A PROCLAMATION,

Appointing certain Districts under the "Registration Act."

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS, by the "Registration Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, at any time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette,
to divide the Colony of New Zealand, for the purposes of the said Act, into such and so many Districts as he may think fit, and that every such District shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a Registrar’s District; and it is provided that the Governor may, at any time, revoke the whole or any part of such Proclamation, and issue a new Proclamation, dividing the Colony or any part of it anew into Districts, or increasing the number, or altering the boundaries of Districts, as from time to time he may think requisite;

And whereas, by a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing date the Sixth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, the Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, did, amongst others, constitute a District for the purposes of the said Act, called the "Timaru District," the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into operation, and took effect on the first day of October, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine;

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of the said Proclamation as relates to the said District, and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised within such District:

Now, therefore, I, Sir GEORGE GREY, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Act, do hereby revoke the said Proclamation so far as relates to the "Timaru District," and do proclaim and declare that the territory formerly comprised within such District shall be and is hereby divided for the purposes of the said Act into two Districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:—

GERALDINE DISTRICT.

From the south bank of the Rangitata to the south bank of the Opihi, and the south bank of the Te Ngawai to McKenzie’s Pass.

TIMARU DISTRICT.

From the south bank of the Opihi and Te Ngawai to the boundary of the Provinces of Otago and Canterbury (Waitangi River).

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the First day of April next ensuing.

Given under my hand, at the Government House at Auckland, and issued under the seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
WILLIAM FOX.

G. G. Gazette, No. 7, Feb. 24, 1864.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, Feb. 16, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY KENRICK

to be Registrar of Marriages, and Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the Oxford District, in the Province of Canterbury.

WILLIAM FOX.

G. G. Gazette, No. 7, Feb. 24, 1864.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, Feb. 22, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

LAWRENCE LAWSON BROWN

to be Registrar of Marriages, and Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in the District of Geraldine, as the same is described in a Proclamation, bearing date the Nineteenth day of February, 1864, and published in this Gazette.

This appointment to take effect from the First day of April next.

WILLIAM FOX.

G. G. Gazette, No. 7, Feb. 24, 1864.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, Feb. 22, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

BELFIELD WOOLCOMBE

to be Registrar of Marriages, and Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in the District of Timaru, as the same is described in a Proclamation bearing date the Nineteenth day of February, 1864, and published in this Gazette.

This appointment to take effect from the First day of April next.

WILLIAM FOX.

G. G. Gazette, No. 7, Feb. 24, 1864.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, Feb. 22, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT BELFIELD

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in the District of Timaru, as the same is described in a Proclamation bearing date the Nineteenth day of February, 1864.