Otago.

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 East

By the Coast line, including the Islands adjacent thereto.

The West

By the Coast line, including the Islands adjacent thereto.

The South

By the Coast line, including the Islands adjacent thereto, with the exception of Stewart's Island, its adjacent Islands, and Sclanders Island, and the Island of Ruapuke.

This Proclamation shall take effect within the Province of Wellington on and after the day of the date hereof, and within each of the other Provinces aforesaid on and after the day of the receipt of a copy hereof at the principal Town of such Province.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Government-House, at Wellington, in the Province of New Munster, in the Islands aforesaid, this Twenty-Eighth day of February, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three.