shall be Deputy Registrar's districts according to the meaning of the said aboverecited Ordinance, that is to say The District of Kaiapoi : Comprising all that part of the Province lying north of the River Courtenay. . The District of Christcliurch : Comprising all that part of the Province lying south of the river Ciurtenay, and west of a line, commencing at the mouth of that river extending along the sea-coast and north shore of the estuary at the mouth of the Avon and Heathcote rivers as far as the old ferry over the Heathcote at the end of the Ferry Road, thence straight to the Flag-staff on Mount Pleasant, thence along the highest ridge of the hills to Cooper's Knobs, thence straight to the mouth of the river Halsewell, thence along the east edge of Lake Ellesmere, and the sea coast, to the mouth of f.he Waitangi river. The District of Akaroa : Compi'ising all that part of Banks' Peninsula lying east of a line drawn from a point on the sea coast half way between the eastern headland of Port Levy and the western headland of Pigeon Bay, to the head of the north Branch of the Little River, thence down the course of that River and Lake Forsyth to the sea. The District cf Lyttelton : That part of the Province comprised between the district of Christchurch, the sea, and the district of Akaroa. Given under my hand at Christchurch, and issued under the public seal of the Province, this twenty-fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour. James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 169, 1 April 1854, Page 8
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273Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 169, 1 April 1854, Page 8
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