β¨ Mining District Boundaries, Railway Proclamation
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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SCHEDULE.
KAWAKAWA MINING DISTRICT.
COMPRISES the Counties of Mongonui, Hokianga,
Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Rodney, Waite-
mata, Eden, and Manakau, including the Great
Barrier, Waiheke, and other adjacent islands.
WAIKATO MINING DISTRICT.
All that area bounded towards the North by the
middle of the Waikato River and the Maramarua
River to where the main road from Pukorokoro to
Mercer crosses the last-mentioned river, thence by
that road to Pukorokoro, thence by the Frith of
Thames; towards the West by the Frith of Thames
aforesaid and the Hauraki Gulf; towards the East,
North, and again towards the East by the ocean to
the 39th parallel of south latitude; towards the
South by the 39th parallel aforesaid to the Ngahuinga
or Tuhua River; again towards the West by a right
line from thence to the source of the Mokau River;
again towards the South by that river to the ocean;
and again towards the West by the ocean to the
Waikato River.
PELORUS MINING DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Marl-
borough situated north of the Wairau River, includ-
ing D'Urville and other adjacent islands.
KAIKOURA MINING DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Marl-
borough situated south of the Wairau River.
WEST WANGANUI MINING DISTRICT.
Comprises the Counties of Collingwood and
Waimea, including the adjacent islands.
WESTPORT MINING DISTRICT.
Comprises the Counties of Buller, Inangahua,
Amuri, Cheviot, and Grey, excepting that portion of
the Grey County situated south of a line drawn from
Harper's Saddle to the outflow of Lake Brunner, and
of the Rivers Arnold and Grey.
GREYMOUTH MINING DISTRICT.
All that area bounded towards the North by the
Grey River to the confluence of the Arnold River,
thence by the Arnold River to Lake Brunner, and
thence by a right line to the saddle at the source of
the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers; towards the
East by lines along the summit of the Southern Alps
to the source of the Weheka River; towards the
South by the Weheka River to the ocean; towards
the West by the ocean to the Grey River.
JACKSON'S BAY MINING DISTRICT.
All that area bounded towards the North by the
Weheka River to its source; towards the East by
lines along the summit of the Southern Alps to Mount
Aspiring; towards the South by a right line to the
mouth of the Awarua River in Big Bay; and towards
the West by the ocean to the Weheka River.
MALVERN MINING DISTRICT.
Comprises the Counties of Ashley, Selwyn, Akaroa,
and Ashburton.
TIMARU MINING DISTRICT.
Comprises the Counties of Geraldine, Waimate,
and that portion of the Counties of Lake, Vincent,
and Waitaki, situated to the north of a right line
drawn from Mount Aspiring to the issue of the Ohau
River from Ohau Lake.
OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.
All that area bounded towards the North by a right
line from the mouth of the Awarua River in Big
Bay to Mount Aspiring, thence by a right line to the
issue of the Ohau River from Ohau Lake, thence by
the middle of the Ohau River and Waitaki River to
the ocean; towards the East and South by the ocean
to the Mataura River; towards the West by the
right bank of that river to its source at Eyre Peak,
thence to Eyre Peak; towards the South-east by a
right line to the confluence of the Windley River
with the Oreti River; again towards the South by a
right line due west to the Manipori Lake; again
towards the East by that lake and by the left bank of
the Waiau River to the ocean; again towards the
South and West by the ocean to the Awarua River,
the starting point.
SOUTHLAND MINING DISTRICT.
All that area bounded towards the North-west by
a right line from the confluence of the Windley River
with the Oreti River to Eyre Peak, thence to the
source of the Mataura River; towards the East by
the right bank of that river to the ocean; towards
the South by the ocean to the Waiau River; towards
the West by the left bank of that river and by the
Manipori Lake to a point due west of the confluence
of the Windley River with the Oreti River aforesaid;
and towards the North by a right line due east to the
said confluence, the starting point: including Stewart,
Ruapuke, and other adjacent islands.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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
twentieth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.
H. A. ATKINSON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Defining the Middle Line of Portion of the Railway
from Foxton to New Plymouth (Carlyle Branch).
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the railway from Foxton to New
Plymouth is one of the railways specified
in the First Schedule to "The Public Works Act,
1879," and which Act is therein declared to be a
special Act authorizing the construction of such rail-
way; and the same is unfinished, and it has been
determined to construct and maintain a further
portion of such railway:
Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and in pursuance of the powers and authori-
ties conferred on me by sections one hundred and
twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, one
hundred and twenty-four, and one hundred and
twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and
in exercise of every other power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the middle line of the said portion of the
said railway shall be from a point situate in Section
No. 61, the Suburbs of Carlyle to a point in Section
one hundred and fifteen, all within the Carlyle Survey
District, Patea County, Provincial District of Tara-
naki, Colony of New Zealand, as defined and set
forth in the Schedule hereto. The said middle line
and the land through which the same passes are set
forth in the map and plan marked P.W.D., 7644,
and authenticated for the purposes of this Proclama-
tion by the signature of the Honorable John Hall,
Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works,
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Detailed boundaries for numerous New Zealand Mining Districts
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πΎ Primary Industries & Resources20 April 1880
Mining Districts, Boundaries, Counties, Provincial Districts, Geographical definitions, KAWAKAWA, WAIKATO, OTAGO
- Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 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
- H. A. Atkinson
ποΈ Proclamation defining the middle line for a portion of the Foxton to New Plymouth Railway (Carlyle Branch)
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public WorksRailway construction, Public Works Act 1876, Foxton, New Plymouth, Carlyle Branch, Patea County, Taranaki
- Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
- Honourable John Hall, Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works
NZ Gazette 1880, No 41