July 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1007

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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for a Village Homestead Special Settlement for Perpetual Leasing in the Otago Land District.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the sections of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for application as a village homestead special settlement for perpetual leasing, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and made under the one hundred and sixty-third section of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

GLENOMARU DISTRICT.

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 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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering Boundaries of Resident Magistrates’ Districts of Timaru, Otago Goldfields, and Oamaru.

(l.s.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
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 districts 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 Proclamations bearing date the thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in him, did define the boundaries of the Resident Magistrates’ Districts of Timaru, Otago Goldfields, and Oamaru, as described in the said Proclamations:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the said districts so defined as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby alter the boundaries of the said Districts of Timaru, Otago Goldfields, and Oamaru respectively, and define them as described in the Schedule hereto, as and from the first day of September next.

SCHEDULE.

TIMARU.

All that area in the Provincial District of Canterbury bounded towards the North-east by a right line from Mount Cook to the nearest mouth of the Godley River in Lake Tekapo; thence by a right line to the source of the Opihi River, and by that river to the sea; towards the East by the sea; towards the South-west generally by the Waitaki River to a point opposite the leading spur of the range between the Hakateramea and Waihao Rivers; thence by a right line to and by the said spur, and by the summit of the watershed between the said Hakateramea and Waihao Rivers to the source of the Pareora River; thence by the Counties of Waimate and Waitaki to the Southern Alps; and towards the North-west by the Southern Alps.

OTAGO GOLDFIELDS.

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Otago and Canterbury bounded towards the North and North-west by the Provincial District of Westland from a point due north of Cosmos Peak to Mount Ward; towards the East by the summit of the range over Mount Huxley, through Lindis Pass, to Mount St. Bathan’s; thence again towards the north by a right line running due east to the summit of the Hawkdun Mountains; thence towards the north-east by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of the said mountains, through Maruwhenua Pass, by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of the Kakanui Mountains and of the spur leading to the junction of the Deepdell Creek with the Waihemo or Shag River, and by a right line to that junction; thence by the watershed between the Taieri and Waikouaiti Rivers to Silver Peak; thence by Silver Stream to the northern boundary-line of the East Taieri Hundred; thence along the said boundary-line to the eastern boundary of Block II., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District; thence again towards the east by the said eastern boundary to the road forming the southern boundary of Sections Nos. 21, 22, 23, 25, 56, 6, 7, and 8, Block II. aforesaid; thence towards the south by the said road to the Taieri River; thence across that river; thence again towards the east by the Taieri River aforesaid to Lee Stream; thence again towards the south by that stream to a point due north of Trig. Station R, Waipori Survey District; thence again towards the east by a right line through the said Trig. Station R to Verter Burn; thence towards the south-east by the said Verter Burn to the Waipori River; thence again towards the east and north by the said Waipori River to the West Taieri Hundred; thence again towards the south generally by the County of Bruce to the Clutha River; thence towards the south-west by that river to its junction with the Black Cleugh Creek, and by that creek and a right line to the summit of the Tapanui Ranges; thence by those ranges to the source of the Spylaw Burn, and by the Spylaw Burn to the Pomahaka River; thence by that river to its junction with the Parasol Creek, and by that creek to its source; thence by a right line to the summit of the Black Umbrella; thence by the summit of the western watershed of the Waikaka River to the southern boundary of the Wendon Survey District, and by that boundary to the Mataura River; thence by that river to Eyre Peak; thence towards the west generally by the summit of the western watershed of Lake Wakatipu to Cosmos Peak; and thence by a right line running due north to the starting-point.

OAMARU.

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Otago bounded towards the North-east generally by the Timaru Resident Magistrate’s District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by the sea; towards the South by the Waihemo Creek to Double Hill; thence by the summit of the watershed of the south branch of the Waikouaiti River to Silver Peak; towards the South-west generally by the Otago Goldfields Resident Magistrate’s District, hereinbefore described; and towards the North-west by the Provincial District of Westland.

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 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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!