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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1866.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
ninth day of May, 1866.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Supreme Court Judges
Act, 1858," it is enacted that "The Commis-
sion of the present Chief Justice, and of every Chief
Justice and other Judge of the said Court to be
thereafter appointed (except as thereinafter pro-
vided), should be and continue in full force during
their good behaviour," and that it should be "lawful
for the Governor in Council, in the name and on
behalf of Her Majesty, at any time during the illness
or absence of a Judge so appointed as aforesaid, or
for any other temporary purpose, to appoint a Judge
or Judges of the Supreme Court, to hold office during
His Excellency's pleasure:"
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of New Zealand, in the name and on behalf of Her
Majesty, doth hereby appoint
JOSEPH SCHRODER MOORE, Esq.,
from and after the fifteenth day of May instant, to
be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
To hold office during His Excellency's pleasure.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Order in Council made pur-
suant to "The Supreme Court Judges Act,
1858," by His Excellency the Governor, in the name
and on behalf of Her Majesty, Joseph Schroder
Moore, Esq., has been appointed a Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand, from and after the
fifteenth day of May, to hold office during His
Excellency's pleasure:
And whereas by a Proclamation made pursuant to"The Supreme Court Act, 1860," dated the twenty-
sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, by Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, the
then Governor, for the purposes of the said Act it
was declared that the Colony should be divided into
three districts, to be called respectively the Northern
District, the Middle District, and the Southern Dis-
trict; and that such Northern District should
include all that portion of the said Colony therein
described as such Northern District, and such
Northern District was assigned to George Alfred
Arney, Esq., now Sir George Alfred Arney, Knight,
the Chief Justice of the said Court:
And whereas the said Sir George Alfred Arney,
Knight, having obtained leave of absence, is about to
leave the said Colony for a time:
Now therefore, I, the Governor as aforesaid, in
further pursuance of the said last-mentioned Act,
do hereby, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Colony, proclaim and
declare that I assign the Northern District of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand unto
JOSEPH SCHRODER MOORE, Esq.,
a Judge of the said Court.
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 Zea-
land and its Dependencies, at the Govern-
ment House, at Wellington, and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, this
ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six.
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
ninth day of May, 1866.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrate's Juris-
diction Extension Act, 1862," it is enacted that