Description of the boundaries of the Hundreds

Hundred of "East Taieri"

On the North by a right line from the Trigonometrical Station on Swampy Hill, due West to the Taieri River, West by the Taieri River, South by the Ocean, and East by the Hundred of Dunedin.

Hundred of "West Taieri"

On the North and West by a line from the North-west corner of the Hundred of East Taieri, at the Taieri River, to the summit of the Maungatua Hills, thence in a South-westerly direction in a right line towards the mouth of the Kainaku Stream till it meets the South-west Boundary of the Hundred, which Boundary is the continuation of the Road line running North-west from the South-west extremity of the Waihola Lake, and dividing Blocks 9 and 10 Waihola District South and East by the Waihola and Wapori Lakes and the Taieri River.

Hundred of "Waihola"

On the North and East by the Waihola Lake and Taieri River, on the North-west by the Road line running direct from the Waihola Lake, through the Tokomairiro District to the Tokomairiro River, and on the South and East by the Tokomairiro River and the Ocean.

Hundred of "South Tokomairiro"

On the North-east by the Tokomairiro River to the Road line between Blocks 32 and 41 Tokomairiro District. On the North-west by said Road line, and a right line through and dividing in half blocks 32 and 38 of said District, thence along the Road line between Blocks 4 and 5 North Tuakitoto District to its junction with the Road line between Blocks 2 and 5 of said District, thence in a North-west direction by said Road line to a line being the North-west boundary of Block 8 of said District, and thence by said line and a continuation of it to the Clutha River, South-west by the Clutha River (Matou branch) to the Ocean, and on the South-east by the Ocean.

Hundred of "East Clutha"

On the North-east by the Clutha River (Matou Branch), West by the Road line forming the Western Boundary of Blocks 43 to 38 Clutha District and a continuation of said line, South-west by a right line from Tokata Point (The Nuggets) to the South-west corner of Section No. 15, Block 7, South Clutha District, thence in a right line in a North-westerly direction (nearly) to join the West Boundary, East by the Ocean.

Hundred of "West Clutha"

On the North-east by the Clutha River, on the East by the Hundred of East Clutha, on the South-west by a continuation of the right line forming the South-western Boundary of the Hundred of East Clutha, and on the West by the Western Boundary of Blocks 97 to 100, extending or produced Northward to the Clutha River, and Southward to the South-western Boundary.

Hundred of "North Tokomairiro"

On the North-east by the Hundred of West Taieri, North-west by a continuation of the North-west boundary of No. 3 to the Clutha River, South-west by the Clutha River, and South-east by the Hundreds of Waihola and South Tokomairiro.

Given under my hand, issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-six.

Thomas Gore Browne,
Governor.

By His Excellency’s command,
John Hall,
Colonial Secretary.

God Save The Queen!

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland,
May 27th, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has this day, with the advice of his Executive Council, given his assent to the “Otago Provincial Council Ordinance, 1856,” reserved for such assent under the provisions of the Constitution Act.

By His Excellency’s command,
John Hall,
Colonial Secretary.

(From Gazette of 9th June, 1856.)

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor William Cargill, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago in the Islands of New Zealand.

WHEREAS in the third Session of the Provincial Council of Otago held in the nineteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, an Ordinance was passed, intituled “The Provincial Council Ordinance, 1856.” And Whereas the said Ordinance was reserved for such assent under the provisions of the Constitution Act.