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lency the Governor, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power in that behalf vested
in him as aforesaid, did define certain dis-
tricts in the Province of Auckland to be
the districts within and for which Courts
of Petty Sessions should be held for the
purposes of the said Act. And whereas it
is expedient to abolish the districts afore-
said, and to define districts within the
Provinces of Auckland, Hawke's Bay,
Marlborough, Otago, and Southland,
respectively, within and for which Courts
of Petty Sessions shall be held for the pur-
poses of the said Act:
Now therefore, His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of
New Zealand, in pursuance and in exer-
cise of the power in this behalf vested in
him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Coun-
cil of the Colony, abolish the districts
within the Province of Auckland, defined
in the said Order in Council of the sixth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, and with the like advice and
consent doth hereby 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 HAWKE'S BAY.
Waipawa District.
Commencing at Mount Park on the
Ruahine Range, follows a line nearly due
East to the West point of the Kereru
Bush, skirting the southern end of that
bush, following the division boundary of
Messrs. Smith and Carlyon's runs; thence
along a line crossing Mr. McLean's run
to where it strikes the track leading from
Ngawhakatatara to Raukawa, following
that track to the Tuki Tuki; thence fol-
lowing up the Tuki Tuki to Tamumu,
crossing that river and proceeding up the
Mangamahaki and the Mangarouhi; thence
along the Mangarouhi to the southern
boundary of the Hapuku Block, along that
line in a westerly direction to the northern
edge of the Forty-mile Bush, along the
edge to the Makaretu River to its source
in the Ruahine; thence along that range
to its starting point, forming the western
boundary of the Province of Hawke's
Bay.
Ngaruroro District.
This district is bounded as follows:
commencing at Tarcha's Bridge, following
the line of road across the Meanee Bridge
down the eastern bank of the Tutaekuri
to the Napier Harbour, skirting the wa-
ter's edge to the foot of the Puketapu
hills, following the base of those hills to
the Puketapu road; thence along the
Puketapu road to the Mangaone river,
crossing the river at Peka Peka, following
the course of that river to its junction
with the Mangahina, from which junction
it follows a line nearly due South to the
Tutaekuri junction with the Waikonohi
Creek; thence in a straight line to the Te
Popo hill, to the South bank of the Nga-
ruroro river, following the southern boun-
dary of Messrs. Tanner and Coleman's
Native run to the Pakipaki, crossing the
Pakipaki Creek and following the south-
ern boundary of the Government land to
the Tuki Tuki, along the north bank of
the Tuki Tuki to its mouth; thence along
the sea beach to Tarcha's Bridge.
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1868, No 22
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Order in Council regarding the operation of the Petty Sessions Act, 1865
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement22 July 1868
Petty Sessions Act, Courts, Legislation, Order in Council, Provincial Government, Hawke's Bay
- Smith (Mr.), Run owner, boundary reference
- Carlyon (Mr.), Run owner, boundary reference
- McLean (Mr.), Run owner, boundary reference
- Tanner (Mr.), Run owner, boundary reference
- Coleman (Mr.), Run owner, boundary reference
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand