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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Invercargill District.

This district is bounded towards the North by the
boundary of the Hundreds, and by the southern
boundary of the Waimumu District; towards the
East by the western boundary of the said Waimumu
District, and by the Mataura River; towards the
South and South-west by Foveaux Strait; and
towards the West by the Waimatuku Stream, to the
North-west angle of the New River Hundred, and
a line from that angle to the Heddon Bush, the
commencing point.

Riverton District.

This district is bounded towards the North by the
boundary of the Hundreds; towards the East by the
Invercargill District hereinbefore defined; towards
the South by Foveaux Straits; and towards the West
by the edge of the bush westward of Jacob's River
estuary and the Purapurakino Stream, from Kolag's
Bay to the said Purapurakino Stream, thence by that
stream to its most easterly source, thence by a line
to Ferndunlaw Peak, and by the western boundary
of the Hundreds.

Pahia Gold Fields District.

This district is bounded on the North by a line
drawn due West from Ferndunlaw Peak to the
Waiau River; towards the East by the Riverton
District hereinbefore defined; towards the South
and South-west by Foveaux Strait; and towards the
West by the Waiau River.

Waiau District.

This district is bounded towards the North by the
Waiau River, from the most northern corner of Run
No. 413 on the map of the Province of Otago, to its
junction with the Waicooe Creek, thence by that
creek to its source; thence by a line to the most
northerly source of the Wairaki River, thence by
that river to the western boundary of Run 187 ext.;
thence by that boundary to the Aparima River, and
thence by that river to its junction with the Braxton-
burn; towards the East by the said Aparima or
Jacob's River; towards the South, and again towards
the East, by the Riverton District hereinbefore
described; and again towards the South by the
Pahia Gold Fields District hereinbefore defined; and
towards the West by the Waiau River, by the
western boundaries of Runs Nos. 172 and 303 on
the map of the Province of Otago, by the northern
boundary of the said Run No. 303, again by the
Waiau River, and by the southern, western, and
northern boundaries of the before-mentioned Run
No. 413, to the commencing point.

Taringatura Downs District.

This district is bounded towards the North by the
northern boundary of the Province of Southland,
from the North-western angle of Run No. 188 to the
North-western angle of Run No. 302; thence by a
straight line to the source of Dilston Stream, thence
by that stream till it meets a line in continuation of
part of the northern boundary of Run No. 191;
thence by that line and boundary to the Mataura
River; thence towards the East by the said Mataura
River to Run No. 112, thence by the North-western
boundary of that run to the Long Ridge Creek,
thence by that creek to its junction with the Waimea
Stream, thence by the said Waimea Stream to the
western boundary of Run No. 119A, and thence by
the western boundaries of the said Run No. 119A
and Run No. 119B; thence towards the South by
part of the northern boundaries of the Invercargill
and Riverton Districts hereinbefore defined to the
Aparima or Jacob's River; and thence towards the
West by that river to the South-western angle of

Run No. 198, and thence by the western boundaries
of Runs Nos. 198 and 188, to the commencing point.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-second day of July, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Provincial Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1866," it is enacted that Standing
Rules and Orders shall be prepared and adopted by
every Provincial Council, regulating the proceedings
on Bills authorizing the taking of land compulsorily,
but that the same shall have no force or effect until
they have been approved of by the Governor in
Council, and been published in the New Zealand
Gazette. And whereas the Standing Rules and
Orders contained in the Schedule hereto have been
prepared and adopted by the Provincial Council of
the Province of Nelson, and it is expedient that
effect should be given to the same:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by
the said Act, do hereby approve of the rules and
orders contained in the Schedule hereto, as adopted
by the said Provincial Council of Nelson, for
regulating the proceedings in the said Council on
Bills authorizing the taking of land compulsorily.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

STANDING ORDERS framed in accordance with the
provisions of "The Compulsory Land Taking Act,
1866." Adopted by the Nelson Provincial Council,
Friday, 19th June, 1868.

1. No Bill intended to authorize the taking of
   land compulsory shall be brought into Council
   unless public notice of the object of such Bill shall
   have been given at least four weeks previous in the
   Gazette of the Province, and once a week for at least
   four successive weeks in some newspaper in general
   circulation within the Province.

2. Such notice shall contain the names of the
   townships, districts, or other territorial divisions
   from, in, through, or into which the work for which
   such land is required, is intended to be made, and
   shall state the place of deposit of the plans and
   books of reference, and the persons with whom
   deposited, as hereinafter specified.

3. At or before the time of the first publication of
   the notice above required plans and books of
   reference, containing the names of owners, lessees,
   and occupiers, (so far as they can be ascertained,)
   of all lands and tenements proposed to be taken or
   within the limits of deviation, shall be deposited with
   the Clerk of the Council, and with the Commissioner
   of Crown Lands,

4. At the time mentioned in section three, copies of
   such plans and books of reference shall be deposited
   within some convenient place in each district or
   township, so far as such district or township is
   affected thereby.

5. A copy of such plan and book of reference shall,
   so far as his ownership or occupation extends,
   be delivered to the owner and occupier of the lands
   through which such work as aforesaid is intended to
   pass, when such owner and occupier shall be known,
   and shall reside in the Province.