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ORDER IN COUNCIL
Constituting Tokomairiro and Clutha Militia Districts.
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY 1861.
Present:—
His Excellency the Governor, in Council.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
the "Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted that
it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council from time to time to constitute
throughout the Colony or in any part
thereof Militia Districts, and such Districts
from time to time to vary and to designate
the Militia of any such Districts by the
name of a Regiment, Battalion, Corps, or
Company :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Go-
vernor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, in exercise of
the above power, doth by this present
Order constitute the following several
Militia Districts, to be called and known
by the names following, viz. :—
The Tokomairiro District
Is bounded on the North by an East and
West line (true bearing) from the Waita-
huna Hill to the Waipori River; on the
East by Dunedin District and the Ocean ;
on the South by a direct line from Coal
Point to the South end of the Kaitangata
Lake; on the West by the Kaitangata and
Tuakitoto Lakes, thence by Lovel's Creek
and the Mount Stuart Ranges to Waita-
huna Hill.*
The Clutha District
Is bounded on the North by the Dull Burn;
on the East by Tokomairiro District; on
the South by the South boundary of the
East and West Clutha Hundreds; and on
the West by the Waiwera, Clutha, and
Waitahuna Rivers.
F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of Council.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
Changing designation of Taranaki, Whan-
ganui, Christchurch, and Dunedin Militia.
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCK-
LAND, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 1861.
Present:—
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, inti-
tuled "The Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council from time to time to constitute
throughout the Colony, or in any part
thereof, Militia Districts, and such Districts
from time to time to vary, and to designate
the Militia of any such Districts by the
name of a Regiment, Battalion, Corps, or
Company : And whereas by certain orders
in Council the Militia Districts following,
namely, Taranaki, Wanganui, Christchurch,
and Dunedin, have been constituted, and
the Militia therein respectively has been
designated by the name of a Battalion, and
it is expedient to change such name :
Now, therefore, his Excellency the Go-
vernor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, doth by this pre-
sent order designate the Militia within each
of the said Districts by the name of a
Regiment.
F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of Executive Council.
Printed for the Provincial Government by D. CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1861, No 145
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