a line running along the
summit of the hills, to the Mountain known
as Mihiwaka, and thence by a line along the
sumit of the hills, till it joins the said
Northern boundary at Purehurehu, should be
divided into Hundreds.
Now therefore I the Officer administering
the Government do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that the same be divided into Three Hun-
dreds to be called respectively the Hundred of
"A," the Hundred of "B," and the Hun-
dred of "C," the boundaries whereof res-
pectively are hereinafter particularly des-
cribed-
Description of the Boundaries of the Hundred of
"A."
The first Hundred (known as the Taieriand
Dunedin Districts) to comprise all of the afore-
said block or parcel of lands that lies to the
North of the river Taieri.
Description of the Boundaries of the Hundred of
" B."
The second. Hundred (known as the Wy-
hola and Tokomairero Districts) to comprise
all of the said block that lies between the
Taieri and Clutha rivers.
Description of the Boundaries of the Hundred of
"0"
The third Hundred (known as the Clutha
District) to comprise all of the said block
that lies to the South of the Clutha river
Given under my hand and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Islands of New Zealand, at
Auckland, this eighth day of
Sept., in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifty-four.
R. H. WYNYARD,
Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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NZ Gazette 1854, No 26
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🗺️ Proclamation Dividing Otago Lands into Hundreds A, B, and C
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey8 September 1854
Proclamation, Otago Province, Land division, Hundreds, Otakou, Taieri, Clutha
- R. H. WYNYARD, Officer Administering the Government
- ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary