Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me under the eleventh section of the "Licensing Ordinance 1865," and of every other power in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date hereof and until further notice, Clyde Licensing District, as proclaimed on the fifth day of February, 1867, shall be divided into two Licensing Districts, to be called respectively as follows:—

1. Clyde Licensing District.
   1a. Alexandra Licensing District.

And I do hereby proclaim and declare that the said districts respectively shall be bounded and defined in manner following (that is to say):—

1a. Clyde Licensing District shall, for the purposes of the said Ordinance, comprise the Township of Clyde and all that area bounded and described as the Clyde Licensing District under the said Proclamation of the fifth February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

1b. Alexandra Licensing District shall, for the purpose of the said Ordinance, comprise the Township of Alexandra only.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

(L.S.) JAMES MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command—
GEORGE DUNCAN,
for Provincial Secretary.

JAMES MACANDREW, Superintendent.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

Present:
His Honor JAMES MACANDREW, Esq., Superintendent,
GEORGE DUNCAN, Esq., Secretary for Land and Works,
JOHN HUGHES, Esq., and
HUGH M’DERMID, Esq., Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-third day of June last past, made by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, and published in the Otago Provincial Government Gazette, No. 553, under the hand of the said Superintendent of the Province of Otago, and under the public seal of the said Province, certain Regulations were made for the depasturing of stock upon the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Otago Gold Field: And whereas it is expedient to revoke certain of the said regulations, &c., published and proclaimed as aforesaid, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof, and in addition thereto.

Now, therefore, His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province of Otago, doth by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the Province of Otago in this behalf, hereby revoke the Regulations numbered 14 and 15 of the said Regulations so made and published on the twenty-third day of June last as aforesaid, and doth make the Regulations following in lieu thereof and in addition to the said Regulations, so made and published as aforesaid, (that is to say)—

DEPASTURING REGULATIONS.
Otago Gold Field.

14. The assessment fees payable under these regulations shall be paid half-yearly in advance, and shall be:—

For every head of great cattle ... 1s. 9d.
For every head of small cattle ... 0s. 3½d.

Provided that when three months or more of the half-year shall have expired at the time of the application being made, then only one half of the above fees shall be charged; and provided also that the holders of depasturing licences in force at the time of the publication of these Regulations shall be entitled to receive credit for a portion of the fee paid in respect of such licence for the unexpired period of such licences respectively, on applying for, and obtaining licences under these regulations.

15. Depasturing licences granted under these regulations shall remain in force only until the 31st March, and the 30th September respectively, next following the dates thereof.

21. The Wakatipu Depasturing District shall comprise all that area described in the 1st Schedule hereto, in addition to the area described as the Wakatipu Depasturing District in the said first Schedule to the said before-mentioned regulations.

22. The Tuapeka Depasturing District shall comprise all those three several areas described in the second Schedule hereto, in addition to the one described as the Tuapeka Depasturing District in the said first Schedule to the said regulations.

23. The chairman of the Board of Wardens for the time being of the Wakatipu Depasturing District shall be, and he is hereby authorised, to receive applications for licences for the depasturing of stock within the Dunstan Depasturing District, until a Board of Wardens shall be duly elected for the said last-mentioned District.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

All that area in the Province of Otago, comprising Runs numbered 16, 17, and 18, on the map of Wakatipu Pastoral District, and containing by admeasurement sixty thousand one hundred and eighty-nine (60,189) acres, more or less; bounded by a line proceeding in a south-easterly direction from the source of Alton Burn to the water-shed between Lochy River and Long Burn; thence by the water-shed of Long Burn to Symmetry Peak; and thence by the water-shed of Short Burn to the Wakatip Lake; thence in a northerly and westerly direction along the shore of the Wakatip Lake to a point north of Walter Peak; thence in a south-westerly direction by the ranges to the source of Alton Burn, the starting point.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Tuapeka District.

All that area in the Province of Otago, comprising seven thousand (7000) acres, more or less; bounded by a line proceeding from Scrub Burn, at its junction with the Clutha River, along the north-east boundary of the Waipahi Hundred to the Tuapeka Stream; thence along the said stream to the south-west boundary of Run numbered 54; thence along the said boundary south-east about a mile and a half; thence in a straight line to the source of Crook Burn; thence along Crook Burn to its junction with the Clutha River; and thence north along the said river to the starting point.

Also all that area in the Province of Otago, comprising twenty thousand (20,000) acres, more or less; bounded by a line proceeding from a point on the Tokomairiro River, intersecting a direct line from Trig Station F to Trig Station E, Table Hill District; thence to Trig Station E aforesaid; thence to Trig Station D; thence to Trig Station C; thence to Trig Station K—all in the Table Hill District aforesaid; thence to Trig Station L; thence to Trig Station W—both in Tokomairiro Survey District; thence to Trig Station V, Hillend District; thence in a direct line towards Trig Station Z, in the same district, to the boundary of the Hundreds; and thence in a northerly direction along the said boundary to the starting point.