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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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starting again at the original width, and continuing along
the coast to Pilot-station Reserve, at Stirling’s Point, Bluff
Harbour.

Also all that parcel of land in the Southland Land Dis-
trict bounded on the north by a line running due east from
the south-east corner of Section No. 311, Hokonui District,
until it strikes the south-west boundary of Section No. 423,
Hokonui District ; towards the north-east and north-west by
said Section No. 423 ; again towards the north by a con-
tinuation of the line before described running due east from
the south-east corner of said Section No. 311 until it strikes
the south-west boundary of Section No. 819, Hokonui Dis-
trict ; again towards the north-east by said Section No. 819
and a road-line ; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 773,
774, 779, 780, 786, and 787, Hokonui District ; and towards
the south-west generally by Sections Nos. 134 and 494 ;
Hokonui District, and the Waimumu Stream to the south-
west corner of Section No. 311 aforesaid.

Also all that parcel of land in the Southland Land District
bounded towards the west by Sections Nos. 6 and 2,
Block VII., Lindhurst District ; towards the north generally
by Sections Nos. 50, 49, and 48 of Block V., Lindhurst Dis-
trict ; towards the south-east by a road-line ; towards the
south-west by a road-line ; and again towards the south-east
by Section No. 11 of Block V. aforesaid.

Also all that parcel of land in the Southland Land Dis-
trict bounded towards the west by Section No. 10, Block V.,
Lindhurst District ; towards the north by Section No. 12
of said Block V. ; towards the north-west by Sections
Nos. 12, 18, 19, 21, 29, and 30 of said Block V. ; again
towards the north by Section No. 32 of said Block V. ; and
towards the south-east and north-east by a road-line ;
towards the east by Block XXVI., Lindhurst Hundred ;
towards the south by Section No. 6 of Block V. aforesaid ;
and again towards the north-west and south-east by a road-
line.

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 the area known as the Stewart Island Goldfield,
in the Southland Land District, being all that portion of
Stewart Island north of latitude 46° 50'.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded
towards the north-west generally by the Rakaia River, the
Little Rakaia River, and the Taumutu and Rakaia Road, to
the road forming the north-western boundary of Allotment
No. 22 of Native Reserve No. 878, Block VII., Southbridge
Survey District ; thence by that road to the southern bound-
ary-line of the said Allotment No. 22 ; thence by the said
southern boundary-line or the outlet to Lake Ellesmere ;
and towards the south-east generally by low-water mark of
the ocean.

Given under the hand of Sir James Prendergast,
Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of
His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly
appointed Deputy in and over Her Majesty’s
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies ;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

(l.s.) JAMES PRENDERGAST.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by “The Marriage Act, 1880,”
I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name
and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed
Deputy, do hereby abolish the existing marriage districts
known as the Nelson and Waimea South Districts, and do
proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised
within the said districts is hereby divided anew into two
marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall
be as follow;—

NELSON DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north, north-west, and south-east
generally by the sea from Section No. 194, Block I., Wai-
mea Survey District, to Elaine Bay : thence again towards
the south-east by the Marlborough Land District to a point
due east of the southernmost corner of Section No. 3,
Block V., Rintoul Survey District : thence towards the
south generally by a right line to that corner ; and thence
by a right line to the southernmost corner of Section No. 9,
Block IV., Gordon Survey District : thence towards the
west generally by Sections Nos. 9, 1 of 8, 8, 7, and 6, Block
IV., Gordon Survey District, Sections Nos. 5 and 2 of 4,
Block I., Rintoul Survey District, and Sections Nos. 3, 2,
and 1, Block XIII., Waimea Survey District, to the road
which forms the north-eastern boundary of the last-men-
tioned section ; thence by the road which forms the north-
eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 1 and 17, and forming
the south-western boundary of Section No. 129, Block XIII.
aforesaid ; by the road forming the north-western boundaries
of Sections Nos. 129, 131, 1 of 133, 134, 135, 136, and 137,
Block XIII. aforesaid ; the road forming the south-western
boundary of Section No. 60, Block IX., Waimea Survey
District ; the road forming the north-western boundaries of
Sections Nos. 60, 59, 58, 57, 1 of 56, and 55, Block IX.
aforesaid ; by the road forming the south-western boundaries
of Sections Nos. 25 and 26, Block IX. aforesaid ; the road
forming the north-western boundary of the last-mentioned
section ; and by the road forming the south-western bound-
ary of Section No. 38 to the Wai-iti River ; across and by
the western bank of that river to the road forming the
south-western boundary of Section No. 151 ; by that road
and the road forming the north-western boundaries of
Sections Nos. 151, 152, 153, 154, and 155, Block IX. aforesaid ;
by the road intersecting Section No. 10, Block V., Waimea
Survey District, and forming parts of its south-western
and south-eastern boundaries, intersecting Section No. 9,
and forming the northern boundary of Section No. 12,
Block V. aforesaid, forming the northern boundaries of
Sections Nos. 13, 15, 14, and 26, Block VIII., Wai-iti Survey
District, forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos.
19 and 206, and forming the northern boundaries of Sections
Nos. 206, 182, and 183, Block VIII. aforesaid ; by the north-
western boundary of Section No. 186 and the western bound-
ary of Section No. 37, Block VIII. aforesaid, and by the
western boundaries of Sections Nos. 38, 39, and 36, Block
IV., Wai-iti Survey District, to Cut Hill ; thence by a right
line to the southernmost corner of Section No. 192, Block I.,
Waimea Survey District ; and thence by that section and
Section No. 194, Block I. aforesaid, to the sea : including
D’Urville Island, Rabbit Island, and adjacent islands.

WAIMEA SOUTH DISTRICT.

All that area in the Nelson Land District bounded to-
wards the north generally by a right line from Mount
Arthur to the source of the River Baton ; thence by that
river to the Motueka River ; thence by a line across the said
Motueka River and by the right bank thereof to the north-
eastern boundary-line of Section No. 104, Block I., Wai-iti
Survey District ; thence by that boundary-line to the north-
eastern corner of Section No. 104 aforesaid ; thence by a
right line to the south-western corner of Section No. 88,
Block I. aforesaid ; thence by Section No. 89, Block I.
aforesaid, to the River Dove ; thence by the right bank of
that river to the road leading from the Village of Thorpe to
the Moutere ; thence by the north side of that road to Sec-
tion No. 111, Block II., Wai-iti Survey District ; thence by
that section and Sections Nos. 112 and 113, Block II. afore-
said, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned sec-
tion ; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of
Section No. 157, Block III. ; thence by a right line to the
westernmost corner of Section No. 20, Block III. aforesaid ;
thence by that section and Sections Nos. 127 and 126,
Block VII., the northern boundary-line of Section No. 26,
Block VII. aforesaid, and the northern boundary-lines of
Sections Nos. 7 and 188, Block VIII., to the north-eastern
corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence by a right line
to the south-western corner of Section No. 37, Block VIII.
aforesaid ; thence by Section No. 186 ; by the road forming
the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 183, 182, 206,
19, 26, 14, and 13, Block VIII. aforesaid, forming the northern
boundary of Section No. 12, Block V., Waimea Survey Dis-
trict, intersecting Section No. 9, Block IX., forming parts
of the south-eastern and south-western boundaries, and in-
tersecting Section No. 10, Block V. aforesaid ; by the road
forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 155,
154, 153, 152, and 151, Block IX. aforesaid ; the road forming
the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section
to the Wai-iti River ; by the western bank of that river to a
point in line with the south-western boundary-line of Sec-
tion No. 38, Block IX. aforesaid ; thence to and by the road
forming the south-western boundary of that section ; by the
road forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 39 ;
the road forming the south-western boundaries of Sections