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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Colony of New Zealand this
sixteenth day of August, in
the year of Our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one.
T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLIAM FOX.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
A PROCLAMATION
Constituting Hundreds in the Province of
Otago.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS it is enacted by the "Defi-
nition of Districts Act, 1858," that
it shall be lawful for the Governor from time
to time by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, to divide the Colony into Counties,
Hundreds, and Parishes, or such other divi-
sions as he may deem expedient which shall
have such limits, and shall have and be
known by such names or designations as in
and by the Proclamation constituting the same
shall be prescribed, and also in like manner
from time to time to alter and annul any such
division or the name or designation thereof:
And whereas by a Proclamation made by the
Governor and issued under the Public Seal
of the Colony on the thirtieth day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and sixty,
the several Hundreds therein particularly
mentioned and described were constituted in
the Province of Otago and it is expedient to
alter the boundaries of such Hundreds and to
establish additional Hundreds in the said
Province:
Now therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance and
in exercise of the before recited authority, do
hereby annul the several divisions set forth
in the said Proclamation and do hereby pro-
claim and declare that there shall be within
the Province of Otago the several Hundreds
bounded by the limits and known by the
names or designations hereunder written, that
is to say:-
WAIKOWAITI HUNDRED.
Forty Square Miles.
Comprises all that area bounded on the North
by the Waikowaiti River; on the East by the
ocean; on the South by Dunedin Hundred;
and on East and West line (true bearing)
drawn from Double Hill to the South arm of
the Waikowaiti River; and on the West by
the Waikowaiti River.
NEW HAWKSBURY HUNDRED.
Fifty-eight Square Miles.
Comprises all that area bounded on the North
by Shag River; on the East and South by
the ocean and Hawksbury Hundred; and on
the West by the North arm of the Waiko-
waiti River and a straight line drawn from
the elbow to that Creek junction on the Shag
River near Trigonometrical Station Q.
NEW MOERAKI HUNDRED.
Seventy-three Square Miles.
Comprises all that area bounded on the North
by the Waianakarua and its Southern arm;
on the East by the ocean and Moeraki Hun-
dred; on the South by New Hawksbury
Hundred; and on the West by the Shag
River and a straight line drawn from that
Creek junction (half a mile above Captain
Fraser's Station) over Trigonometrical Station
M to the South arm of the Waianakarua.
OTEPORO HUNDRED.
Eighty-four Square Miles.
Comprises all that area bounded on the North
by the Kauroo and Kakaunui Rivers; on the
East by the ocean; on the South by the New
Moeraki Hundred and an arm of the South
Waianakarua River; and on the West by a
North and South line (true bearing) in line
with the Kauroo Hill drawn from that arm
to the Kauroo River.
NEW OAMARU HUNDRED.
Ninety-eight Square Miles.
Comprises all that area bounded on the North
by the Waitaki River; on the East by the
ocean and Oamaru Hundred; on the South
by Otepopo Hundred; and on the West by a
straight line drawn from the junction of the
Kauroo River to the Waireka and Big Hill
Creek junction, thence by the Big Hill Creek
to Big Hill thence by a North North East
and by East line (true bearing) to the Wai-
taki River.
Given under my hand at the Go-
vernment House at Auckland,
and issued under the Seal of
the Colony of New Zealand,
this 16th day of August, in the
year of our Lord, One thousand
eight-hundred and sixty-one.
T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
REGULATIONS FOR THE HARBOUR
OF MANUKAU.
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCK-
LAND, THE 24TH DAY OF JULY, 1861.
PRESENT:--
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by the Harbour Regulations
Ordinance, No. 15 of Sess. 2, it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Gover-
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ποΈ Proclamation Constituting Hundreds in the Province of Otago
ποΈ Provincial & Local Government16 August 1861
Proclamation, Otago, Hundreds, Land division, Waikowaiti, Hawksbury, Moeraki, Otepopo, Oamaru
- T. Gore Browne, Governor
- William Fox
ποΈ Regulations for the Harbour of Manukau
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works24 July 1861
Regulations, Harbour, Manukau, Council
NZ Gazette 1861, No 38