β¨ District Boundary Definitions
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 137
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SOUTH MATAURA DISTRICT
Bounded on the North by Mataura District; on
the East by the Kaiwera and a line to Cairn Peak,
and a line from thence through Chimney Peak due
south to the boundary of Run 162, thence by the
watershed to Blackhorn, thence by a line to Chas-
land's Mistake; on the South by the sea; and on
the West by the Mataura. -
ONE-TREE POINT DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the north boundary
of Blocks VII. and VIII., I. and II., and VII.,
Oteramika Hundred, on the East by the Mataura;
on the South by the sea; and on the West by the
west boundary of the Oteramika Road District. -
LOTHIAN DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the Mabel and
Waimumu Districts; on the East by the Mataura;
and on the South and West by the One-Tree Point
and Myross Districts. -
MYROSS DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the Makarewa; on the
West by the west boundary of Sections 59, 50, 49,
and Bush Reserve, Block X., Sections 25, 13, and 12,
Block IX., and Section 1, Block IX., Sections 34,21,
and 6, Block IV., Invercargill Hundred; on the
South by the Waihopai and the north boundary of
Blocks VII. and VIII., Invercargill Hundred; and on
the East and North-east by the east and north-east
boundaries of the Invercargill Hundred. -
MABEL DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North-west by the Makarewa; on
the North by the north boundary of Block I., Forest
Hill and the Hedgehope; on the East by the east
boundary of the Forest Hill and Mabel Hundreds;
on the Sonth by the road from Invercargill to
Dunedin; and on the South-west by the north-east
boundary of the Invercargill Hundred. -
WAIMUMU DISTRICT.
Bounded on the West by the Forest Hill Hundred
and the Mabel Hundred; on the South by the
Dunedin Road and the north boundary of Block
XXXV., and Sections 9, 11, 12, and 14, Block III.,
Lothian Hundred, the north boundary of Mataura
Hundred, the north boundary of Block LVII.; on
the East by the Mataura and the west boundary of
Run 116; on the North by the north boundary of
the Waimumu Hundred. -
TARINGATURA DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by a line due west from
the junction of the Paikerewao with the Mataura till
it cuts the bush, thence by the north-east face of the
bush to the north-west boundary of the late Province
of Southland; on the North-west and North by the
north-west and north boundary of the said late Pro-
vince; on the West by the west boundary of Runs
188 and 198; on the South by the north
boundary of the hundreds; and on the East by the
Mataura River. -
WAKATIPU DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North-west by the boundary of
the late Province of Southland; on the North-east
and East by the Mataura; and on the South by the
Taringatura District. -
TE ANAU DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the north boundary of
the late Province of Southland; on the West by the
Waiau; on the South by the Waiau District; and
on the East by Runs 188, 198, and 187. -
WAIKU DISTRICT.1
Bounded on the West by the Waiau; on the
South by Aparima Hundred and Longwood District;
on the East by the Aparima River; and on the
North by the Waiau River from the most northern
corner of Run No. 413 to its junction with the Wai-
cooe 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 No. 187, thence by that boundary
to the Aparima River, and thence by that river to its
junction with the Braxtonburn. -
MOUNT PLEASANT DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by a due east and west
line (true bearing) on transit with Trigonometrical
Station V. on Woody Knoll; on the East by the
Aparima River; on the South by part of the Jacob's
River Hundred; on the West by a due North and
South line (true bearing), in transit with the top of
Ferndunlaw Hill. -
OREPUKI DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by an east and west line
from Ferndunlaw to the Waiau; on the West by the
Waiau; on the South-west and South by the sea;
and on the East by Jacob's River Hundred. -
LONGWOOD DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by an east and west line
north of the bend of the river in Section 46, Block
III., Jacob's River Hundred; on the West by the
west boundary of the Jacob's River Hundred; on
the South by the sea; and on the North and East by
the sea, Jacob's River Estuary, and the Pourapoura-
kino River. -
JACOB'S RIVER DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the north boundary of
the hundred; on the East by the Jacob's River; on
the South and South-west by the estuary and the
Longwood District; on the West by the west
boundary of the Jacob's River Hundred. -
TOWN OF RIVERTON DISTRICT.
Bounded towards the North-east by Block VI.,
Jacob's River Survey District; towards the South-
east by the Maori Reserve; and towards the West
by Jacob's River Estuary. -
SOUTH RIVERTON TOWN DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North and East by the sea and
Jacob's River Estuary; on the South and East by
the south-eastern boundary of Section 3, Block II.,
Jacob's River Hundred; on the South and West
by the south-western boundary of Sections 9 and
13, Block II., and 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block I., Jacob's
River Hundred; and on the North-west by the
north-western boundary of Section 7, Block I.,
Jacob's River Hundred aforesaid. -
WAIMATUKU DISTRICT.
Bounded on the West by the Jacob's River; on
the East by the east boundary of the Jacob's River
Hundred; and on the South by the sea. -
NEW RIVER DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by north boundary of New
River Hundred; on the East by the Oreti; on the
West by the Waimatuku; and on the South by a
due west line from the junction of the Oriti and
Makarewa to the ocean beach. -
HEDDON BUSH DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by a due east and west
line (true bearing) in transit with Trigonometrical
Station V., on Woody Knoll; on the East by the
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Continuation of District Boundary Definitions for Southland Area
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ποΈ Provincial & Local Government23 February 1874
District boundaries, Survey districts, Southland, Boundary descriptions, Administrative divisions
NZ Gazette 1874, No 11