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Act, 1854," it is provided that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by proclamation,
to divide the colony of New Zealand into
such and so many districts as he shall think
fit, and that every such district shall be
called by a distinct name, and shall be a
Registrar's District for the purposes in the
said Act mentioned: Now I, the Officer
administering the Government, pursuant to
the authority in me vested in that behalf,
do hereby proclaim and declare, &c.

NELSON.

That so much of the said colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Nelson," viz.:

North—By Blind Bay, and by a line
running direct from the westernmost part of
the Mud Flat in Waimea West to the
junction of the Wangapeka and Motueka
Rivers, and thence due west to the sea.

East—By a line running direct from the
western point of the entrance to Croixelles
Harbour to the source of the Motupiko
River, and thence due south to the southern
boundary of the Province.

South — By the aforesaid southern
boundary, from where the eastern boundary
strikes it, to the sea.

West—By the sea.

MOTUEKA.

That so much of the said colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Motueka," viz.:

North—By the sea.

North-East and East—By Massacre Bay
and Blind Bay.

South—By the line hereinbefore described
as part of the northern boundary of the
District of Nelson.

West—By the sea (comprising the Islands
adjacent thereto).

WAIRAU.

That so much of the ssid colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Wairau," viz.:

North and East—By Blind Bay, Cook's
Strait, Cloudy Bay, and the sea.

South—By the Wai-au-toa, or Clarence
River, to its source, and thence by a line due
west till it strikes the eastern boundary of
the District of Nelson.

West—By the line hereinbefore described
as the eastern boundary of the District of
Nelson (comprising the Islands adjacent
thereto).

AMURI.

That so much of the said colony as is
comprised within the following boundaries
shall be a Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Amuri," viz.:

North—By the Clarence River, and by
the line forming the aforesaid southern
boundary of the Wairau District.

East—By the sea.

South—By the River Hurunui, to its
source, and thence by the southern boun-
dary of the Province to where the eastern
boundary of the District of Nelson strikes
the said southern boundary.

West—By part of the aforesaid eastern
boundary of the Nelson District.

Given under my hand and issued under
the Public Seal of the Islands of New
Zealand, at Auckland, in the Islands
aforesaid, this eighth day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-four.

(Signed) R. H. WYNYARD,
Officer administering the Government.

By His Excellency's command,

(Signed) ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th Nov. 1854.

HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to
be Registrars, under the Act recently passed
by the General Assembly (No. XII., Sess.
2), intituled, "The Marriage Act, 1854," for
the districts set opposite their respective
names :—

JOHN POYNTER . . Registrar, Nelson.
ALFRED C. PICARD . . " Motueka.
EDWARD JOLLIE . . " Amuri.
FRANCIS L. VICKERMAN . " Wairau.

These appointments are to take effect
from the 1st day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-five.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Harbour Office, Nelson,
February 27, 1855.

WANTED, Two respectable Youths
as apprentices to the Harbour
Master and Pilot of the Port of Nelson.
They will require to be bound to the Pro-
vincial Government for a period of 3 years:
after which time, if found competent, they
will receive authority to act as Pilots for
the Port. Candidates must be from 15 to
16 years of age, of healthy constitution,
and possessed of a plain education. The
Salaries will be £40, £60, and £80 per
annum. Applications to be made to
Mr. James S. Cross, Harbour Master and
Pilot.
J. S. CROSS,
Harbour Master and Pilot.