Tapanui District

Comprises all that area bounded by a line from the Waikaka Stream from the Pukerau Junction to the source of its eastern branch; thence by a line to the Leithen Burn, and by the Leithen Burn to the Pomahaka River; thence by the Pomahaka River to the junction of Spylaw Burn; thence towards the north by Spylaw Burn to Spylaw Hill; thence by the Mount Benger District and the Clutha River to a point due east of the summit; thence west to the summit; thence by the Tapanui Ranges to the Pomahaka River at the Waipaki Junction; and thence towards the south by a line due west to the Pukerau Stream; and by the Pukerau Stream to the Waikaka Stream, the starting point.

Nokomai and Switzers District

Comprises all that area bounded by a line from Lorn Peak, near the southern extremity of Lake Wakatipu, westwards to a point in the boundary of the Province of Southland two miles above the junction of the Allanburn with the river Mataura, which forms the said Provincial boundary; thence southwards along the Mataura River to the junction of the Waikaka Stream; thence northwards along the Waikaka to the source of its eastern branch; thence to the Leithen Stream; and by the Leithen Stream to the Pomahaka River; and by the Pomahaka River to the junction of Spylaw Burn; thence straight to Wart Hill; thence by the Umbrella Mountains to a point due west of Jordan Creek at its junction with the Clutha River; thence by the ranges to Rocky Mountain; thence direct to Lorn Peak, the starting point.

Popotunoa District

Comprises all that area bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the Waikaka Stream with the river Mataura; thence along the said stream to the junction of the Pukerau or Taylor’s Creek; thence by the Pukerau to a point due west of the junction of the Waikaki Stream with the Pomahaka River; thence due east to the said Pomahaka River; thence by the Tapanui Ranges to the summit; thence due east to the Clutha River; thence south by the Clutha River to the northern angle of the West Clutha Hundred; thence along the north-western and south-western boundaries of the said Hundred, and the western boundary of Caitlin’s Hundred to the ocean; thence westwards along the Ocean Beach to the mouth of the Mataura River; thence northwards up the said river Mataura to the junction of the Waikaka Stream, the starting point.

And I hereby declare that this proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. Stafford.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Manuka Act Amendment 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 “a district name,” and it is provided that the Governor may at any time revoke the whole or any part of such proclamation, and issue a new proclamation dividing the Colony or any part of it anew into districts, or increasing the number or altering the boundaries of districts as from time to time he may think requisite:

And whereas by a proclamation duly made and issued, bearing date the thirteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, did constitute two districts for the purposes of the said Act, called the “Nokomai and Switzers” and the “Popotunoa” districts, the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which said proclamation came into operation and took effect on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of the said proclamation as relates to the said districts, and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised within such districts:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Act, do hereby revoke the said proclamation so far as relates to the “Nokomai and Switzers” and the “Popotunoa” districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory formerly comprised within such districts shall be and is hereby divided for the purposes of the said Act into three districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:—

Tapanui District

Comprises all that area bounded towards the west by the Waikaka Stream from the Pukerau Junction to the source of its eastern branch; thence by a line to the Leithen Burn, and by the Leithen Burn to the Pomahaka River; thence by the Pomahaka River to the junction of Spylaw Burn; thence towards the north by Spylaw Burn to Spylaw Hill; thence by the Mount Benger District and the Clutha River to a point due east of the summit; thence west to the summit; thence by the Tapanui Ranges to the Pomahaka River at the Waipaki Junction; and thence towards the south by a line due west to the Pukerau Stream; and by the Pukerau Stream to the Waikaka Stream, the starting point.

Nokomai and Switzers District

Comprises all that area bounded by a line from Lorn Peak, near the southern extremity of Lake Wakatipu, westwards to a point in the boundary of the Province of Southland two miles above the junction of the Allanburn with the river Mataura, which forms the said Provincial boundary; thence southwards along the Mataura River to the junction of the Waikaka Stream; thence northwards along the Waikaka to the source of its eastern branch; thence to the Leithen Stream; and by the Leithen Stream to the Pomahaka River; and by the Pomahaka River to the junction of Spylaw Burn; thence straight to Wart Hill; thence by the Umbrella Mountains to a point due west of Jordan Creek at its junction with the Clutha River; thence by the ranges to Rocky Mountain; thence direct to Lorn Peak, the starting point.

Popotunoa District

Comprises all that area bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the Waikaka Stream with the river Mataura; thence along the said stream to the junction of the Pukerau or Taylor’s Creek; thence by the Pukerau to a point due west of the junction of the Waikaki Stream with the Pomahaka River; thence due east to the said Pomahaka River; thence by the Tapanui Ranges to the summit; thence due east to the Clutha River; thence south by the Clutha River to the northern angle of the West Clutha Hundred; thence along the north-western and south-western boundaries of the said Hundred, and the western boundary of Caitlin’s Hundred to the ocean; thence westwards along the Ocean Beach to the mouth of the Mataura River; thence northwards up the said river Mataura to the junction of the Waikaka Stream, the starting point.

And I hereby declare that this proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at Government House, Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.