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992 links; 280 links; and towards the West by a line bearing N.E. 18°, 1,450 links; the angles being marked by pegs.

This application is in substitution for the one formerly gazetted on the 7th June, 1861, No. 32.

No. 52.
Applicants—Richard Okey, Henry Bailey, Richard Haywarth, and Richard Thomson.
Locality—Slate River Flat.
Area—Five Acres.
Bounded towards the N.E. by lines bearing S.E. 141°, 150 links, and 160°, 350 links; towards the S.E. by a line bearing S.W. 245°, 1,000 links; towards the S.W. by lines bearing N.W. 340°, 350 links, and N.W. 321°, 150 links; and towards the N.W. by a line bearing N.E. 65°, 1,000 links; the angles being marked by stakes.

No. 53.
Applicants—Thomas McGrane, and sons (as in No. 49).
Locality—Appoo's Creek.
Area—Three Acres.
Situated in the bed of the Creek; having a direction S.E. 155°, 2,000 links; S.W. 214°, 200 links; and S.E. 148°, 300 links; with a breadth of 100 links; intersected from N.W. to S.E. by the stream; the North Eastern angle being marked by a post.

No. 54.
Applicants—John Skilton and W. H. Lloyd.
Locality—McGregor's Bar, Slate River.
Area—Five Acres.
Bounded towards the N.E. by a line bearing S.E. 120°, 420 links; towards the S.E. and E. by the bank of the Slate River 900 links and 300 links; towards the S.W. by a line bearing N.W. 300°, 420 links; towards the West by a line bearing N. 360°, 300 links; and towards the N.W. by a line bearing N.E. 56°, 900 links; the angles being marked by stakes.

A PROCLAMATION

*Appointing certain Districts under the "Marriage Act."

By His Excellency, Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight Commander of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c., &c.*

WHEREAS by the "Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to divide the Colony of New Zealand for the purposes of the said Act into such and so many Districts as he may think fit, and that every such District shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a Registrar's District, and it is provided that the Governor may at any time revoke the whole or any part of such Proclamation and issue a new Proclamation dividing the Colony or any part of it anew into Districts or increasing the number or altering the boundaries of Districts as from time to time he may think requisite:-

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and issued bearing date the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, the Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power, and authority, did amongst others constitute a District for the purposes of the said Act called the "Amuri District," the boundaries whereof were therein set forth; which said Proclamation came into operation and took effect on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of the said Proclamation as relates to the said District, and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised within such District:-

Now therefore, I, Sir GEORGE GREY, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Act, do hereby revoke the said Proclamation so far as relates to the "Amuri District," and do proclaim and declare that the territory formerly comprised within such District shall be and is hereby divided for the purposes of the said Act into two Districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:-

Kaihoras District.

The Southern boundary of Awatere District from Barefell's Pass to the mouth of the Clarence, thence following the sea coast to the mouth of the river Tutaitupuputu or Conway, thence 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 Barefell's Pass.