Proclamation defining Districts




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

West Taieri District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by Waikouaiti District; on the East by
East Taieri District; on the South by the
Waipori Lake and River to Lammerlaw.

Tokomairiro District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by East and West Taieri Districts; on
the East by the ocean; on the South by the
Clutha River and North branch; and on the
West by the Waitahuna and Dullburn to
Mount Stuart, thence by the watershed of
Mount Stuart, Round Hill, and Waitahuna
Ranges to the Waipori River.

Tuapeka District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by Dunstan and West Taieri Districts;
on the East and South by Tokomairiro Dis-
trict and on the West by the Clutha.

Warepa District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by Wakatip and Dunstan Districts; on
the East by Tuapeka and Tokomairiro Dis-
tricts; on the South by the ocean; and on the
West by the Mataura.

Oamaru District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by the Province of Canterbury; on the
East by the ocean; on the South by the
Horse, Kakanui Hawkden Ranges; and on
the West by Mount St. Bathans, and the con-
tinuation of the Dunstan Mountains to the
Province of Canterbury.

Wanaka District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by the Province of Canterbury; on the
East by Oamaru District; on the South by
the Dunstan District, thence by the Tinwald
to Mount Pisa; on the West by the watershed
of the Mount Pisa and Earnslaw Ranges to
the Province of Canterbury.

Wakatip District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the
North by the Province of Canterbury and the
Wanaka District; on the East by the Dunstan
District; on the South by Warepa District, by
the Province of Southland, and by the ocean;
and on the West by the ocean.

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

Campbelltown District,
Bounded on the East by the Mataura; on
the South by the ocean; on the West by the
estuary of the New River; and on the North
by the Mokomoko inlet and a right line from
the South-east corner thereof drawn East to
cut the Mataura.

Invercargill District,
Bounded on the East by the Mataura; on
the South by the Campbelltown District and
the ocean; on the West by the Waimatuku
River to its source; thence by a right line
North-west to cut the Aparima, thence by the
Aparima to the junction of Hamilton Burn,
thence by a right line North to the Oreti,
thence by the Oreti to the junction of Wind-
ley River; and on the North, the North
boundary of the Province.

Riverton District,
Bounded on the East by Invercargill Dis-
trict; on the South by the ocean; on the West
by the Waiau; and on the North by the
North boundary of the Province.

And I do declare that this Proclamation
shall come into operation and take effect on
and from the first day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

Given under my hand at the Go-
vernment House, at Auckland,
and issued under the Seal of
the Colony of New Zealand,
this sixteenth day of July,
in the year of Our Lord
One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command.
ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION

Appointing certain Districts under the
"Registration Act, 1858."

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, Knight Commander of the
Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Comman-
der-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zea-
land, and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.,
&c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Registration Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor at any time by Pro-
clamation in the New Zealand Gazette to
divide the Colony of New Zealand for the
purposes of the said Act into such and so
many Districts as he may think fit, and that
every such District shall be called by a distinct
name and shall be a Registrar's District, and
it is provided that the Governor may at any
time revoke the whole or any part of such
Proclamation, and issue a new Proclamation
dividing the Colony or any part of it anew
into Districts or increasing the number or
altering the boundaries of Districts as from
time to time he may think requisite:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of the said Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said recited Act do hereby
revoke every Proclamation at any time here-
toföre issued appointing or dividing Registrars
Districts under the said Act so far as such Pro-
clamations relate to Districts within the Pro-
vinces of Otago and Southland respectively
and do hereby proclaim and declare that the
said Provinces shall be and are hereby divided
for the purposes of the said Act into eleven
Districts in the Province of Otago, and three
Districts in the Province of Southland, the



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🏛️ Proclamation defining Registrar's Districts for Otago and Southland Provinces under Registration Act, 1858

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
16 July 1863
Proclamation, Registration Act 1858, District boundaries, Otago, Southland, West Taieri, Tokomairiro, Tuapeka, Warepa, Oamaru, Wanaka, Wakatip, Campbelltown, Invercargill, Riverton
  • G. Grey
  • ALFRED DOMETT