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✨ Order in Council

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[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 57, October 2nd., 1868.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, 1868.

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 CANTERBURY.

Ellesmere District.

This district comprises all that area bounded towards the North-east by the River Selwyn; towards the East by Lake Ellesmere; towards the South by the Ocean; towards the South-west by the north bank of the Rakaia River; and towards the North-west by the Great South Road.

Ashburton District.

This district comprises all that area bounded towards the North-east by the north bank of the River Rakaia from its source to its mouth; towards the South-east by the Ocean; towards the South-west by the Rangitata River from its mouth to its confluence with the Clyde River; thence by that river to its source; and thence by a straight line to the summit of Mount Tyndall; and towards the North-west by the summit of the main range of the Southern Alps to the commencing point.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 49

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🏛️ Order in Council for Petty Sessions Act

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated30 September 1868
KeywordsOrder in Council, Petty Sessions Act, Canterbury, District Boundaries
👩‍💼 Officials

G. F. Bowen, Governor
Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

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