my Deputy in and for the Southern Dis-
triet of New Zealand, with full power to take
cognizance of and proceed in all matters, and
to hear and determine the same in manner
prescribed by the said recited Letters Patent.

Given under my hand and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Auckland, in the Colony afore-
said, this seventh day of
February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifty-six.
T. G. BROWNE,
Governor.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

PROCLAMATION.

By his Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand, and Vice Admiral of
the same, &c., &c, &c.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted by
the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zea-
land, by and with the advice and consent of
the Legislative Council thereof, Session viii.
No. 9, intituled " An Ordinance for Regis-
tering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in the
Colony of New Zealand," it is enacted, that
for the purposes of the said Ordinance it shall
be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation
to be for that purpose issued, to divide the
Co'ony of New Zealand into such and so
many Districts as he shall think fit, and
every such District shall be called by a dis-
tinct name, and shall be a Deputy-Registrar's
District: Provided always, that it shall be
lawful for the Governor to revoke such Pro-
clamation, and to issue from time to time a
new Proclamation, dividing the Colony anew
into such and so many Districts as he shall
think fit.

And whereas by Proclamations dated the
15th May, 1848, and the 9th October, 1851,
certain Districts, therein defined, were ap-
pointed and declared to be Deputy-Re-
gistrars' Districts.

Now therefore I the Governor of the said
Colony of New Zealand, iu pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said
in part recited Ordinance, do hereby revoke
so much of the said Proclamations as relates
to the boundaries of the District of Wel-
lington, and I hereby proclaim and declare
that the said District of Wellington shall be
divided into four Districts, the names and
boundaries of which shall, for the present,
be as follows:

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District of Wellington.
So much of the said Colony as is comprised
within the following boundaries shall be a
Deputy-Registrar s District, and shall be
called the District of Wellington, viz.-
North-The River Manawatu, from Cook's
Straits to the gorge of the said River
in the Ruahini Range of Hills.
South-Cook's Strait.
East-The Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges
of Hills.
West-Cook's Straits.

District of Whanganui.
So much of the said Colony as is comprised
within the following boundaries shall be a
Deputy-Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Whanganui," viz.-
North-The Northern boundary of the
Province of Wellington from Cook's
Straits to the Ruahini Range of Hills.
South-The River Manawatu from Cook's
Straits to the gorge of the said River
Manawatu in the Ruahini Range of
Hills.
East-The Ruahini Range of Hills.
West-Cook's Straits.

District of Ahuriri.
So much of the said Colony as is comprised
within the following boundaries shall be a
Deputy-Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the Distrit of Ahuriri," viz.-
North-The Northera boundary of the
Province from the Ruahini Range of
Hills to the Coast.
South-A line from Cape Turnagain to the
gorge of the River Manawatu in the
Ruahini Range of Hills.
East-The Coast
West-The Ruahini Range

Wairarapa.
So much of the said Colony as is comprised
within the following boundaries shall be a
Deputy-Registrar's District, and shall be
called "the District of Wairarapa," viz.-
North-The line from Cape Turnagain on
the Coast to the gorge of the River
Manawatu, in the Ruahini Range of
Hills.
South-Pallisir Bay.
East-The Coast.
West--The Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges
of Hills.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Auckland, in the Colony afore-
said, this seventeenth day of
February, in the year of of
Lord one thousand eight
dred and fifty-six.

T. G. BRO
G

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN