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trict; thence again towards the east and north by the said
Section No. 9 to Section No. 2 of the said Block XV.; thence again
towards the east and north by the said Section No. 2
to its south-eastern corner; thence again towards the east
by Sections Nos. 1, 8, 7, 6, and 3 of Block XV. aforesaid to
Section No. 4; again towards the south and east by the said
Section No. 4, to a point due east of Trig. Station P, Otepopo
Survey District; thence again towards the south by a straight
line through the said Trig. Station P to the summit of the
Kakanui Mountains; thence again towards the north-east
by the summit of the Kakanui Mountains to Run No. 109;
thence again towards the north-west by Run No. 217B to
Run No. 209; thence again towards the east generally by the
said Run No. 209 and Run No. 11 to a stream forming the
south-eastern boundary of Run No. 109 aforesaid; thence
towards the south-east by that stream to the south branch
of the Waianakarua River; thence again towards the south-
west by the south branch of the Waianakarua River afore-
said to a point in line with the north-west boundary-
line of the Moeraki Hundred; thence again towards the
south-east by a straight 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 area formerly
known as Hawksbury Hundred; thence again towards the
south-east by a straight line across the Waihemo or Shag
River aforesaid, and by the said area formerly known as
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 area formerly known as
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 in line
with the northern boundary-line of Section No. 4, Block IX.,
Waikouaiti Survey District, thence by a right line to the
north-western corner of said Section No. 4, thence by
that section, by Sections Nos. 2 and 3, said Block IX., and
Sections Nos. 2, 4, and 5, Block XI., to the south-western
corner of the last-mentioned section; thence again towards
the south by a right line through Trig. Station U., Wai-
kouaiti Survey District, to the right bank of the Silver-
stream; thence again towards the south-east by the said
Silverstream to the area formerly known as the East Taieri
Hundred; thence again towards the south by the said area
formerly known as 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 Section No. 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 again toward the south-
east by the left bank of that river to the road which forms
the north-eastern boundaries of River Sections Nos. 49, 48,
47, and 46: thence again towards the north-east generally
by that road and the road forming the north-eastern bound-
aries of River Sections Nos. 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, and
38; by the road forming the north-western boundaries of
River Sections Nos. 37 and 36, the road forming the north-
eastern boundaries of River Sections Nos. 36, 35, 34, and
33; by the road forming the north-western boundaries
of Sections Nos. 16, 15, 14, and 13, Block XX., Taieri
Survey District; by Sections Nos. 12 and 2 of said Block XX.,
across the railway-line, and by Section No. 11, Irregular
Block; by a road forming the south-eastern boundaries of
Sections Nos. 11 and 12, Irregular Block; by Section No. 41,
Irregular Block; and by Block VIII., Dunedin and East
Taieri Survey District, to the sea: thence again towards
the south-east by the sea; again towards the south-west
generally by the right bank of the Tokomairiro River to the
northern branch of that river, thence by the right bank of
the said northern branch to a point in line with the north-
western boundary-line of Section No. 68, Block II., Table
Hill Survey District; thence again towards the south-east
by a right line to the said north-western boundary-line and 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 Sur-
vey 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 Dis-
trict; again towards the north-east by the latter sec-
tion; 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
Nos. 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 Poma-
haka 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, until 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 on Block X., Waipahi 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; again towards the east by the left
bank of the Mataura River; again towards the south by the
ocean; again towards the west by the right bank of the said
Mataura River and of the Eyre Stream to Run No. 452;
thence again towards the north-west by that run to Eyre
Creek; 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 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 Maniopori 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 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 one chain above high-water mark of the ocean, from
Section No. 1, Block V., Campbelltown Hundred, to Steep
Head, and round to 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
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Amended Otago Mining District Description
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey19 August 1896
Land Districts, Otago, Southland, Boundaries, Survey Districts, Rivers, Coastlines
NZ Gazette 1896, No 64