Goldfield Boundaries




Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1639

the Hawksbury Hundred aforesaid to the north branch of
the Waikouaiti River; thence by the said north branch and
the south branch of the Waikouaiti River to a point due
east of Trig. Station U, Waikouaiti Survey District; thence
again towards the South by a straight line through the said
Trig. Station U to the right bank of the Silver Stream;
thence again towards the South-east by the said Silver Stream
to the East Taieri Hundred; thence again towards the South
by the said East Taieri Hundred to Block II., Dunedin and
East Taieri Survey District; thence again towards the South-
east by Sections Nos. 9, 8, 7, and 6, Block III., Dunedin
and East Taieri Survey District, and a road; thence again
towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 38, a road, 1 of
28, 2 of 28, 27, 26, a road, and Section No. 5, and a road,
all of Block II. aforesaid, and by Sections Nos. 21, 20, 2
of 18, and 17, Block I., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey
District, to the Taieri River; thence by a line across that
river; thence again towards the South-east by the said
Taieri River to the right bank of the Traquair Burn; thence
again towards the South generally by the Town District of
Outram, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 14,
of the 9th February, 1882, to the old Dunedin-Dunstan
Road; thence again towards the South-west by that road to
Block IX., Maungatua Survey District; thence again towards
the South-east by Sections Nos. 9, 8, and 7, Block VIII.,
Maungatua Survey District, Section No. 39, Irregular Block,
Taieri Survey District, by the Mountain Road in the Town-
ship of Maungatua, and again by Block VIII., Maungatua
Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section No. 1
of Block VIII. aforesaid; thence by a straight line to Mau-
gatua Trig. Station; thence by a straight line to the
northernmost corner of Section No. 4, Block XIV., Mau-
gatua Survey District; thence by the said section No. 4
to Block XIII., Maungatua Survey District; thence again
towards the East by Block XIV. aforesaid to its southern-
most corner; thence again towards the South-east by
Block II., Maungatua Survey District, to the Waipori River;
thence again towards the South by the said Waipori River to
Block X., Waipori Survey District; thence again towards
the South-east by the West Taieri Hundred to Block X.,
Table Hill Survey District; thence again towards the East
by the Clarendon Survey District to Trig. Station D; thence
again towards the South-east by Sections Nos. 26, 27, 39, 37,
42, 29, 12, 11, and 10, Block I., Table Hill Survey District,
and by the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned
section produced to the east branch of the Tokomairiro
River; thence again towards the West by that branch to a
point due north of the northernmost corner of Section No. 3,
Block II., Table Hill Survey District; thence by a line
across the said east branch of the Tokomairiro River to
that corner; thence again towards the South-east by Section
No. 3 aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 68, 67, 2 of 58, 66, 65, 64,
33, 61, 96, and 63, Block II., Table Hill Survey District, to
the Tokomairiro Survey District; thence again towards the
South-west by the said Tokomairiro Survey District; again
towards the South-east by Sections Nos. 215 and 208,
Block XXVI., Tokomairiro Survey District; again towards
the North-east by the latter section; again towards the
South-east by a closed road, and Section No. 202,
Block XXV., Tokomairiro Survey District, to its western-
most corner; thence by a straight line across a closed road,
and across the south branch of the Tokomairiro River to the
northernmost corner of Section No. 10, Block XLI., Toko-
mairiro Survey District; thence again towards the South-
east by the said Block XLI.; again towards the South-west
by Blocks XL. and XLIII.; again towards the South-
west by Block XLV.; again towards the South-west by
the said block XLV.; again towards the south-west by
the Hillend Survey District to the south-western corner of
Section No. 6, Block LIII., Tokomairiro Survey District;
thence again towards the South-west by Section No. 16,
Block IX., to its northernmost corner; thence again
towards the South-east by Block XIII., Hillend Survey
District, to the northernmost corner of Section No. 5
of that block; thence again towards the West and North-
west by the Waitahuna East Survey District; again towards
the South-west by Block IX., Waitahuna East Survey Dis-
trict, Block VIII., Waitahuna West Survey District, Sec-
tions 20 and 19, Block VII., Waitahuna West Survey Dis-
trict, and by Block IX. of the last-mentioned survey district to
the northernmost corner of Section No. 15 of that block;
thence again towards the South and South-east by Sections
Nos. 15, a road, 17, 14, 13, a road, 18, and 11, Block IX.,
Waitahuna West Survey District, and Sections Nos. 16, 17,
and 18, Block XI., Waitahuna West Survey District, to
a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section
No. 12 of the said Block XI.; thence again towards the South-
west by the said Section No. 12 to Crockburn; thence again
towards the South-east by Crockburn to the Clutha River;
thence again towards the West by the said Clutha River
to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of
Section No. 26, Block II., Pomahaka Survey District;
thence again towards the South and West generally by
the Pomaka Survey District to the Pomahaka River;
thence again towards the South-east by a line across
the said Pomahaka River, and by that line continued
parallel to that river and 10 chains distant from the south
bank thereof till it intersects the left bank of the Waipahi
River; thence again towards the East and South by the said
Waipahi River to the railway-crossing in Block X., Waipahoe
Survey District; thence by the Southern Trunk line of Rail-
way to the Town District of Gordon, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 14, of the 9th February, 1882; thence
by that town district to the Mataura River; thence again
towards the South-west by that river to the Eyre Stream;
thence by that stream to Run No. 452; thence again
towards the North-west by that run to Eyre Peak; thence
again towards the South and West generally by the summit
of the western watershed of the Wakatipu Lake to Round
Peak; thence again towards the South by a straight line
to Moffat Peak; thence by a straight line to Mount
Eglinton, and by the latter line produced to Te Anau Lake;
thence again towards the East generally by the eastern
shore of the said Te Anau Lake, by the Waiau River, by the
eastern shore of the Manapouri Lake, and again by the said
Waiau River to a point due east of the mouth of the Orawia
Stream in the Waiau Survey District; thence again towards
the North and North-west by a straight line to the mouth of
that stream, and by the said Orawia Stream to a point in
line with the south-western boundary of Section No. 105,
Waiau Survey District; thence again towards the North-
east and North-west generally by a straight line to the
said Section No. 105; and thence by that section and Sec-
tions Nos. 82 and 7, Waiau Survey District, to the Aparima
Hundred; thence again towards the East by the said
Aparima Hundred to Ferdunlaw; thence again towards
the North-east by a straight line to the source of the eastern
branch of the Purapurakino Stream; thence by that branch
and the Purapurakino Stream and Jacob's River to the
ocean; thence again towards the South-west and North-west
generally by the ocean to Big Bay aforesaid, the place
of commencement.

Also all that area known as the Waikawa Goldfield, in the
Provincial District of Otago, bounded towards the East by
the Waikawa Township Reserve for a distance of 44 chains
to the ocean; thence towards the South and South-west by
the ocean and Haldane Bay to the most easterly part of the
first bight of the said bay for a distance of about 530 chains;
and thence towards the North-west by a straight line to the
place of commencement on the boundary of the Waikawa
Township Reserve aforesaid.

Also all that area known as the Bushy Point Goldfield, in
the Provincial District of Otago, bounded towards the
North by a line 40 chains distant from and parallel to high-
water mark of the ocean, from Bluff Harbour to the Mataura
River; thence towards the East by the said river; towards
the South by low-water mark of the ocean; towards the
South-west by a reserve (50 acres) in Block XIII., Camp-
belltown Hundred; and towards the North-west by the Bluff
Harbour aforesaid.

Also all that area known as the Campbelltown Goldfield,
in the Provincial District of Otago, comprised between low-
water mark and 1 chain above high-water mark of the ocean,
from Section No. 1, Block V., Campbelltown Hundred, to
Steep Head, and round to the Pasturage Reserve; thence
(said strip being lessened in width to distance between high-
and low-water marks) to the southern boundary of the said
reserve; starting again at the original width, and continu-
ing along the coast to Pilot Station Reserve, at Stirling's
Point, Bluff Harbour. Also the additional areas comprised
within the following Government reserves: That portion of
the Stanley Township lying to the west of Mokomoko Inlet,
the Pilot Station Reserve at Steep Head, and Section No. 1,
Block IV., Campbelltown Hundred.

STEWART ISLAND.

Also all that area known as the Stewart Island Goldfield,
in the Provincial District of Otago, being all that portion of
Stewart Island north of latitude 46° 50.′

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath, 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 Wel-
ington, this twenty-first day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six.

W. J. M. LARNACH,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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🗺️ Boundaries of Goldfields in Otago

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 December 1886
Goldfields, Boundaries, Otago, Survey Districts, Rivers, Streams, Survey Sections, Trig Stations
  • Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • W. J. M. Larnach