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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1163

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and autho-
rities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that the boundaries of the said
borough are hereby altered, so as to include within
the limits of the said borough the land described in
the First Schedule hereto, and that the said borough
shall henceforth be bounded as specified in the Second
Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
and Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasure-
ment one hundred and fifty-six (156) acres, more
or less, being that portion of land lying between
the Anderson's Bay Road and low watermark im-
mediately contiguous to the Municipality of South
Dunedin, commencing at the junction of the north
side of the Cargill Road with the said Anderson's
Bay Road, and continuing the line of the said Cargill
Road a distance of three thousand (3000) links
to low watermark; thence along low watermark a
distance of four thousand one hundred and eighty
(4180) links; thence in a line parallel to the first
mentioned line three thousand six hundred (3600)
links to the junction of the south side of the Bay
View Road with the said Anderson's Bay Road;
thence along the western side of the said Anderson's
Bay Road four thousand two hundred (4200) links
to the commencing point, the said western side being
the eastern boundary of the said Municipality of
South Dunedin. Excepting out of the land herein
described an area one (1) chain wide, being the
Dunedin, Peninsula, and Ocean Beach Railroad.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by
admeasurement four hundred and nine (409) acres
and twenty-five (25) poles, more or less, situated in
the town district, being Sections numbered respec-
tively one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5),
six (6), seven (7), twenty-two (22), twenty-three
(23), twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25), twenty-six
(26), twenty-seven (27), twenty-eight (28), twenty-
nine (29), thirty (30), thirty-one (31), thirty-two
(32), thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-five
(35), thirty-six (36), and parts of Sections numbered
respectively eight (8), forty-two (42), forty-three
(43), forty-four (44), forty-five (45), Block seven
(VII.), on the map of said district. Bounded towards
the North-east by the low watermark of the Otago
Harbour, four thousand one hundred and eighty
(4180) links; towards the South-east by a line being
the south side of Bay View Road produced, three
thousand six hundred (3600) links, to the junction of
the said side of Bay View Road with the Anderson's
Bay Road; towards the South-west by a line to the
middle of Bay View Road, twenty-five (25) links;
again towards the South-east by a line extending
along the middle of Bay View Road and Kennedy
Road, five thousand two hundred and fifty (5250)
links; towards the South-west by Section numbered
37, one thousand nine hundred and forty (1940) links;
again towards the South-east by Sections numbered
respectively 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41, and part of 46,
three thousand six hundred and ten (3610) links;
again towards the South-west by a road line two
thousand (2000) links; and towards the North-west
by part of Section numbered 13, Block VI., and
Sections numbered respectively 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16,
15, 14, 13, and 12, and part of Section numbered 8,
Block VII., eight thousand and eighty (8080) links,
and thence in a right line in the same direction three
thousand (3000) links to low watermark at the starting
point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.
Excepting out of the land herein described an area
one (1) chain wide, being the Dunedin, Peninsula,
and Ocean Beach Railroad.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; 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 the
Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Southland Thistle Ordinance brought into operation.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A. PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance of the Superinten-
dent and Provincial Council of Southland
intituled "The Thistle Ordinance, 1862," power is
given to the Superintendent from time to time, by
Proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette,
to declare that that Ordinance shall come into opera-
tion within any district, and thereby to proclaim the
limits of the district: And whereas by "The Otago
and Southland Union Act, 1870," all the powers
vested in the Superintendent of the Province of
Southland became vested in the Superintendent of
the Province of Otago, and such powers now are,
by "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," vested in
the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zea-
land, by virtue of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the said Ordinance and Acts, do hereby
proclaim and declare that on and after the fourteenth
day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven, the said Ordinance shall come
into operation within the district, the limits whereof
are set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF AREA PROPOSED TO BE BROUGHT
UNDER "THE THISTLE ORDINANCE."

ALL that area of land comprising one thousand nine
hundred and forty-nine (1,949) acres one (1) rood and
three (3) perches, more or less, being part of Block I.,
Invercargill Hundred, and bounded as follows,
namely: -Commencing on the Waihopai River, at
the north-west angle of Section 25 (adjoining the
Waihopai Bridge, on North Road); thence by a line
running due south along the eastern side of North
Road to Town of Invercargill; thence due east, and
thereafter due south, along the northern and eastern
boundaries of the Town of Invercargill to the eastern
end of Tay Street; thence easterly, and thereafter
north-easterly, along the southern boundaries of



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