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.

G. Grey,

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., &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 a distinct name and shall be a Registrar’s District, 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:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said recited Act, do hereby revoke every Proclamation at any time heretofore issued appointing or dividing Registrars’ Districts under the said Act, so far as such Proclamations relate to Districts within the Provinces of Otago and Southland respectively, and do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Provinces shall be and are hereby divided for the purposes of the said Act into eleven Districts in the Province of Otago, and three Districts in the Province of Southland, the names and boundaries whereof respectively shall be as follows:—

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.