PROCLAMATION

By J. A. R. MENZIES, ESQUIRE,
Superintendent of the Province
of Southland, in the Colony
of New Zealand.

WHEREAS by the 4th Section of the "Roads' Ordinance, 1862," it is enacted that "Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Superintendent that a population of not less than two hundred reside in any district of not less than ten thousand acres in area; or if a majority of the inhabitants of such district shall Petition the Superintendent in writing, the Superintendent shall with all convenient speed notify by Proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, that such district shall be a Road District within the meaning of this Ordinance, from a certain day to be named in such Proclamation, and shall also therein define the limits of such District:"

And Whereas a majority of the inhabitants of the district hereinafter described, have Petitioned me in writing, to notify the same district to be a Road District within the meaning of the said Ordinance:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power in me vested in that behalf, I, the said J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent of the said Province, do hereby notify that from and after the day of the date hereof, the district hereinafter described, and being of not less than ten thousand acres in area, shall be a Road District within the meaning of the said Ordinance: And I do hereby define the limits of such district to be as follows, that is to say, commencing at N.W. corner of Section 8, of Block I., Invercargill Hundred, bounded on the West by the east side of Town Belt Road, from its intersection with Tay-street to the southern extremity of the town of Invercargill, and by the east side of the prolongation of the same road to the southern boundary of Section 4, Block III., Invercargill Hundred; on the South by a line running due East in continuation of the south boundary of section 4, Block III.; On the East by a Meridional line running in the centre of the road between Blocks VII. and VIII., Invercargill Hundred, and by the production of the same line south to meet the south boundary line; and on the North by the centre of the road running on the north side of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9, and on part of the western side of Section 19, of Block VII., Invercargill Hundred, and by the south side of the Duneedin Road to the starting point.

at the N.W. corner of Section 8, of Block I., Invercargill Hundred.

And which said district shall be called the Oterewa Road District.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Southland, this eighth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four years.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

INVERCARGILL TOWN BOARD.

ROBERT MITCHELL, Returning Officer, appointed by His Honor the Superintendent of the Province of Southland, to preside at a meeting of the Electors entitled to vote for members for the Town of Invercargill, in the Provincial Council of Southland, assembled on Saturday, the 5th day of March, at 12 o’clock at noon, at the Mechanics’ Institute, Invercargill, for the purpose of electing three persons to be Members of the Town Board of Invercargill, hereby certify that the following persons were duly elected by a majority of votes:

Isaac Broad,
David Webster,
G. M. K. Clarke,

Given under my hand, at Invercargill, this seventh day of March, 1864.

Robert Mitchell,
Returning Officer.

Invercargill Public Pound,
6th March, 1864.

IMPOUNDED one bay mare, branded JT near shoulder; HR (conjoined), off shoulder.

1 bay horse MW near shoulder; MW near hip.

1 dark chestnut horse, no visible brand, about five years old.

If not claimed, to be sold at the Pound here, on the first day of April next, at 12 o’clock noon.

Jas. T. Peruie,
Poundkeeper.