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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 511, 26 September 1857, Page 6

KAIAPOI EACES. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held .f the Kaiapoi Hotel, on at MONDAY, September 28, at 7 o'Clock p.m., to fix a day for the Kaianni S,?^ g nt rf' t0 be rUn Under the 01 til 6 O.U.V/. All parties interested therein are particulariv requested to attend. ' NOTICE. ~ ~~ " HIS Honor the Superintendent of Can terbury directs the following Memo" randum to be published for public information " A difference of opinion has arisen^between the Provincial Governments of Canterbury and Otago, as to the boundary line between the two Provinces. Sir Or. Grey fixed this boundary by a Proclamation dated the 28th day of February 1853, in the following words:— "*' " The Province of Canterbury shall bo bounded on # # •■- # # . j The South By the Eiver Waitangi to its source, thence by a right line running to the source of the Eiver Awarua, thence by the Eiver Awarua to its source." * # # # " The Province of Otago shall be bounded on The North By the southern boundary of the Province of Canterbury, as already described in this Proclamation." The Eiver Waitangi having several branches, all having different native names, and the direction of the upper waters being unknown an ambiguity in the meaning of the Proclamation would have existed had it not been accompanied by a map, annexed to and made part of it. This map marks out the branch running nearly east and west, and the head waters of which are nearest to the head waters of the Awarua river as the branch intended in the Proclamationthe boundary between the two Provinces thereby running in a nearly direct line across the Island from east to west. The Superintendent of the Province of Otago, neglecting the map attached to the Proclamation, claims, as a part of the Province of Otago, all the land south of the North branch of the Waitangi: by which claim the boundary line would appear on the map as running first westerly, then for at least 70 miles northerly, then an equal distance southerly to the Awarua Eiver. The Superintendent of Canterbury has applied to the General Government, and has been assured that the matter will be made the subject of legislation at the approaching Session of the General Assembly. In the meantime, NOTICE IS GIVEN that all persons not holding Licenses from the Waste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, •occupying Land lying north of thei west branch of the Waitangi Eiver, as indicated by the Proielamation and map attached, will be treated as 'unlicensed squatters, and proceeded against ac- \ cording to law. . By His Honor's command, EICHAED PACKEE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, September 29,1857. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE attention of all persons selling arms ammunition, or other warlike stores is called to the Governor's Proclamation, republished in the Provincial Government Gazette of this day. By this Proclamation the regulations now in force in this province, in reference to the importation, landing, sale, or other disposal of arms, gunpowder, or other warlike stores, and all licenses heretofore issued for the above purposes, will, on and after the Ist of October next, become null and void. Fresh licenses, in accordance with the terms of lids Excellency's Proclamation, can, on and after the same date, be obtained on application at the Eesident Magistrate's Office, in Christchurch or Lyttelton,or to Mr. W. J. W.Hamilton, Lyttelton. All persons landing, selling or disposing of arms, ammunition, &c, contrary to law, are liable to a penalty of £500. The existing regulations respecting the making, constructing, amending, or repairing of arms, gunpowder, or other warlike stores, are not affected by the Proclamation above referred too. . JOHN HALL, Eesident Magistrate. Eesident Magistrate's Office, Christchurch, sth September, 1857. TO BUILDEES. GOVEENMENT BUILDINGS, CHEISTCHUECH. THE Provincial Government is prepared to leceive tenders for the erection of ■" Government Offices and Council Chamber at Christchurch by THUESDAY, OCTOBEE IST. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Temporary Council Chamber, Christchurch, on and after THUESDAY, 3rd September, be--1 ween the -hourssof 10 a.m: and 4 p.m.; and further particulars .may be obtained of *»c : Architects, to whom tenders in duplicate are to I. be addressed, endorsed "Tendera for: Government , Buildings." , The Government does not bind itself to ac- ■ cept the lowest, or any tender, unless approved' By Order, MOUNTFOET & LUCK. Architects. Cb.ristchuxch, August 20th, 1857.