β¨ Electoral District Boundaries
SCHEDULE.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.
Comprising the Town of Hokitika, being all that parcel of land containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less, situate on the Hokitika River, commencing at a point on the high bank of the old bed of the aforesaid river, the said point being forty chains forty links west of Trigonometrical Station No. 31;
thence following a line bearing north twenty degrees fourteen minutes east (magnetic) a distance of sixty-two chains sixty-five links;
thence westerly at a right angle a distance of eighty-five chains forty links to the sea beach,
following the said beach southerly to the mouth of the Hokitika River; and from thence returning along the northern bank thereof and the high bank of the old river bed above mentioned to the commencing point;
and also all that parcel of land containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less, situate on the Hokitika River. Bounded on the Northward by Reserve No. 271 (in red); on the Westward by the sea; on the East by Section No. 8238 and a line in continuation of the Western boundary thereof; and on the Southward by a line at right angles to the last-described boundary, and about one hundred and thirty chains distant on the average from the reserve above mentioned.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH.
Comprising the Town of Greymouth, being all that parcel of land commencing at the South Spit at the mouth of the Grey River. Bounded on the West by a line of one hundred and sixty chains and eighty links extending along the beach from the South Spit aforesaid; thence along the South Town Belt, one hundred and fifteen chains and fifty links; thence along the East Town Belt, one hundred and twenty chains and ninety links; thence along the Native Reserve No. 31, for a distance of forty-one chains and thirty links, to the Grey River; and thence along the Grey River to the sea.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF PAROA.
Commencing at a point on the sea coast one hundred and sixty chains and eighty links to the southward of the South Spit at the mouth of the River Grey; thence easterly along the southern boundary of the Greymouth District hereinbefore defined, one hundred and fifteen chains and fifty links;
thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the last-named district to the River Grey;
thence easterly along that river to the junction with it of the Arnold River; thence up the Arnold River to Lake Brunner, and along the boundary of the Province of Nelson to the source of the Teremakau; thence following down the northern bank of the Teremakau to the coast, and along the coast to the commencing point.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ARAHURA.
Commencing at the mouth of the Teremakau, up that river to its source, then southerly along the dividing range to the source of the Arahura River; thence following down the southern bank of that river to the sea coast, and northwards along the coast to the commencing point.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF KANIERI.
Commencing at the mouth of the Arahura River up the southern bank of that river to its source; thence southerly along the dividing range to the source of the Kokatahi;
thence down the southern bank of that river to its junction with the Hokitika River;
thence southerly up the western bank of Hokitika River to line HO; thence westerly down line HO to Mahinapua Lake and by a line touching the northern bank of the said lake to the sea coast, and northerly along the coast to the commencing point excepting the Town of Hokitika.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TOTARA.
Commencing at the source of the Kokatahi River; thence down the southern bank of that river to its junction with the Hokitika River;
thence southerly up the western bank of Hokitika River to line HO; thence westerly down line HO to Mahinapua Lake, and by a line touching the northern bank of the said lake to the sea coast;
thence southerly along the coast to the Wanganui River;
thence up the said river to its source, and northerly along the dividing range to the commencing point.
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF OKARITO.
Commencing at the mouth of the Wanganui River; thence up the said river to its source; thence along the dividing range to the boundary of the Province of Otago, following the said boundary to the coast, and northerly along the coast to the commencing point.
County Chairman's Office,
Hokitika, November 22, 1873.
ALL persons who have the custody of monies, the property of the County Government, are required to notify monthly to the County Treasurer, the amount of each payment made to the bank, and the date of
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Providing for Election of Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Westland
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ποΈ Provincial & Local Government8 November 1873
Province of Westland, Election, Provincial Council, Superintendent, Electoral Districts, Electoral Rolls
- County Chairman's Office, Hokitika
ποΈ Electoral District Boundaries for Westland Province
ποΈ Provincial & Local Government22 November 1873
Electoral Districts, Boundaries, Hokitika, Greymouth, Paroa, Arahura, Kaniere, Totara, Okarito, Westland
- County Chairman's Office, Hokitika
Westland Provincial Gazette 1873, No 24