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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this thirtieth day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION
Establishing District Courts for Wellington,
Wanganui, Nelson, and Marlborough.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that there shall be within the
Colony of New Zealand, Courts of Record possessing
Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, to be called District
Courts, and the Governor is empowered from time
to time, as he shall think fit, by Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the
Colony, or in any part thereof, districts within which
such Courts shall be respectively held, and such
districts to abolish, and the boundaries thereof to
define or alter, and also to declare by what local
name such Courts shall be designated:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the
aforesaid power and authority, do hereby constitute
and proclaim the several districts of the said Colony
hereinafter described or referred to, to be districts
within which District Courts shall be held under the
said Act, and "The District Courts Amendment Act,
1865."

And in further pursuance and exercise of the
authority aforesaid, I do hereby declare that the said
Courts shall be designated by the names which are
hereunder respectively specified, and set above the
description of such districts, that is to say—

Designation of Court, —
The District Court of Wellington.

Description of District, —
The Wellington District; which shall comprise so
much and such part of the Province of Wellington
as is comprised within the several Electoral Districts
for the election of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives following, that is to say—Wellington City,
Porirua, Hutt, and Wairarapa, as the said districts
are defined in the Schedule to the Act intituled "The
Representation Act, 1865."

Designation of Court, —
The District Court of Wanganui.

Description of Court, —
The Wanganui District; which shall comprise so
much and such part of the Province of Wellington
as is comprised within the several Electoral Districts
for the election of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, following, that is to say—Rangitikei and
Wanganui, as the same are defined in the said
Schedule to the said Act.

Designation of Court, —
The District Court of Nelson.

Description of District, —
The Nelson District; which shall comprise so
much and such part of the Province of Nelson as is
contained within the following boundaries, viz.: —
From the mouth of the River Mackay, by a straight
line to the summit of Mount Arthur; thence by a
straight line to the junction of the River Gowan
(otherwise called Rotoroa) with the River Buller;
thence by a straight line to the summit of Mount
Princess; thence by a straight line extended through
the Wairau Gorge till it meets the western boundary
of the Province of Marlborough; thence northwards
by the western boundary of the said Province of
Marlborough to the sea; and thence by the sea
(including such of the adjacent islands as are

within the Province of Nelson), to the mouth of the
said River Mackay, the commencing point.

Designation of Court, —
The District Court of Marlborough.

Description of District, —
The Marlborough District; which shall comprise
the whole of the Province of Marlborough.

Given under the hand of 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, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this second day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th December, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
NEIL FERGUSON,
of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, Esquire,
to be a Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st January, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
of his appointment as Sheriff for the District of
Wellington.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st January, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
JAMES COUTTS CRAWFORD, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Wellington.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st January, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
WALTER HIPPOLYTE PILLIET,
of Havelock, in the Province of Marlborough, Esquire,
to be a Coroner within the Colony of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Secretary for Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1866.

IN conformity with the 29th clause of "The Gold
Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865," it is hereby
notified that it is intended to grant Leases for Gold
Mining Purposes of the Crown Lands to the Appli-
cants specified in the following Schedule.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Applicants—William Pinkerton and Company.
Locality—Arrow River.
Area—16 acres, 1 rood, 34 perches.

Applicants—Joshua Greenwood and party.
Locality—Arrow River, next M'Bride's Claim.
Area—16 acres, 2 roods, 4 perches.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.