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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the seventh day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the Governor,
in pursuance of the said recited power and authority,
did amongst others constitute a district for the pur-
poses of the said Act, called the "Amuri "District,
the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the second day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the twenty-second day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power
and authority, did constitute a district for the pur-
poses of the said Act, called the "Aorere" District,
the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the first day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five:

MOTUEKA DISTRICT.
Commencing at the south headland of Bark Bay,
following a leading spur to Mount Richards; thence
along the water-shed line between the Motueka,
Takaka, and Riwaka Valleys, to the summit of
Mount Arthur; thence by the water-shed line, which
includes all the drainage area of the River Pearse, to
the junction of the Rivers Motueka and Dove;
thence by the River Dove to the main road leading
from the Village of Thorpe to the Moutere; thence
along the said road to the Educational Reserve,
section 38, Square III.; thence by a line in the same
direction to the road on the ridge between sections
37 and 38, Square III.; thence along the said road
by the Red Hill to the Village of Bronti (and in-
cluding that village); thence by the sea coast to the
south headland of Bark Bay.

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the sixth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the Governor,
in pursuance of the said recited power and authority,
did constitute districts for the purposes of the said
Act, called the "Buller" and "Cobden" Districts,
the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the first day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the thirty-first day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did constitute a district for the purposes
of the said Act, called the "Charleston" District,
the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the first day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight:

NELSON DISTRICT.
Commencing at the eastern point of the last-
named boundary of the Village of Bronti, and
following the southern boundary of the Motueka
District to the junction of the Rivers Dove and
Motueka; thence Southward by the Motueka River
to the division line between sections 83 and 85,
Square VI.; thence along that line and continuation
to Stanley Brook; thence along Stanley Brook to
the track leading from Wangapeka to Pigeon Valley;
thence along the track and road through Pigeon
Valley to the River Wai-iti; thence along the River
Wai-iti to its junction with the River Wairoa; thence
up the Wairoa to its junction with the River Roding;
thence by the River Roding to its junction with
the River Lee; thence by the River Lee to a
point due North, magnetic, from the summit of
Mount Rintoul; thence to the summit of Mount
Rintoul; thence by the boundary line between the
Provinces of Nelson and Marlborough to Point
Dickens; thence by the sea coast to the Village of
Bronti, including all the Islands adjacent.

WAIMEA SOUTH DISTRICT.
Commencing at the bank of the Motueka River at
the section line between sections 83 and 85, Square
VI.; thence along that line and continuation to
Stanley Brook; thence along Stanley Brook to the
track leading from Wangapeka towards Pigeon
Valley; thence along that track, and along the road
through Pigeon Valley to the River Wai-iti; thence
along the Wai-iti to its junction with the River
Wairoa; thence up the Wairoa to its junction with
the River Roding; thence by the River Roding
to its junction with the River Lee; thence up the
River Lee to a point due North from the summit of
Mount Rintoul; thence by a line to the summit of
Mount Rintoul; thence Southward by the boundary
of the Province of Marlborough to the Top House;
thence by the said boundary line of the Province of
Marlborough to the River Acheron; thence by the
River Acheron and River Severn to the junction of
the Severn and Alma; thence by a spur to the water-
shed named Alma Heights; thence following the said
water-shed to include all the southern and eastern
drainage area of the River Wairau and its tributaries
to the Spencer Range; thence by the water-shed, to
include all the drainage area of the River Sabine to
Lake Rotoroa; thence by the western shore of
Lake Rotoroa to its junction with the River Gowan;
thence by the River Gowan to its junction with the
River Buller; thence by the water-shed between the
Rivers Hope and Owen to the line of the water-shed
between the Buller and its tributaries, and the
Motueka and its tributaries; thence westerly and
northerly by the said water-shed to the summit
of Mount Arthur, so as to include all the drainage
area of the Motueka River and its tributaries; thence
by the southern boundary of the Motueka District

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said Proclamations as relates to the said districts,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such districts:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by
the said recited Act, do hereby revoke the said
Proclamations so far as relates to the said districts,
and do proclaim and declare that the territory
formerly comprised within such districts shall be
and is hereby divided, for the purposes of the said
Act, into nine districts, the names and boundaries
whereof shall be as follows:-

AORERE DISTRICT.
Commencing at the mouth of the River Heaphy;
thence along the sea coast to Rangihaeta Head,
Golden Bay; thence by the water-shed line, which
includes all the streams between Rangihaeta Head
and the mouth of the Aorere, the River Aorere and
its tributaries, and the Heaphy and its tributaries, to
the mouth of the said River Heaphy.

TAKAKA DISTRICT.
Commencing at Rangihaeta Head, Golden Bay;
thence Westward and Southward along the boundary
of the Aorere District to the summit of the range
dividing the Takaka and Karamea Valleys; thence
following the water-shed line, which includes the
drainage area of the River Takaka and its tribu-
taries, to Mount Arthur; thence along the main
range between the Takaka and Motueka and Riwaka
Valleys to Mount Richards; thence by a leading
spur to the south headland of Bark Bay; thence
along the coast to Rangihaeta Head, including all
the Islands adjacent.