✨ Proclamation of District Boundaries
Numb. 26. 139
The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1860.
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., &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 Pro-
clamation 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 divide the said Colony
for the purposes of the said Act into Districts,
the names and boundaries whereof are therein
set forth, comprising amongst others the
"Raglan District," the "Kawhia District,"
and the "Rangiawhia District." And whereas
it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the
said Three Districts:
Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance
and further 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 said "Raglan District," "Kawhia
District," and "Rangiawhia District," and do
proclaim and declare that the territory formerly
comprised within such Districts shall be divided
for the purposes of the said Act into Two
Districts, the names and boundaries whereof
shall be as follows:—
RAGLAN DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by a line passing
midway between the North and South head of
Whaingaroa Harbour, thence passing up the
mid-channel of the Northern branch of the
said Harbour to its junction with the Waitetuna
River, thence along the mid-channel of the
Waitetuna to where the road to the Native
Village of Wata Wata crosses it; thence along
the road to Wata Wata to the summit of the
Ridge of hills lying on the West bank of the
Waipa River. On the East by the Ridge of
the Waipa and Pirongia hills on the Western
side of the Waipa, extending to the source of
that River. On the South by a straight line
running from the source of the Waipa to the
source of the Mokau River, thence down the
mid-channel of the Mokau to the sea. On
the West by the Sea.
RANGIAWHIA DISTRICT.
Bounded on the East by the mid-channel of
the Horotiu branch of the Waikato River to
its junction with Lake Taupo, thence by the
Eastern shore of Lake Taupo and by the
mid-channel of the Upper Waikato unto its
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NZ Gazette 1860, No 26
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🏛️ Proclamation altering boundaries for Raglan, Kawhia, and Rangiawhia Marriage Districts
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration18 August 1860
Proclamation, Marriage Act Amendment Act 1858, District division, Raglan District, Kawhia District, Rangiawhia District, Boundaries
- Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief