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East by a straight line to the north-west angle of
the Mataura Hundred, the western and southern
boundaries of the said Mataura Hundred, and the
Mataura River to the ocean; thence towards the
South-west by Foveaux Straits to the mouth of the
Waimatuku Stream; and thence towards the West
by the said Waimatuku Stream to the north-west
angle of the New River Hundred and a straight line
from thence to the commencing point at Haddon
Bush.

PROVINCES OF OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND.
Mataura District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the North
by the Waikaia District; towards the East by the
eastern watershed of the Waikaka River to the Main
South Road, thence by the Kaiwera Creek and the
Ranges to the Cairn, thence by a straight line to
Bleak Hill, thence by a straight line to Black Horn,
and thence by a straight line to the ocean at Chas-
land's Mistake; thence towards the South by the
ocean, and thence towards the West by the Inver-
cargill District and the Taringatura Downs District
to the commencing point.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of August, 1869.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Electric Tele-
graph Act, 1865," the Governor of New Zealand is
empowered to establish lines of Electric Telegraph,
and to purchase any lines of Electric Telegraph then
existing: And whereas by the said Act it is amongst
other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, to make Regulations
for the transmission and delivery of all despatches,
messages, and communications by means of any such
line, and in like manner to fix and determine the fees,
rates, or dues to be demanded and received for the
transmission of any such despatch, message, or com-
munication, and for the delivery thereof respectively,
and the modes and times of payment, and to regulate
the conduct, management, working, and maintenance
of any such telegraph line, and any such fees, rates,
dues or regulations from time to time to increase or
lower, repeal, alter, or vary respectively, and direct
and that such fees, rates, and dues may be legally
recovered; and such Regulations shall have the force
of law when published in the Government Gazette of
the Colony:

And whereas by an Order in Council duly made
and issued, bearing date the sixth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the
Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the said
recited power and authority, fix and determine the
fees, rates, or dues to be demanded or received for
the transmission of any such despatches, messages, or
communications by means of any line of telegraph
which has been or hereafter shall be established or
purchased under the powers conferred by the said
Act: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the
said Order in Council, and to fix a new tariff of
charges:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise of the powers vested in him by the herein-
before recited Act, doth, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, revoke the
said Order in Council of the sixth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and
doth hereby fix and determine that the fees, rates,
and dues specified in the Schedule hereto shall
be the fees, rates, and dues to be demanded and
received for the transmission of despatches, messages,
and communications, and the delivery thereof re-
spectively, by such lines of telegraph as aforesaid; and
doth further declare that this Order shall take effect
on and after the first day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

SCHEDULE.

Tariff of Charges for the transmission of Telegrams
on the Lines of Electric Telegraph belonging to the
General Government of New Zealand.

UNIVERSAL TARIFF.

FROM any Station in New Zealand to any other
Station in New Zealand having continuous telegraphic
communication therewith-

For the first ten words or fraction of ten s. d.
words 2 6
For each additional five words or fraction
of five words after the first ten words 0 6

PRESS TARIFF.

For Press Telegrams from any Station in New
Zealand to any other Station in New Zealand having
continuous telegraphic communication therewith :-

s. d.
For the first ten words 1 6
For every additional fifty words or frac-
tion of fifty words after the first ten
words 0 6

In the case of telegrams of any kind requiring to
be delivered beyond one mile from the station to
which they are addressed and transmitted, or on ship-
board, or on the water or across the water, further
charges will be made as provided by the general
regulations and conditions for the time being in force
in relation thereto.

Minimum charge, ten words. By Press Telegram
is meant intelligence transmitted for bonâ fide publi-
cation in the regular newspapers and journals.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirteenth day of August, 1869.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is amongst other things enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council,
from time to time to constitute for any Gold Field,
or for any part thereof, Warden's Courts, for the
administration of justice therein, and to appoint
Wardens of such Courts, with power to act alone or
with assessors, and in such manner, and to exercise
all or any of the powers thereinafter mentioned, as
the Governor shall think fit to direct:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority vested in
him for this purpose, appoint

THOMAS KING WELDON, Esq.,
to be a Warden of all Wardens' Courts now con-
stituted or hereafter to be constituted within the
Gold Fields of the Province of Southland, with
power to him to act alone or with assessors, and
to exercise all or any of the powers vested in or
imposed on Judges of Wardens' Courts.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.