By His Excellency Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, Knight,
Lieutenant-Governor of Her Majesty's Province of South Australia, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, &c. &c.
(_L S_)
H. E. F. Young.
Whereas, in order to provide for the interests of future settlers, and
the probable course of future settlement along the banks of the
now-ascertained navigable waters of the River Murray, it is expedient,
that as respects the River Murray, and its Lakes Alexandrina or Victoria
and Lake Albert, in South Australia, there should be adopted and applied
the principles recognised and acted upon in the Royal Order in Council
of the 9th March, 1847, by which it was declared that in New South Wales
and Victoria there shall not be included in leases for pastoral purposes
any lands lying and being within the distance of three miles from the
sea coast, and within the distance of two miles from either of the
opposite banks of certain rivers then named in the above-mentioned Royal
Order: And whereas, for these and other purposes, it is expedient that
the portion of the Province of South Australia hereinafter described
should be created a Hundred: Now, therefore, I, the Lieutenant-Governor,
in the name and on the behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty, by virtue of
the powers and authorities in me vested, do, by this my Proclamation,
declare and appoint that the several parts of the said Province of South
Australia, hereinafter more particularly described, and which are in
part bounded by the shores of Lake Alexandrina or Victoria and Lake
Albert, and by the banks of the River Murray, shall, from and after the
first day of July next ensuing the date of this Proclamation, be, and I
do by this my Proclamation constitute the same a Hundred of the same
Province by the name of the "Hundred of the Murray:" And I do by this my
Proclamation further proclaim and declare that--All those lands which
lie within the distance of two miles from either of the two opposite
banks of the River Murray, within the Province of South Australia,
together with all those lands which lie within the distance of two miles
from the north shore of Lake Alexandrina, between Salt Creek
Trigonometrical Station and the Murray, and two miles from the east
shores of Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, and also all the land in the
County of Russell lying west of Lake Albert, as the same are
respectively delineated in the public maps deposited in the office of
the Surveyor-General of the Province, shall be within and shall
constitute the said Hundred.
Given under my hand and the public seal of the said Province, at
Adelaide, this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and in the seventeenth year of
Her Majesty's reign.
By command,
B. T. FINNISS, Colonial Secretary.
God save the Queen!
Colonial Secretary's Office, Adelaide, Nov. 9, 1853.
The margins of Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert, and each bank of the
River Murray, for two miles inland, having been constituted and
proclaimed the "Hundred of the Murray in South Australia:"
Notice is hereby given that applications will be received by the
Surveyor-General for the survey of sections on the said lands, in blocks
of 10, 80, and 640 acres, according to the wishes of intending
purchasers.
Access from the back lands to the water, and necessary roads for the
convenience of the public, will be reserved in the usual manner.
Purchasers of land will have the customary privilege of commonage within
the Hundred, according to the regulations.
By His Excellency's command,
B. T. FINNISS, Colonial Secretary.