Legal Proclamations and Orders




14 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

that the Governor in Council, may, from time to
time, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of
the Colony, define the limits of districts for the
formation of Jury Lists under the several Ordinances
following, that is to say-under the Ordinance of
the Governor and Legislative Council of New
Zealand (Session II. No. 3), intituled "An Ordinance
to regulate the Constitution of Juries;" and the
Ordinance of the Governor and said Council (Session
III. No. 2), intituled "An Ordinance to make tem-
porary provision for the Constitution of Juries."

And whereas by the said Act it is enacted the term
"Police Magistrate" contained in the said Ordinances
respectively shall mean and imply the Resident
Magistrate for the time being of the principal City
or Town in each Province, and also the Resident
Magistrate acting in any district or place which may
be from time to time specified in any Proclamation
to be issued in that behalf, by or under the authority
of the Governor in Council:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities in me vested
in this behalf, do hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Colony, proclaim
and declare the district in the Province of Welling-
ton, comprising so much and such part of the said
Province as is contained within the several Electoral
Districts of Wanganui and Rangitikei to be a district
for the formation of Jury Lists under the said
Ordinances respectively; and do, with the like advice
and consent, declare that the limits of the said
Electoral Districts, as defined in and by the Schedule
to the Act of the General Assembly, intituled "The
Representation Act, 1860," shall be the limits of the
said district for the formation of Jury Lists. And
I do, with the like advice and consent, proclaim and
declare that the Resident Magistrate acting at the
Town called Wanganui, in the said Province of
Wellington, shall be the Resident Magistrate meant
and implied by the term "Police Magistrate" in the
said Ordinances respectively.

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 Colony
of New Zealand, this eleventh day of
January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Approved in Council,
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

provided in an Ordinance of the Governor and
Legislative Council of New Zealand (Session III.,
No. 2), intituled "An Ordinance to make temporary
provision for the Constitution of Juries;" and that
every such list when transmitted to the Sheriff shall
be the Jury List for the district for which it shall
have been formed until the twenty-eighth day of
February next following the date of such order and
no longer, anything in the said Ordinance to the
contrary notwithstanding: Now therefore, His
Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise
of the said recited power and authority, doth hereby
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, order, that on the nineteenth day of
January instant, a Jury List shall be formed for the
district comprising so much and such part of the
Province of Wellington, as is contained within the
several Electoral Districts for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives following,
that is to say, the Electoral District of Wanganui
and the Electoral District of Rangitikei, as the same
are defined in the Schedule to the Act of the General
Assembly intituled "The Representation Act, 1860."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
eleventh day of January, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Provisional Jury List Act,
1865," it is enacted that the Governor in
Council, may, from time to time, order that a Jury
List shall be formed for any district to be in such
Order defined, at any time after the date of such
Order and prior to the first of February next follow-
ing such date, but in other respects in manner

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
eleventh day of January, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Supreme
Court Act, 1860," it is provided that "There shall be
held Circuit Courts for despatch of Civil and Criminal
business of the Court, before one of the Judges
thereof, at such places and times as the Governor in:
Council may from time to time appoint:" Now
therefore His Excellency the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, doth hereby fix and appoint that Circuit
Courts shall be held at New Plymouth, in the Pro-
vince of Taranaki, in the Northern District of the
said Colony, on the twentieth day of January and
the twentieth day of July in every year, or as soon
after as may be convenient, for the despatch of Civil
and Criminal business of the Court before the Judge
thereof to whom the said district has been assigned.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
eleventh day of January, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Resident
Magistrates' Court Act, 1858," it is enacted that the
fees to be taken in respect of any proceedings in
any Resident Magistrate's Court may be varied,
abolished, and fixed as the Governor in Council shall
from time to time direct and appoint. And whereas
by an Order in Council, bearing date the sixth day
of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five, His Excellency the Governor in Council ap-
pointed certain fees therein specified to be taken in
respect of proceedings in any Resident Magistrate's



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⚖️ Proclamation defining Jury List district boundaries for Wanganui and Rangitikei (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
11 January 1866
Jury Lists, Proclamation, Wellington Province, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Electoral Districts
  • 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
  • E. W. Stafford
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

⚖️ Order in Council setting date for forming Jury List for Wanganui and Rangitikei

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
11 January 1866
Order in Council, Jury List formation, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Wellington Province
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • G. GREY, Governor

⚖️ Order in Council fixing dates for Circuit Courts at New Plymouth

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
11 January 1866
Order in Council, Circuit Courts, New Plymouth, Taranaki, Civil business, Criminal business
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • G. GREY, Governor

⚖️ Order in Council regarding variation of fees in Resident Magistrates' Courts

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
11 January 1866
Order in Council, Resident Magistrates' Court, Fees, Variation