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that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury for the time being from time to time to change or alter the boundaries of any and of every Educational District proclaimed under the authority of "The Education Ordinance, 1864."

And whereas, on the Fourth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the Saltwater Creek Educational District was proclaimed under the authority of the said Ordinance, the boundaries of which district it is desirable to alter:

Now, therefore, I, William Sefton Moorhouse, Superintendent of the Province aforesaid, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers so vested in me, proclaim that the boundaries of the Saltwater Creek Educational District shall be as follows:-

Bounded on the eastward by the sea; on the south by the northern bank of the river Ashley; on the west by the eastern boundary of the Ashley Bank District, as far as the upper Sefton Road; thence following the said road north-easterly to the Road and Railway Reserve; thence following said reserve northerly to the Rangiora and Leithfield Road; thence following the said road as far as the north-east corner of reserve 253, from thence following the southern boundary of the Leithfield District to the sea.

Given under my hand at Christchurch, this First day of May, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent of Canterbury.

By His Honor's command,
F. E. STEWART,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, April 29, 1867.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that a Writ calling for the Election of two Members to serve in the Provincial Council for the Westland District has been returned to him with the endorsement that

Edmund Barff, Esq., and
Conrad Hoos, Esq.

have been duly elected.

F. E. STEWART,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, April 30, 1867.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that a Writ calling for an Election to be held for the return of a Member to serve in the Provincial Council for the Oxford District has been returned to him with the endorsement that

George Leslie Lee, Esq.
has been duly elected.

F. E. STEWART,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, April 29, 1867.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that a Writ calling for the election of a Member to serve in the Provincial Council for the Town of Grey mouth has been returned to him with the endorsement that

John Arthur Whall, Esq.,
has been duly elected.

F. E. STEWART,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, May 1, 1867.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

Thomas Pegham,
Draughtsman, Christchurch, to be Chief Draughtsman at Hokitika, such appointment to date from 20th April, 1867.

F. E. STEWART,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, April 20, 1867.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that

Joseph Beswick, Esq.,
has resigned his seat in the Provincial Council for the Mandeville District.

F. E. STEWART,
Provincial Secretary.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.--CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

LIST OF PETITIONS OF PERSONS APPLYING FOR RELIEF UNDER "THE DEBTORS AND CREDITORS ACTS."

Supreme Court Office,
Christchurch, April 30, 1867.

CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON CALVERT,
Registrar.