Wellington, December 28th. The boundaries of the district of Wester* Otago have been altered. It comprises all that ■ area bounded towards the north and north east by Otago gold fields district, as defined by proclamation, dated 23rd January, 1878, from Miiford Sound to Nugget Burn, thence by the Dunedin District Court district to the aea afr the mouth of the Taieri River, and towards - south and west by sea to Miiford Sound ; inf oluding Stewart, Ruapuke, and other adjacent Islands. Mr W. E. Sessions has been appointed prin cipal clerk at Dunedin of the Warden's Court, for Otago goldfields, and is also appointed Mm- • ins Registrar for Hindon Mining district. Campbelltown has been proclaimed a borongk under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876 and all the old Provincial districts have been declared sheep districts under the Bth section of the Sheep Act. The following reserved lands have beea authorised to be sold :— Otago : Mataura Ferry • (to be sold as town lands), all that parcel of ' land containing by admeasurement 30 acres 1 rood 11 perches, part of section I^. marked a on the map of Lyndhurst survey -* district, and bounded towards the north west by section No. 3 of same district, 2399 610 links, towards the north-east by the recreation reserve and the Mataura Agricul tural and Pastoral Reserve 11993-10 links; again, towards the north-west by the last-mentioned' reserve and the road line 967 5 10 links j agaia,' towards the north-east by the said sectionNfo ' 3, of Lyndhurst district, 225 links ; towards the south-east by a public road 3390 links ; and - towards the south-west by the ,• Crown lands. 