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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
MONDAY, JULY 25, 1859.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion 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 "Definition of Dis-
tricts Act, 1858," the Governor is em-
powered from time to time by Proclamation in
the New Zealand Gazette to divide the Colony
into Counties, Hundreds, Parishes, or such
other divisions as he may deem expedient,
which shall have such limits, and shall bear
and be known by such names or designations
as in and by the Proclamation constituting the
same shall be prescribed.
Now, I, the Governor of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the territory
hereinafter described or referred to shall be, and
the same is hereby constituted, a County, that
is to say, all that territory bounded on the
North by the mid-channel of Kawhia harbour
from the entrance to Round Island, at the
mouth of Kauri river, by a line from Round
Island to the highest point of Pirongia, and by
a line thence to the junction of the Waipa and
Punui rivers. On the East by a line from the
junction of the Waipa and Punui, drawn due
South until it cuts the Mokau river. On the
South by the Mokau river; and on the West
by the Sea,
And I hereby prescribe that the said County
shall bear and be known by the name or desig-
nation of the County of GREY.
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Government House, at Auck-
land, this fourteenth day of
July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-nine.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.
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 its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted by
the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council,
Session 3, No. 1, intituled "An Ordinance for
establishing a Supreme Court," it is provided
that there shall be holden Circuit Courts for
the despatch of Civil and Criminal business of
the Court before one of the Judges thereof at
such places and at such times as the Governor
shall, with the advice of the Executive Council,
by proclamation from time to time appoint.
And whereas by a Proclamation made
under the hand of the Governor and issued
under the Public Seal of the Colony, on the
third day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-eight, the Governor, with the
advice aforesaid, did proclaim and, appoint
(amongst other things) that Circuit Courts
should be holden for the Southern District at
the Town of Lyttelton, on the first day of
March, the first day of June, the first day of
September, and the first day of December in
every year, or as soon after the said days res-
pectively as conveniently might be. And
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🏘️ Proclamation Constituting the County of Grey
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government14 July 1859
County constitution, boundary definition, Grey County, Kawhia harbour, Pirongia, Mokau river
- Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion 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.
- HENRY JOHN TANCRED
⚖️ Supreme Court Circuit Court Proclamation for Southern District
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementSupreme Court, Circuit Courts, Southern District, Lyttelton, Civil business, Criminal business
- Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion 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., &c.