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the said Proclamation as relates to the said district,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such district:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, 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 "Buller" District, and do proclaim and declare
that the territory formerly comprised within the said
district shall be and the same is hereby divided for
the purposes of the said Act into two districts, the
names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

KARAMEA DISTRICT.

This district is bounded as follows:—Commencing
at the mouth of the Heaphy River, thence towards
the North by right lines to and along the summit of
the southern watershed of that river to the summit of
Mount Domett, and thence by right lines along
the summit of the Tasman Range to Mount Snowdon;
towards the North-east by right lines along the summit
of the said range to Mount Arthur; towards the
South-east by right lines along the summit of the
eastern and part of the southern watershed of the
Karamea River to the saddle between the Karamea
River and the saddle between the Karamea
and Wangapeka Rivers; thence towards the South
by right lines along the summit of the northern
watershed of the Mokihinui River to Otahu Hill, and
thence by a right line to Kongahu Point; and thence
by the sea coast to the mouth of the Heaphy River.

BULLER DISTRICT.

This district is bounded towards the North by the
Karamea District from Kongahu Point to the saddle
between the Karamea and Wangapeka Rivers; to-
wards the East by right lines along the summit of
the western watershed of the Wangapeka River to
the summit of the Marine Mountains; thence towards
the South-east by right lines along the summit of
the Lyell and Lyell Mountains, the western water-
shed of the Lyell River, and a right line to the junc-
tion of the Orekaka River with the Buller River,
and thence by a right line to the summit of the
Buckland Peaks; towards the South-west by a right
line to the mouth of the Totara River; and towards
the North-west by the sea to Kongahu Point.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall
come into operation and take effect on the first day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

Given under the hand of his Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mul-
grave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of
York, in the Peerage of the United King-
dom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in
the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of
Ireland; a member of Her Majesty's Most
Honorable Privy Council; Knight Com-
mander of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at
Auckland, this second day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

District under "The Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1875."

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventh section of "The Regis-
tration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from
time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, to divide the colony for the purposes of the
said Act 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 Dis-
trict; and further that the districts existing at the
time of the coming into operation of the said Act
under any of the Acts repealed thereby shall, until
altered, be deemed to be districts proclaimed under
the said Act:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the fourth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the then
Governor, in pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him, did, amongst others, constitute a
district called the "Buller" District, the boundaries
whereof where therein set forth, which said Proclama-
tion came into operation and took effect on the
twentieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two:

And whereas it 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, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, 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 "Buller" District, and do proclaim and
declare that the territory formerly comprised within
the said district shall be and the same is hereby
divided for the purposes of the said Act into two dis-
tricts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as
follow:—

KARAMEA DISTRICT.

This district is bounded as follows:—Commencing
at the mouth of the Heaphy River, thence towards
the North by right lines to and along the summit of
the southern watershed of that river to the summit of
Mount Domett, and thence by right lines along the
summit of the Tasman Range to Mount Snowdon;
towards the North-east by right lines along the
summit of the said range to Mount Arthur; towards
the South-east by right lines along the summit of
the eastern and part of the southern watershed of the
Karamea River to the saddle between the Karamea and
Wangapeka Rivers; thence towards the South by
right lines along the summit of the northern water-
shed of the Mokihinui River to Otahu Hill, and
thence by a right line to Kongahu Point; and thence
by the sea coast to the mouth of the Heaphy River.

BULLER DISTRICT.

This district is bounded towards the North by the
Karamea District from Kongahu Point to the saddle
between the Karamea and Wangapeka Rivers;
towards the East by right lines along the summit of
the western watershed of the Wangapeka River to
the summit of the Marine Mountains; thence
towards the South-east by right lines along the sum-
mits of the Marine and Lyell Mountains, the western
watershed of the Lyell River, and a right line to the