✨ Order in Council
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XV.] FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1866. [No. 18.
Order in Council.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the ninth day of May, 1866.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
Whereas by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865," it is enacted that the Governor from time to time by Order in Council, whereof notice shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette, may constitute and define districts within and for which the said Courts respectively shall be held, and such districts or any of them may from time to time in manner aforesaid abolish and the boundaries thereof may define or alter:
Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in him vested for this purpose, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, constitute and define the districts following to be the districts within and for which Courts of Petty Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the said Act, that is to say—
Province of Auckland.
BAY OF ISLANDS DISTRICT.
This district comprises so much of the North Island as lies North of the northern boundary of the County of Marsden.
WANGAREI DISTRICT.
This district is bounded on the North by the northern boundary of the County of Marsden; on the East by the sea from the North Head of Tutukaka Harbour to Cape Bream Tail; on the South by the northern boundaries of the parishes of Mangawai, Kaiwaka, Wairau, and Paparoa, the southern boundary of the parish of Matakohe and the waters of the Waione River; and on the West by the sea from the North Head of the Kaipara Harbour to Point Kokatu.
PORT ALBERT DISTRICT.
This district is bounded on the North by the southern boundary of the Wangarei District hereinbefore described; on the East by the sea from Cape Bream Tail to the head of the Weiti River; on the South by the northern boundary of the County of Eden; and on the West by the waters of the Kaipara Harbour from the mouth of the Kaukapakapa River to the southern boundary of the parish of Matakohe, including the Island of Kawau and adjacent isles.
DISTRICT OF RIVER HEAD.
This district is bounded on the North by the waters of the Kaipara Harbour from Papanui to the mouth of the Kaukapakapa River and the northern boundary of the County of Eden; on the East by the sea from the head of the Weiti River to the North Head of the Waitemata Harbour; thence by the Waitemata Harbour, the Whau Creek, and the eastern boundary of the parish of Waikomiti; on the South by the waters of the Manukau Harbour from the eastern boundary of the township of Whau South to Paratutai; and on the West by the sea from Paratutai aforesaid to Papanui on the South Head of the Kaipara Harbour.
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.
This district is bounded on the North by the waters of the Waitemata Harbour from the Meola
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1866, No 18
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