✨ Boundary Definitions and Name Changes




June 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 929

by Section No. 68 aforesaid, and by Sections Nos. 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 Tokomai-
riro 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 Dis-
trict, 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 Nos. 20
and 19, Block VII., Waitahuna West Survey District, 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 Dis-
trict 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 rail-
way-crossing in Block X., Waipahoe Survey District,
thence by the Southern Trunk line of railway to the
Borough of Gore, as described in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 63, of the 8th November, 1890, thence by that borough 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 again by a
straight line to Mount Eglinton, and by the latter line pro-
duced 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
Manapori 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 Ferdun-
law; 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 adjacent islands) to Big Bay aforesaid,
the place of commencement: exclusive of the Borough of
Roxburgh.

Also all that area in the Land Districts of Otago and
Southland 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 Campbelltown Goldfield, in
the Southland Land District, comprised between low-water
and 1 chain above high-water mark of the ocean, from Sec-
tion 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 re-
serve; 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 Southland Land District, being all that portion of
Stewart Island north of latitude 46Β° 50'.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 the Government
House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-five.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Name of Oxford (Auckland).

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the
Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name,
that is to say, the Township of Oxford in the County of
Ashley, and the Township of Oxford in the Piako County,
the last-named being the more recent in date of existence:
And whereas, under the fourth section of "The Designation
of Districts Act, 1894," I lately required the County Council
of the Piako County, being the local authority having juris-
diction in that behalf, to submit a new name for such town-
ship for my approval, as mentioned in the said section:
And whereas the said Council hath accordingly submitted to
me the name of "Tirau" in lieu of the existing name of
"Oxford":

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on me by sections two and four of
"The Designation of Districts Act, 1894," and of all other
powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, David,
Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the Town-
ship of Oxford in the Piako County shall be and the same is
hereby altered to "Tirau," and do assign the last-mentioned
name to such township accordingly, and also do hereby
proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect
on and after the first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of
May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Name of Greytown (Otago).

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS there are now existing two places in the
Colony of New Zealand bearing the same name,
that is to say, the Borough of Greytown, in the County of
Wairarapa South, and the Township of Greytown, in the
Tairi County, the last-named being the more recent in date
of existence: And whereas, under the fourth section of
"The Designation of Districts Act, 1894," I lately required
the County Council of the Tairi County, being the local
authority having jurisdiction in that behalf, to submit a new
name for such township for my approval, as mentioned in
the said section: And whereas the said Council hath accord-
ingly submitted to me the name of "Allanton" in lieu of
the existing name of "Greytown":



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🌾 Boundary Definition for Otago and Southland Mining Districts

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
13 June 1895
Mining Districts, Boundaries, Otago, Southland
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • A. J. Cadman, Minister of Mines

🏘️ Name Change for Township of Oxford in Piako County

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
22 May 1895
Name Change, Township, Oxford, Tirau, Piako County
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • A. J. Cadman, For Minister of Lands

🏘️ Name Change for Township of Greytown in Tairi County

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
13 June 1895
Name Change, Township, Greytown, Allanton, Tairi County
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor and Commander-in-Chief