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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Warrant appointing Coroner's District.
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 "Coroners' Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the districts which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such districts to alter as occasion may require, Now therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of
Christchurch,
in the Province of Canterbury, to be all the territory comprised within the limits following, that is to say:—On the North by the river Waimakariri (South bank) from the sea to where it enters the first range of hills; thence by a straight line running due South till it meets the Rakaia river; thence in an easterly direction, following the line dividing the Heathcote and Ellesmere electoral districts to the mouth of the river Heathcote, thence on the East by the line of the sea coast to the mouth of the Waimakariri aforesaid.
Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.
Warrant appointing Coroner's District.
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 "Coroners' Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the districts which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such districts to alter as occasion may require, Now therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of
Waipukurau,
in the Province of Hawke's Bay, to be all the territory comprised within the limits following, that is to say:—On the North, by a line drawn from Taumata-a-Makuru in the Ruahine range due East to the junction of the Mangatauri stream with the Tukituki, thence by the South bank of the Tukituki to its junction with the Mokokariki stream at Hawea, thence by the South bank of the Mokokariki to Te Tui, thence by a right line to Matahuia on the Manawarakau stream, and thence by Manawarakau to the sea. On the East by the sea. On the South by the boundary of the Provinces of Hawke's Bay and Wellington, and on the West by the Ruahine range, being the boundary of the Provinces of Hawke's Bay and Wellington.
Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.
Warrant appointing Sheriff's District.
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 "Sheriff's Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned to appoint fit persons to be Sheriffs of the several districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the districts within which such Sheriffs shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such districts to alter as occasion may require, Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of
Wairarapa,
in the Province of Wellington, to be all the territory comprised within the limits following, that is to say:—on the North by a line from the Manawatu Gorge to the mouth of the Waimata stream, on the East and South by
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⚖️ Warrant defining the Coroner's District of Christchurch
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement15 July 1861
Coroner, District, Christchurch, Canterbury, Boundaries
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
- William Fox, Colonial Secretary
⚖️ Warrant defining the Coroner's District of Waipukurau
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 July 1861
Coroner, District, Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, Boundaries
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
- William Fox, Colonial Secretary
⚖️ Warrant defining the Sheriff's District of Wairarapa
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementSheriff, District, Wairarapa, Wellington, Boundaries
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
NZ Gazette 1861, No 36