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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

to be a District Judge under the said Act for the
District of Marlborough; to have, hold, exercise and
enjoy the said office to him the said Charles Dudley
Robert Ward, during pleasure; together with all
and singular the rights, powers and authorities
whatsoever to the said office belonging, or in any
wise appertaining.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable 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 third day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is provided that there shall be within the
Colony Courts of Record, possessing Civil and Crimi-
nal jurisdiction, to be called District Courts, and the
Governor is empowered, from time to time, by notifi-
cation in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix the times
and places within the district at which every such
Court shall be held:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursu-
ance and exercise of the said power and authority,
fix that Sessions of the District Court of Wellington
shall be held at Wellington, in the Province of Wel-
lington, in every year, on the tenth day of January,
the fifteenth day of February, the twenty-fifth day of
March, the tenth day of April, the fifteenth day of
May, the twenty-fifth day of June, the tenth day of
July, the fifteenth day of August, the twenty-fifth
day of September, the tenth day of October, the
fifteenth day of November, and the twenty-sixth day
of December, or as soon as conveniently may be after
every such day respectively, and until further order,
at the Supreme Court House, at Wellington, aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is provided that there shall be within the
Colony Courts of Record, possessing Civil and Crimi-
nal jurisdiction, to be called District Courts, and the
Governor is empowered, from time to time, by notifi-
cation in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix the times
and places within the district at which every such
Court shall be held:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursu-
ance and exercise of the said power and authority,
fix that Sessions of the District Court of Wanganui shall
be held in the Resident Magistrate's Court House at
Wanganui, in the Province of Wellington, in every
year, on the first day of February, the first day of
May, the first day of August, and the first day of
November, or as soon as conveniently may be after
every such day respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is provided that there shall be within the
Colony Courts of Record, possessing Civil and Crimi-

nal jurisdiction, to be called District Courts, and the
Governor is empowered, from time to time, by notifi-
cation in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix the times
and places within the district at which every such
Court shall be held:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pur-
suance and exercise of the said power and authority,
fix that Sessions of the District Court of Nelson shall
be held in the Supreme Court House, at Nelson, in
the Province of Nelson, in every year, on the first day
of March, the first day of June, the first day of Sep-
tember, and the first day of December, or as soon as
conveniently may be after every such day respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eighth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Making Regulations for the Management of Post
Offices.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
eighteenth day of December, 1865.
Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Post Office
Act, 1858," power is given to the Governor in
Council from time to time to make rules and regu-
lations for the management of the several Post Offices
of the said Colony; for the receiving, despatching,
conveying and delivering of letters (including the
imposition of fees for private boxes and deliveries);
for the detaining, opening, and return or other dis-
posal of irregularly posted, unclaimed, and refused
letters, or such as from any cause whatsoever cannot
be delivered or forwarded, and the contents thereof
respectively, and for the publication of the lists of
the same; for the making, custody, and sale of post-
age labels; for the receiving and paying of money in
connection with the said Postal Service; and for the
conduct of Post Officers; and any such rules and
regulations at any time in force to alter, vary, or
revoke; and, for the purpose of giving effect to the
rules and regulations so to be made, further power is
given to the Governor in Council by the said Act to
impose any penalty not exceeding ten pounds for any
one offence against such rules and regulations :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said
recited power and authority, doth by this present