MAR. 30.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
503

thence by the Napier and Waipukurau District (as)
defined in a Proclamation dated the 9th day of
August, 1880, and published in New Zealand Gazette
of the 12th August, 1880) to the intersection of its
western boundary by the parallel of 39° 15' south
latitude, by that parallel to the Wanganui River;
towards the West by that river to the thirty-ninth
parallel of south latitude; thence by a right line to
the source of the Mokau River, on the southern
boundary of the Waikato District, before described:
as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the
Survey Office, Auckland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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 Christ-
church, this twenty-fifth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.
THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering Boundaries of Resident Magistrates' District
of Southland.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates Act,
1867," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in
the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout
the colony, or in any part thereof, districts to be
called Resident Magistrates' districts, and such dis-
tricts from time to time to abolish, and the boundaries
to define and alter, and, in any such Proclamation, to
fix a time on and from which any such district shall
be constituted or abolished, as the case may be:

And whereas by Proclamation bearing date the
thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-eight, His Excellency the Governor,
in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authori-
ties so vested in him, did define the boundaries of the
Resident Magistrates' District of Southland, as de-
scribed in the said Proclamation:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries
of the said District of Southland so defined as afore-
said:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the powers and authorities so
vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby alter the boun-
daries of the said District of Southland, as described
in the Schedule hereto, as and from the twenty-
seventh instant.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Colony of New Zealand, bounded
towards the North by a right line from the mouth of
Awarua River, in Big Bay, in the direction of Mount
Aspiring, to a point at which it is intersected by a
right line drawn due north from Cosmos Peak;
towards the East by said line to Cosmos Peak;
towards the North-east generally by the summit of
the northern and western watersheds of Lake
Wakatipu to Eyre Peak; thence by a right line to
the nearest source of Mataura River, and by that

river to the southern boundary-line of Run 193;
thence by that boundary-line, by the summit of the
watershed of the western branch of Waikaka River
to the summit of Black Umbrella; thence by the
eastern watershed of Waikaka River to the crossing
of the Kaiwera Creek by the Main South Road;
thence by that creek to its source; thence by a right
line to the summit of Cairn Hill; thence by a right
line to Bleak Hill; thence by the summit of the
range leading to Black Horn Hill; thence by a right
line to Chasland's Mistake; and towards the South-
west, West, and North-west by the sea to Awarua
River, the point of commencement: also the islands
known as Stewart Island, Solander Island, the Snares,
Bounty Island, Antipodes Island, Campbell Island,
and all other islands situated between lat. 45° S. and
lat. 53° S., and between long. 162° E. and long. 180° E.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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 Christ-
church, this twenty-fifth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.
THOMAS DICK.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Town District of Clinton, County of Clutha,
constituted.

(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Town Districts Act, 1881"
(hereinafter called "the said Act"), it is,
among other things, enacted that the inhabitants of
any locality not constituted a borough under "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," wherein there
are not less than fifty householders, may apply by
petition to the Governor praying that such locality
may be constituted a town district under the said Act;
and that no such locality shall exceed two square
miles in area, and no one point in such area shall be
distant more than four miles from any other point
therein, except in the case of military townships;
and that in every such locality not less than two-
thirds of the number of the resident householders
shall concur in any such petition, and each signature
to such petition shall be verified by the attestation
of some respectable witness; and that such petition
shall set forth accurately the boundaries of the
locality to which such petition may refer; and also
that, on the receipt of any such petition, the Gover-
nor may, by Proclamation, declare that the provisions
of the said Act shall come into force within such
locality, and that the same shall be a town district
under the said Act; and, further, that such Procla-
mation shall accurately define the boundaries of the
district in accordance with the description contained
in the petition, and shall declare the name by which
such district shall thereafter be known:

And whereas a petition has been presented to the
Governor, by the inhabitants of the locality men-
tioned and described therein, praying that such
locality may be constituted a town district under the
said Act:

And whereas not less than two-thirds of the num-
ber of resident householders in the said locality have
concurred in the said petition, and it is expedient