MOTUEKA.
That so much of the said Colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Motueka," viz.:
North-By the Sea.
North East and East-By Massacre Bay and
Blind Bay.
South-By the line hereinbefore described
as part of the northern boundary of the Dis-
trict of Nelson.
West-By the Sea, (comprising the Islands
adjacent thereto.)

WAIRAU.
That so much of the said Colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Wairau," viz.:
North and East-By Blind Bay, Cook's
Strait, Cloudy Bay, and the Sea.
South--By the Wai-au-toa, or Clarence
River to its source, and thence by a line due
west till it strikes the eastern boundary of the
District of Nelson.
West---By the line hereinbefore described
as the eastern boundary of the District of
Nelson (comprising the Islands adjacent
thereto.)

AMURI.
That so much of the said Colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Amuri," viz.:
North---By the Clarence River and by the
line forming the aforesaid southern boundary
of the Wairau District.
East-By the Sea.
South-By the River Hurunui to its source
and thence by the southern boundar of the
Province to where the eastern boundary of the
District of Nelson strikes the said southern
boundary.
West-By part of the aforesaid eastern
boundary of the Nelson District.

KAIAPOI.
That so much of the said Colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called 'the District of Kaiapoi," viz.;
Comprising all that part of the Province of
Canterbury lying north of the river Courtenay.

CHRISTCHURCH.
That so much of the said Colony as is com-
prised within the following boundaries shall
be a Registrar's District, and shall be called
"the District of Christchurch," viz.:
Comprising all that part of the said Pro-
vince of Canterbury lying south of the River
Courtenay, and west of a line commencing at
the mouth of that River extending along the
Sea coast and north shore of the estuary at the
mouth of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers as
far as the old ferry over the Heathcote at the.
end of the Ferry Road, thence straight to the
flag staff on Mount Pleasant, thence along

the highest ridge of the hills to Cooper's
knobs, thence straight to the mouth of the
River Halsewell, thence along the east edge
of lake Ellesmere and the sea coast to the
mouth of the Waitangi River.

AKAROA.
That so much of the said Colony as is com-
prised within the following boundaries shall
be a Registrar's District, and shall be called
"the District of Akaroa," viz.:
Comprising all that part of Bank's
Peninsula lying east of a line drawn from
a point on the sea coast half way between the
eastern headland of Port Levy and the western
headland of Pigeon Bay to the head of the
north branch of the Little River thence down
the course of that River and Lake Forsyth to
the Sea.

LYTTELTON.
That so much of the said Colony as is com-
prised within the following boundaries shall
be a Registrar's District, and shall be called
"the District of Lyttelton," viz.:
That part of the Province of Canterbury
aforesaid comprised between the District of
Christchurch, the Sea, and the district of
Akaroa.

OTAGO.
That so much of the said Colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and sha'l be
called "the District of Otago," viz:
North-By the southern boundary of the
Province of Canterbury.
East--By the coast line, including the
Islands adjacent thereto.
West-By the coast line including the
Islands adjacent thereto.
South-By the coast line including the
Islands adjacent thereto.

STEWART'S ISLAND.
That so much of the said Colony as is com-
prised within the following boundaries shall
be a Registrar's District, and shall be called
"Stewart's Island District," viz.:
Stewart's Island, Sclander's Island, Rua-
puke Island, and the other Islands adjacent
thereto.

Given under my hand and issued
under the public Seal of the
Islands of New Zealand, at
Auckland, in the Islands afore-
said this eighth day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-
four.

(Signed.) R. H. WYNYALD,
Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency's command,
(Signed.) ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!