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At the Government House, at Auckland, the
4th day of October, 1859.
Present:—
His Excellency the GOVERNOR,
Colonel GOLD, | Mr. WHITAKER,
Mr. RICHMOND, | Mr. TANCRED.

WHEREAS, by an act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
the "New Provinces Act, 1858," it is
enacted that whenever not less than 3-5ths
of the registered electors entitled to vote in
the election of members of the House of Re-
presentatives resident within any district,
whereof the area shall not be less than
500,000 acres, shall petition the Governor in
Council to establish a new province comprising
such district, the Governor in Council, by
order published in the New Zealand Govern-
ment Gazette, shall with all convenient speed
establish such province accordingly, subject
nevertheless to the fulfilment of certain con-
ditions in the said act specified: And whereas
a petition has been duly presented praying for
the establishment of a new province at Wairau,
in the Province of Nelson, and the several re-
quirements and conditions of the said act have
been duly complied with and fulfilled:

Now, therefore, his Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, and in exercise of the
powers in this behalf vested in him by the said
recited act, doth by this present Order estab-
lish a New Province, to be called and known
by the name of Marlborough, and doth define
the limits of the said province to be as follows:
that is to say, all that district, being heretofore
parcel of the Province of Nelson, which lies or
is within the boundary following, that is to
say—Commencing at the mouth of the river
Tutaiputupu, or Conway, and following that
river to its source; thence running in a straight
line to the confluence of the rivers Acheron
and Clarence; thence by the Acheron to the
confluence of the Guide, and by that stream to
Barefells Pass; thence in a straight line to
the summit of Ward's Pass; thence by the
summit of the watershed to the Red Hills at
the source of the Pelorus; thence by the
Pelorus to the confluence of the Heringa;
thence by the Heringa to its source in or near
Saddle Hill; thence in a straight line to the
summit of Saddle Hill; thence by the summit
of the watershed between the Pelorus and Blind
Bay, to the summit of Mount M'Laren; and
thence in a straight line to the head of that
arm of Tennyson Inlet which approaches
nearest to Squally Cove, Croixelles Harbour.

And the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent aforesaid, doth hereby, in further
pursuance of the said act, constitute the town
of Picton, heretofore called Waitohi, to be
the capital of the said Province of Marl-
borough.

And doth declare that this Order shall take
effect on the 1st day of November, 1859.

F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

At the Government House, at Auckland,
the 4th day of October, 1859.
Present:—
His Excellency the GOVERNOR,
Colonel GOLD, | Mr. WHITAKER,
Mr. RICHMOND, | Mr. TANCRED.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand intituled
the "New Provinces Act, 1858," it is enacted
that whenever not less than 3-5ths of the re-
gistered electors entitled to vote in the election
of Members of the House of Representatives
resident within any district, where of the area
shall not be less than 500,000 acres, shall
petition the Governor in Council to establish a
New Province, comprising such district, the
Governor in Council, by order published in
the New Zealand Government Gazette, shall
with all convenient speed establish such
Province accordingly, subject nevertheless
to the fulfilment of certain conditions in the
said act specified: And whereas a petition
has been duly presented, praying for the
establishment of a New Province at Wairau, in
the Province of Nelson, and the several re-
quirements and conditions of the said act have
been duly complied with and fulfilled:

Now, therefore, his Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Exe-
cutive Council, and in exercise of the powers in
this behalf vested in him by the said recited
act, doth by this present Order establish a New
Province, to be called and known by the name
of Marlborough, and doth define the limits of
the said province to be as follows: that is to
say, all that district, being heretofore parcel
of the Province of Nelson, which lies or is
within the boundary following, that is to say
—Commencing at the mouth of the river Tu-
taiputupu, or Conway, and following that river
to its source; thence running in a straight line
to the confluence of the rivers Acheron and
Clarence; thence by the Acheron to the con-
fluence of the Guide, and by that stream to
Barefells Pass; thence in a straight line to the
summit of the watershed to the summit of
Ward's Pass;* thence in a
straight line to the summit of the watershed to
thence by the summit of the watershed to
the Red Hills at the source of the Pelorus;

*This Order in Council is re-published in con-
sequence of the words "Top House, Wairau Valley,
thence in a straight line to the" having been omitted
in the 39th line, in the publication of the Order in the
Gazette, No. 31, of October 6th, 1859.