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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

W HEREAS 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 Zea-
land 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
Proclamation 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 "Wangarei District," the "Waipu
District," the "Kaiapoi District," and the
"Mount Grey District": And whereas it is
expedient to revoke so much of the said Pro-
clamation as relates to the said Four Districts,
and to divide anew the territory formerly
comprised within such Districts:-

Now therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursu-
ance 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 "Wangarei District"
and the "Waipu District," and do proclaim
and declare that the territory formerly com-
prised 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:-

WANGAREI DISTRICT.

Bounded on the North by a line from Rua-
pekapeka to the source of the Ngunguru
River, and by the channel of that river to the
sea; on the East by the sea from Ngunguru
to Pataua; on the South by that River and a
line to the South-eastern boundary of the
Tamaterau Block, by the Southern boundary
of the Tamaterau to Wangarei harbour, by a
line to Limestone Island, by the Mangapai
channel, by the Southern boundary of the
Maunga Karamea Block, and by the Taura-
roa stream to the Wairoa; on the West by
the Wairoa and Wairua Rivers to Ruapeka-
peka.

WAIPU DISTRICT.

Bounded on the North by the Southern
boundary of the Maunga Karamea Block to
the Mangapai channel, by that channel to
Wangarei channel, South and West of Lime-
stone Island, thence by a line to the Southern
boundary of Tamaterau Block, by that boun-
dary and a line to the Pataua, and by the
Pataua to the sea; on the East by the sea
from Pataua River to Bream Tail; on the
South by a line along the range from Bream
Tail to the Western boundary of the Waipu
Block; on the West by the boundaries of
Waipu, Ruakaka, and Ruarangi Blocks.

And in pursuance and further exercise of
the power and authority vested in me by the
said recited Act, I do hereby revoke the said
Proclamation so far as relates to the said
"Kaiapoi District" and the "Mount Grey
District," and do further proclaim and declare
that the territory formerly comprised within
such Districts shall be divided for the pur-
poses of the said Act into Four Districts, the
names and boundaries whereof shall be as
follows:-

RANGIORA DISTRICT.

Commencing on the South bank of the
River Ashley where crossed by the North
road, following along the road Southerly to
its junction with the Rangiora road near
Woodend, thence South-westerly in a direct
line to Trigonometrical Station M. 17, thence
Westerly in a direct line through Trigono-
metrical Station M. 40, till it meets a North
and South line through Trigonometrical Sta-
tion C. 29, thence Northerly along the said
line to the Southern bank of the Ashley, and
thence Easterly along the Southern bank of
the Ashley to the commencing point.

OXFORD DISTRICT.

Bounded on the Northward by the South-
ern bank of the Ashley; on the Eastward by
a North and South line through Trigono-
metrical Station C. 29; and on the South-
ward by the Southern bank of the Wai
Makiriri.

ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ DISTRICT.

Bounded on the Northward and Westward
by the Rangiora and Oxford Districts; on
the Eastward by the sea; and on the South-
ward by the Christchurch District (Southern
bank of Wai Makiriri).

MOUNT GREY DISTRICT.

Bounded on the Northward by the South-
ern bank of the Hurunui; on the Eastward
the sea; and on the Southward the Southern
bank of the Ashley.

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

Given under my hand at Govern-
ment House at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
sixteenth day of August, in
the year of our Lord, One thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-
one.

T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,

WILLIAM FOX.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!