DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 182, 4 January 1878, Page 3

DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

The immense number of divisions an<t'y]s districts into which New Zealand is sepa» '-, -^ rated by different Acts and proclamations ;||| causes great confusion, trouble, and«xH^|| pense to the uninitiated, "and more parti* f|p cularly the new settlers, wdio frequentl\?y|i| apply to us for information on the subject. 5| The want 6f identity ih the boundary of sfM the Invercargill Lajnd Distnct and tho pi Southland Deeds Registration , District |®?j greatly puzzle tlie settlera in the Waipalii£' ; fTfl| Waikaka, and 6ther districts bordering ori;>^ the Confines of these dis'tripts, and even.; '^| the lawyers themselves are at a loss toi; sS know the 6xact district a section of ;laini|^w is situated in. Atjthe request of scvrJfißK settlers, we publish a copy of the amencHfl| proclamation of the Southland Deeds. HMHJ gistratio'n District, the Invercargill .l_dH^M District, and the Clutha Resident Ma JH^H trate's Distriot, taken from the NewjßmgH. land Gazette. We think it , a &' e __W_____\ take that the boundaries of all^^^2tiP^B are not identical, for -&t presenJj|^^^^H|H| and recross each other, > **______________] stances show considerabhjj^^HHH^HJH and geographical knowlgfl^^^^^^^^^^f magi^^^^H|^H^H|^| c ]____________________\ (Proclaimed July ________________________\ Bounded _________________________* as ____________________________] by_____________________________ to t]l _____\____t_____________\______\ l ' lv *________________________________ . a J________\________________________ j2Staj|[yp^n hil_7^limce^_______H__B!JHW-Bp 1 _^ffig_jg^of Kaiwefa creek,'thence by tliatr f =^ MHWIPo the main south road, thence by |^ ajHw^astern watershed- of the Waikaka ; /|| to the Black Umbrella mountain ) .f| on the North, thence by a right line to theyl| source of Parasol creek, thence,, by that ! g| creek to the Pomahaka river, thence by \"'M Pomahaka river to its junction with the- ;i| ■Spylaw hrtrri, thence by tho Spylaw burn -|1 to its source, thence by summit of Tapanui' 3 ranges to the source of the Blaokcleugh, . .yfl creek theYi'de by the B^ckcWigh creek to '^ the Clutha river, thence by the Clutha '■'-%% river to its junction with T3rookburn, \fj thence by ~<3rookburn to its source, thence .jp by a-rightlihe north-east tothesouth-wesiysSl boundary of Run No. 54, thence by south-. v|j west boundary bf Run No. 54 to the Hnny -^S| dreds, thence by the boundary oi the,: ; || Hundreds to the Waipori river, the start- S| mg point. . -_y - y :^ THE DEEDS bISIRICT OF; ySfM -' ' ' SOUTHLAND, -.' ."'■'- V'" '"V 'y -yli Under the Transfer Act 1870, (as jyroyM claimed iii the New Zealand GazetteTNo, y?§ :■' 15) March 2, 1871.) ■' '',i% Bounded towards the' East by a lino » commencing at a point known as Chas-* land's Mistake and running north-westerly '< to Black Horn hilly ihence by. the water- '■ shed line to the Forest range, and by the watershed of that range and the east b'oim- L dary of Run No. 1,62 to Catlins Cone, * thence by the south-west and south boun- ,f -> daries of Run No. 258 to Cairn Peak, \ thence by the eastern boundary pf Run No. 132 and the K.aiwera and Waipahi streams to the boundary between Runa _ Nos. 131 and 167 a, thence by the south $ and west boundaries of Run 167a> thence by patft of the Waikoikoi stream .and by r the horth-West boundary of *Rurt No. 167 b x to the east branch of the Waikaka river, \ thence by the east boundary of Run No. \ 175 b, thence by the north boundary of y_\ Run No. 176 is to the Waikaka river ; £■ thence on the llast by the Waikaka rivi f to its source near the 1 Black' Umbrella, H thence by the watershed of the Umbrella m mountains to the head of Timber gully ; o thence on the North-East by Timber gully $ and Rocky creek to its source near Rocky 7, mount, thence by the north-east boundary t of Run No. 359 to the Nokomai stream, then co by a line tunning through Loin Peak to Lake, Wakatipu, thence by the, west shore of . Lake Wakatipu : to Round Peak, thence, by a straight line running due west to Moffat Peak, thence by a line due west to a point north-west of Barrier Peaks, tb'ence by a line running due south to the ocean at Rowallan burn ; and thence following the coast easterly to the point,' of commencement. -''■' y THE .LAND DISTRICTS i Ty formed by the Waste Lands Board of Otago under the Waste Lands Act 1872, ,i are published in the Otago Gazette No, 1 845, April 23, 1873. .. '. y> "THE INVERCARGILL LAfcD DISTRIOT -.-..-.-■"- ''"S comprises all that area bounded by a line ~"-'yA proceeding from. Chasland's Mistake toy y Black Horn hill, thence by the watershed y line to Bleak hill, theftce by a, line to a.--'. ' hill about three iliiles west-north-west of ,. ".- •"•■- A Catlins Cone, thence north-westerly to the ;. northern source of the Molcpreta river yl^ thence tb and ( aloiig the Kaiwora strejim _';_; io the Waipahi stream,, thence by /the ~y7. Waipahi stream -and the Romakaka river v y v to the junction of the* Waikoikoi stream, ,y thence along the said stream to its source, yf. theriicfc aloiig tlie watershed of the Poma* -A yy . haka river JfcbWhitecbmb, thence north-; y VS westerly over Titan rocks to the Garyia? 57% mountains, thence- south-westerly alphg '-'7O the s&icl Garvie mouritaihs; -to? 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