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Waipori River; thence by the Waipori River and
Lake, and the Taieri River, to the ocean; thence by
the ocean to the Wangaloa Creek; thence along
Wangaloa Creek and the leading ridge to Two Stone
Creek; thence along Two Stone Creek and the eastern
shore of the Tuakitoto Lake to Stony Creek; thence
along Stony Creek to the eastern boundary of Block
VI., Hillend Survey District; thence along the
eastern boundary of Block VI., the northern boundary
of Block I., and the eastern and northern boundaries
of Block II., Hillend Survey District aforesaid, to the
Clutha River, and along the Clutha River in a
northerly direction to the starting point.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation and take effect on the first day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this eleventh day of February, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Marriage Act Amendment
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor at any time, by Proclamation 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:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the thirtieth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did amongst others constitute districts
for the purposes of the said Act, called the "Toko-
mairiro" and "North Molyneux" Districts, the
boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the first day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six:

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

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

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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 four districts,
the names and boundaries whereof shall be as
follow:-

BALCLUTHA DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from the Clutha River along the northern and eastern
boundaries of Block II., Hillend Survey District, to
the northern boundary of Block I., same district;
thence along the northern, eastern, and southern
boundaries of the said Block I. to the Clutha River;
thence across the said river, and along its Koau
branch to the road-line forming the south-western
boundary of Blocks XXXIII., XXXIV., and XLI.,
Clutha Survey District; thence north-westerly along
the said road-line, to the road-line forming the north-
western boundary of Blocks XLI., XLII., and
XLIII. of the said Clutha Survey District; thence
north-easterly along the said road-line to the Clutha
River, and across the Clutha River to the starting
point.

CLUTHA DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded towards the North-
west by the West Clutha Hundred; towards the
North-east by Blocks XXXIII., XXXIV., and XLI.,
Clutha Survey District; towards the East by the
Clutha River and its Koau branch; towards the
South by the ocean; and towards the West by the
western boundary of Catlin's Hundred.

NORTH MOLYNEUX DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by a
line proceeding from the Clutha River along the
southern and eastern boundaries of Block I., and the
eastern boundary of Block VI., Hillend Survey Dis-
trict, and Stony Creek, to the Tuakitoto Lake;
thence along the eastern shore of the Tuakitoto Lake
to the Two Stone Creek; thence by Two Stone
Creek and the leading ridge to Wangaloa Creek;
thence by Wangaloa Creek to the ocean; thence,
bounded towards the South by the ocean, to the
Clutha River; and thence towards the West by the
Clutha River and its Koau branch to the starting
point.

TOKOMAIRIRO DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded from the Clutha
River by the northern boundary of the North.
Tokomairiro and West Taieri Hundreds to the
Waipori River; thence by the Waipori River and
Lake, and the Taieri River, to the ocean; thence by
the ocean to the Wangaloa Creek; thence along
Wangaloa Creek and the leading ridge to Two Stone.
Creek; thence along Two Stone Creek and the eastern
shore of the Tuakitoto Lake to Stony Creek; thence.
along Stony Creek to the eastern boundary of Block
VI., Hillend Survey District; thence along the
eastern boundary of Block VI., the northern boundary
of Block I., and the eastern and northern boundaries
of Block II., Hillend Survey District aforesaid, to the
Clutha River, and long the Clutha River in a
northerly direction to the starting point.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come:
into operation and take effect on the first day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under