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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Establishment of Cattle and Sheep Districts in Otago,
and Appointment of Inspectors therefor.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-third section of an
Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and
Provincial Council of Otago intituled "The Cattle
and Sheep Ordinance, 1875," it is enacted that the
Superintendent shall from time to time divide the
province into districts for the purpose of the said
Ordinance, and appoint fit and competent persons to
be Cattle and Sheep Inspectors, and every such
Inspector shall have a fixed place of abode within
the district to which he is appointed, where notices
and other proceedings may be left or sent:

And whereas by "The Abolition of Provinces Act,
1875," such of the powers, duties, and functions as
are vested in the Superintendent by the said Ordi-
nance are now vested in and are to be exercised and
performed by the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the herein-
before in part recited Ordinance and Act, do hereby,
for the purposes of the said recited Ordinance, con-
stitute within the Provincial District of Otago the
several districts the names and boundaries whereof
are set forth in the first column of the Schedule
hereto; and I do hereby appoint the several persons
named in the second column of the Schedule hereto
to be Cattle and Sheep Inspectors for the respective
districts opposite to which their names are respec-
tively set; and I declare that Benjamin Peddie
Bayly shall be styled Chief Inspector, and that the
situation of the place of abode of each Inspector is
that set opposite his name in the third column of the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name and Description of
District.

DUNEDIN DISTRICT.
Comprising all that area in the
Provincial District of Otago the
boundaries whereof commence at
a branch of Deep Dell Creek.
Bounded towards the North-east
by Shag Valley Road and Shag
River to mouth of said river
thence towards the South and
East by Pacific Ocean, Blueskin
Bay, and Swampy Hill, to Water
of Leith and City of Dunedin,
and Otago Harbour to Bay View
Road; thence by a straight line
to the Ocean Beach, thence again
by the ocean to mouth of Clutha
River, Matau Branch; thence
South-west by said Matau Branch
and Clutha River to junction of
Waitahuna River, thence by
Waitahuna River to Waitahuna
Hill, thence by a line from Wai-
tahuna Hill to the Neuthorn,
thence by the Neuthorn to branch
of Deep Dell Creek, Shag Valley
Road, being the starting point.

OAMARU DISTRICT.
Comprising all that area in the
Provincial District of Otago the
boundaries whereof commence at
Dingle River. Bounded to the
North and North-east by the
Canterbury Provincial District;
South-east by the Pacific Ocean
to mouth of the Shag River; on
South-west by said river and
Main Shag Valley Road, Kakanui
and Hawkdun Mountains to
Mount St. Bathans; thence by a
line to Longslip Mountain, thence
again to the starting point at
Dingle River.

SCHEDULE—continued.

Name and Description of
District.

Name of
Inspector.

Place of
Abode.

TAPANUI DISTRICT.
Comprising all that area in the
Provincial District of Otago the
boundaries whereof commence at
mouth of Clutha River. Bounded
on South-east by the Pacific
Ocean to mouth of the Mataura
River, thence by said river to road
line at Allen's Creek, thence by
said main road to Wakatipu
Lake; thence on the North by a
straight line to the Obelisk,
thence by the watershed of Um-
brella Mountains and Clutha
River to Mount Benger, thence
by a line from Mount Benger to
the Clutha River, being southern
boundary of Run 369; thence
South by Clutha River to Benger
Burn, thence by a line in a north-
easterly direction, being boundary
of Run 199, to the Lammerlaw
Range; thence by Lammerlaw
Range to the boundary of Sheep
Inspector's District of Dunedin
at Verter Burn, thence by said
district boundary to starting
point at mouth of Clutha River.

Pierce Power
Tapanui.

SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.
Comprising all that area in the
Provincial District of Otago the
boundaries whereof commence at
mouth of the Mataura River;
thence North-east by said river
to Tyre Peak, thence by Thom-
son, Livingston, and Earl Moun-
tains to Mount Christina; thence
on the North-west by unoccupied
country to the ocean, thence by
ocean to starting point: together
with Stewart and Ruapuke Is-
lands.

Charles Ander- Invercargill.
son

DUNSTAN DISTRICT.
Comprising all that area in the
Provincial District of Otago
bounded on the North by the
Provincial District of Canter-
bury; towards the North-east by
Oamaru Sheep Inspector's Dis-
trict; South-east by Dunedin
District; South and South-west
by Tapanui District, Southland,
and unoccupied country, to start-
ing point at Provincial District
of Canterbury boundary.

Hector McNeil Clyde.
Campbell

PORT CHALMERS DISTRICT.
Comprising all that area in the
Provincial District of Otago the
boundaries whereof commence
from a point at Blueskin Bay.
Bounded on the North, East, and
South by the ocean to a point on
Ocean Beach, thence by a straight
line to Bay View Road, thence
by Dunedin District boundary to
starting point at Blueskin Bay.

John Thomson Port Chal-
mers.

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,