Boundaries of Otago Mining District




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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line to and thence by the said Moeraki Hundred to the Waihemo or Shag River; thence again towards the north-east by the left bank of the said Waihemo or Shag River to a point in line with the north-western boundary-line of the Hawksbury Hundred; thence again towards the south-east by a straight line across the Waihemo or Shag River aforesaid and by the said Hawksbury Hundred to the south-western corner of Section No. 11, Block I., Dunback Survey District; thence again towards the north by the said Section No. 11 and Section No. 6 of the said Block I.; again towards the east by the Moeraki Survey District; again towards the south by Sections Nos. 3, 4, and 5 of Block I. aforesaid to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence again towards the south-east by 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 Township 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 Maungatua Trig. Station; thence by a straight line to the northernmost corner of Section No. 4, Block XIV., Maungatua 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 southernmost 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 westernmost 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., Tokomairiro 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-east by the said Block XLIII.; again towards the south-west by Block XLV.; again towards the south-east 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 District, Block VIII., Waitahuna West Survey District, Sections 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 Crookburn; thence again towards the south-east by Crookburn 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 Pomahaka 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., Waipahee Survey District; thence by the Southern Trunk line of railway 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 Eglington, 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 left bank of the Waiau River, by the eastern shore of the Manapouri Lake, and again by the left bank of the said Waiau River to the mouth of the Orawia Stream, in the Waiau Survey District; thence again towards the north-west 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 Sections 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 (inclusive of the adjacent islands) to Big Bay aforesaid, the place of commencement: exclusive of the Borough of Roxburgh.

Also all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded towards the north generally by a line parallel to and one mile distant from high-water mark, from Bluff Harbour to Catlin’s River; towards the north-east by the said Catlin’s River; towards the south generally by the ocean; and towards the west by Bluff Harbour aforesaid: exclusive of the Township of Fortrose.

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 continuing 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.

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 the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; 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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !



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🌾 Amended Description of Otago Mining District (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 January 1890
Mining District, Otago, Boundaries, Proclamation
  • His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; 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
  • THOS. FERGUS