Parliamentary.
THE REPRESENTATION BILL, Tho following are the boundaries of tha three electorates that the more paiticularly interest us. It will be seen that Dunstan, whilst it is shorn of Cromwell, Bannockburn and Nevis, which are tacked on to the Lakes, has the whole Valley of tha Molyneux as far down as the mouth of tha Tuapoka River, and the whole of tha country between tho Clutha and tha Pomahaka added to its southern boundary,) DUNSTAN is bounded towards the east by Lauder Creek from its source to its confluence with the Manuhorikia River ; thence by a right line to the summit of north Rough Ridge Hill; thence by the summit of the western watershed of the Upper Taieri River to tha Lammorlaws ; thence by a line to and by the Beaumont River and by the Clutha River to tho mouth of tho Tuapeka River ; thence by a right line to the nearest bend of the Pomahaka River ; thence by that river to its source ; thence towards the west by the summit of the Umbrella Mountains to a point due east of the Rockymount (?) ; thence towards the north by a line to tho Clutha River at Dairy Creek ; thence by said river and leaning Rock Creek to summit of the Dunstan Mountains ; and thenoa by tho samo mountain to Lauder Creek, the starting point. WAKATII’U is bounded towards the north by a right line from the mouth of tho Awarua River to Mount Aspiring; thence towards tha north-west by the summit of the Southern Alps to Mount Ward ; towards the east by Waitaki electoral district to Mount St, Bathans ; towards the south-east electoral districts of Mount Ida and Dunstan to the summit of the Hector Mountains at Lorn Peak ; thence towards the south by a line in continuation of the Southland County boundary to Lake Wakatipu ; thence by the said lake to Refuge Point; thence by the summit of the watershed to Dummock Peak ; thence by summit of the leading ridge to the Thomson Mountains ; thence by said mountains to Round Peak ; thence by a right line to Mount Eglinton ; thence by the summit of the Erie Mountains, and by a right line ovei the Castle to Cloudy Pass in Bligh Sound; and towards the north west by the sea. MOUNT IDA is bounded towards the north-east by the Waitaki electoral district from Mount St. Bathans to Kakanui Peak ; thence towards the east by the Moeraki and Waikouaiti electoral districts ; towards the south by the Taieri and Tuapeka electoral districts to the summit of the Laramerlaw ; and towards the west by the Dunstan electoral district.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1010, 26 August 1881, Page 2
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435Parliamentary. Dunstan Times, Issue 1010, 26 August 1881, Page 2
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