District Boundaries Proclamation




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Tuaieri, and Sutton, to Lammerlaw; and on the west by the watershed of Lammerlaw and Rough-ridge Ranges to Mount Ida.

Dunstan District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by Oamaru District; on the East by Waikouaiti District; on the south by the Minzion Burn, Clutha, and an east and west line to Mount Benger; and on the West by the watershed of Mount Benger, Obelisk, Carrick, Double Rock Ranges to Mount Pisa.

East Taieri District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by Waikouaiti District; on the East by Dunedin District; on the South by the ocean; and on the West by the Taieri River.

West Taieri District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by Waikouaiti District; on the East by East Taieri District; on the South by the Waipori Lake and River to Lammerlaw.

Toko Mairiro District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by East and West Taieri Districts; on the east by the ocean; on the South by the Clutha River and North branch; and on the west by the Waitahuna and Dullburn to Mount Stuart, thence by the watershed of Mount Stuart, Round Hill, and Waitahuna Ranges, to the Waipori River.

Tuapeka District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by Dunstan and West Taieri Districts; on the East and South by Tokomairiro District; and on the West by the Clutha.

Warepa District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by Wakatipu and Dunstan Districts; on the East by Tuapeka and Tokomairiro Districts; on the South by the ocean; and on the West by the Mataura.

Oamaru District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by the Province of Canterbury; on the East by the ocean; on the South by the Horse, Kakanui Hawkden Ranges; and on the West by Mount St. Bathan’s, and the continuation of the Dunstan Mountains to the Province of Canterbury.

Wanaka District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by the Province of Canterbury; on the East by Oamaru District; on the South by the Dunstan District, thence by the Tinwald to Mount Pisa; on the West by the watershed of the Mount Pisa and Earnslaw Ranges to the Province of Canterbury.

Wakatipu District,
Comprises all that area bounded on the North by the Province of Canterbury and the Wanaka District; on the East by the Dunstan District; on the South by Warepa District; on the west by the watershed of the Humboldt range...

District, by the Province of Southland, and by the ocean; and on the West by the ocean.

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

Campbelltown District,
Bounded on the East by the Mataura; on the South by the ocean; on the West by the estuary of the New River; and on the North by the Mokomoko inlet and a right line from the south-east corner thereof drawn east to cut the Mataura...

Invercargill District,
Bounded on the East by the Mataura; on the South by the Campbelltown District and the ocean; on the West by the Waimatuku River to its source; thence by a right line North-west to cut the Aparima, thence by the Aparima to the junction of Hamilton Burn, thence by a right line North to the Oreti, thence by the Oreti to the junction of Windley River; and on the North, the North boundary of the Province.

Riverton District,
Bounded on the East by Invercargill District; on the South by the ocean; on the West by the Waiau; and on the North by the North boundary of the Province.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on and from the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

By His Excellency’s command,

ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION

Appointing certain Districts under the “Registration Act,” 1858.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and its dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the “Registration Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette to divide the Colony of New Zealand for the purposes of the said Act into such and so many Districts as he may think fit, and that every such District shall be called by



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1863, No 259





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