many districts as he shall think fit, and that every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a Registrar’s District: Provided always 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 portion 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 twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the then Governor, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him, did, amongst others, constitute a district for the purposes of the said Act called the “Nokomai and Switzers” District, the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into operation and took effect on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing date the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the then Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, did, amongst others, constitute a district for the purposes of the said Act, called the “Popotuna” District and the “Lower Mataura” District, the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into operation and took effect on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing date the sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, the then Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, did, amongst others, constitute a district for the purposes of the said Act called the “Invercargill” District, the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into operation and took effect on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three:

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 comprised within such districts:—

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, 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 Proclamations so far as they relate to the Nokomai and Switzers, Popotuna, Lower Mataura, and Invercargill Districts, and do declare and order that the territory formerly comprised within the said districts shall be and is hereby divided, for the purposes of the said Act, into five districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

MATAURA.

All that area bounded on the south by the southern boundary of Run 132, thence by the Mimahau Stream to the Mataura River, thence by the north-eastern and northern boundaries of the Mataura Hundred to its north-western corner; thence by a right line to the source of the nearest branch of the Lindhurst Stream to its junction with the Lindhurst Stream, thence by the Lindhurst Stream to its junction with the Makarewa River, on the west by the Makarewa River to its junction with the Otapiri Stream, thence by the Otapiri Stream and the east and north-east boundaries of Run 146 to the Oreti River, thence by the Oreti River to the southern boundary of Run 191; on the east by the Mataura River to the Pomahaka Creek, thence on the north by a line due east until it cuts the Waikaka Stream, thence on the east by the Waikaka Stream to its junction with the Pukerau Stream, to thence by the Pukerau Stream, and eastern boundaries of Runs 131 and 132 to the starting point.

NOKOMAI AND SWITZERS.

Comprise 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 late 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 Otamita Creek; on the south (crossing the river) by a line due east until it cuts 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 to the ranges to Rocky Mountain, thence direct to Lorn Peak, the starting point.

POPOTUNA.

Comprises all that area bounded by a line commencing at a bend of the Purekau Stream due west of the junction of the Waipahi 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 a point twenty chains west of the Clutha River, thence southwards parallel to the Clutha River, to a point opposite the junction of the Crookburn, thence easterly to the Clutha River, thence along 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 Catlin’s Hundred to the ocean, thence westerly along the Ocean Beach to Run 61, thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Runs 61, 62, 77, 104, 109, 132, and 133, to the starting point.

WYNDHAM.

Comprises all that area bounded on the north by the Mimahau Stream and southern boundary of Run 132; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Runs 251 and 161 to Run 177; thence along the Tuatuku Bush boundaries of Runs 177, 64, and 61, to the ocean; thence in a westerly direction by the Ocean Beach to the Mataura River; and thence in a northerly direction along the Mataura River to the starting point.

INVERCARGILL.

Bounded on the east by the Mataura River to the north-eastern boundary of the Mataura Hundred; on the North by the north-eastern and northern boundaries of the Mataura Hundred to its north-western corner; thence by a right line to the source of the nearest branch of the Lindhurst Stream; thence along the Lindhurst Stream to its junction with the Makarewa River; thence along the Makarewa River to its junction with the Otapiri stream; thence along the Otapiri Stream to the east boundary of the Winton Hundred; thence southerly along said boundary to the south boundary of the Winton Hundred; thence along the south boundaries of the Winton and Oreti Hundreds to the Waimatuku River; on the west by the Waimatuku River; on the south by the sea and Campbelltown District.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honourable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of.