Road District Boundaries




Sections 9 and 28, Block IV., Upper Kaikorai, inclusive of them; and Kaikorai Stream, to its southern source; thence by the watershed of the ranges to Station F, Flagstaff Hill.

And whereas it is expedient to alter and diminish the boundaries of the said Caversham, Green Island, Kaikorai, and Wakari Road Districts, and to form four new Road Districts, to be called respectively the Mornington, Roslyn, Balmacewan, and Corstorphine Road Districts: Now therefore I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the said Province, with the advice and consent of the Otago General Road Board, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Caversham, Green Island, Kaikorai, and Wakari Road Districts shall from the day of the date hereof be altered and diminished, and that henceforth

THE CAVERSHAM ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north by Sections 46, 58, 59, 63, 64, 65 and 99, Block VI., and Section 4, Block VII., Town Survey District, and the Main South Road to the Cemetery Reserve; towards the west by Section 45, Block VI., Town District; towards the south by the Main South Road; towards the south-west by Section 28, Block VII., Town Survey District; and a direct line from thence to the east angle of Section 23, Ocean Beach Survey District; thence towards the north-west by Sections 23, to its west angle; thence towards the south-west by the road line from Section 77, Ocean Beach Survey District, to the Ocean; towards the south-east and south, by the Ocean; towards the east, by Sections 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 65 and 86, Block VII., Town Survey District, and Block VII., Peninsula Survey District. And that henceforth

THE GREEN ISLAND ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north by the Main South Road; towards the west, by Abbott’s Creek; towards the north-west, by the River Kaikorai; towards the south, by the Ocean; towards the east and south, by Section 82, Lower Kaikorai Survey District; Sections 8, 21, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 115, 127, 126, and 125, Green Island Bush Survey District; and a line from the western angle of Section 125, to the Ocean, at the western angle of Section 155, Green Island Bush Survey District. And that henceforth

THE KAIKORAI ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north by the Dunedin to West Taieri Road; towards the south-west and west, by part of Block XIII., Taieri Survey District, and Sections 4, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 33, 39, 69, and part of 68, Block VI., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, and Section 76, Block V., Lower Kaikorai Survey District; and that line continued to the Main South Road; towards the south and south-east, by the Main South Road; towards the east, by Sections 49, 46, 47, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 59, and 51, Block VI., Town Survey District; and a continuation of the same line to the eastern angle of Section 18, Block V., Kaikorai Survey District; and by Block IX., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District; and towards the north-east and east, by the Kaikorai Stream, and Sections 161, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, and 42, Wakari Survey District. And that henceforth

THE WAKARI ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of Block V., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District; towards the west, by Block IV., and Section 50, Block VI., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District; towards the south, by Section 160, Wakari Survey District, and the Kaikorai Stream; towards the south-east, by a road line bounding Sections 10 to 17, Block IV., and Sections 8 and 7, Block III., 11 and 4, Block II., and 7, Block VIII., Kaikorai Survey District; towards the east, by the Water of Leith.

And I do also, with the like advice and consent, proclaim and declare that from the day of the date hereof there shall be Four New Road Districts, to be named respectively the Mornington, Roslyn, Balmacewan, and Corstorphine Road Districts. And that

THE MORNINGTON ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north-west by part of Block V., Lower Kaikorai Survey District, and Sections 50, 49, and 48, Block VI., Town Survey District; towards the south, by Sections 42, 41, 38, 37, 34, 33, 31, 30, 27, 26, 23, 22, 19, 18, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5, Block VI., Town Survey District, to Section 4, Block VI., Town Survey District; thence towards the south-west, by Section 5, Block VI., Town Survey District, to the Main South Road; thence towards the south, by the Main South Road, to the Dunedin Town Belt; and towards the north-east, by the boundary line between Sections 86 and 87, Block VI., Town Survey District, and a continuation of that line to the southern angle of Section 6, Block V., Lower Kaikorai Survey District. And that

THE ROSLYN ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north-west by Sections 10, Block III., and 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, and 10, Block IV., Upper Kaikorai Survey District, and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block V., Lower Kaikorai Survey District; towards the south-west, by a direct line from the southern angle of Section 6, Block V., Lower Kaikorai Survey District, to the Dunedin Town Belt, at the southern angle of Section 87, Block VI., Town District; towards the south-east, by the Dunedin Town Belt; and towards the north-east, by Section 5, Block I., and Sections 3, 5, and 7, Block III., Upper Kaikorai Survey District. And that

THE BALMACEWAN ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north-west by part of Block XI., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, Sections 3 and 12, Block II., and Section 9, Block III., Upper Kaikorai Survey District; towards the south-west, by Sections 8, 6, 4, and 2, Block III., and Section 4, Block I., Upper Kaikorai Survey District; towards the south-east, by the Dunedin Town Belt; and towards the north-east, by the Water of Leith, and by part of Block X., North Harbor and Blueskin Survey District. And that

THE CORSTORPHINE ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded towards the north by the Main South Road; towards the west and north, by Section 83, Lower Kaikorai Survey District, and Sections 7, 29, 93, 94, 25, 83, 116, 117, 118 and 119, Green Island Bush Survey District, and a line from the western angle of Section 119, to the Ocean, at the western angle of Section 155, Green Island Bush Survey District; towards the south, by the Ocean; towards the east, by Section 25, Block VII., Town Survey District, and a direct line from thence to the east angle of Section 23, Ocean Beach Survey District; thence towards the south and east, by Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, Ocean Beach Survey District, and a continuation of that line to the Ocean.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at (L.S.) Dunedin, this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

J. HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent of Otago.

By His Honor’s command,
THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

I, JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do, by virtue, and in exercise of the powers vested in me in this behalf, by the “Hawksbury Roads Lands Ordinance 1864,” proclaim and declare that all those roads and all those por-



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1865, No 363





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🏘️ Alteration of Road District Boundaries in Otago

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 May 1865
Road Districts, Boundaries, Caversham, Green Island, Kaikorai, Wakari, Mornington, Roslyn, Balmacewan, Corstorphine, Otago
  • John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of Otago
  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Proclamation under Hawksbury Roads Lands Ordinance 1864

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Roads, Lands, Proclamation, Hawksbury Roads Lands Ordinance 1864, Otago
  • John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of Otago