✨ Marriage Act District Proclamation
Aumb. 7.
63
The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1862.
A PROCLAMATION
Appointing certain Districts under the
"Marriage Act."
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander 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-Admi-
ral 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 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 amongst
others constitute two Districts for the pur-
poses of the said Act called the "Nelson
District," and the "Wairau District," the
boundaries whereof respectively were therein
set forth, which said Proclamation came
into operation, and took effect on the First
day of October, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-nine : And whereas it is expedient
to revoke so much of the said Proclamation
as relates to the said two Districts, and
to divide anew the territory formerly com-
prised within such Districts :
Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance
and 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 "Nelson District" and
the "Wairau District," and do proclaim and
declare that the territory formerly comprised
within such Districts shall be and is hereby
divided for the purposes of the said Act into
three Districts, the names and boundaries
whereof shall be as follows:—
Nelson District.
From the sea at the North-east angle of
the Waimea Road District following the
Southern boundary of the last named District
till it meets the straight line from summit of
Mount Arthur to the junction of the Buller and
Gowan, thence along that line to the mouth
of the Gowan, thence up the Gowan to Lake
Howick, along the Western shore of Lake
Howick to its Southern extremity; thence
to the Wairau Gorge, thence Northerly
to Lake Arthur along its Eastern margin
to the stream running into it from the
North-east; thence up the said stream to
the head of the Motupiko river; thence
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🏛️ Proclamation Appointing Certain Districts under the Marriage Act
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration28 January 1862
Proclamation, Marriage Act, District division, Nelson District, Wairau District, Boundaries
- Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief