Numb. 55.
381

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1866.

G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Registration Act, 1858," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, at any time, by proclamation in the New
Zealand 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
purposes of the said Act, called the "Wellington
District," and the "Wanganui District," the boun-
daries whereof 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 districts,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
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 "Wellington District" and the
"Wanganui 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 four districts, the names and
boundaries whereof shall be as follows :—

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Bounded on the North by the River Waikanae
from Cook Strait to the Tararua Range; on the
South by Cook Strait; on the East by the Rimutaki
and Tararua Mountains; on the West by Cook
Strait.

WANGANUI DISTRICT.

Bounded on the North by the northern boundary
of the Province from Cook Strait to the Ruahine
Mountains; on the South by the Wangaebue River,
to a point in continuation of the northern boundary
of the Rangitikei (Land) District; thence along that
boundary to the Rangitikei River; and thence by a
line due East to the Ruahine Range; on the East by
the Ruahine Mountains; on the West by Cook
Strait.

RANGITIKEI DISTRICT.

Commencing at the mouth of the Rangitikei River,
and following its course to the boundary of the
Rangitikei District; thence along the northern
boundary of the Rangitikei District, and by a
continuation of the line to the Wangaebue River;
thence by the Wangaebue River to the sea; and
thence along the sea coast to the mouth of the
Rangitikei River.

MANAWATU DISTRICT.

Commencing at the mouth of the Rangitikei River,
to the boundary of the Rangitikei District; thence
by a line due East to the Ruahine Range; and
thence along the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges to
the Waikanae River; thence along the Waikanae
River to the sea coast; and along the sea coast to
the mouth of the Rangitikei River.

And I hereby declare that this proclamation shall
come into operation and take effect on the first day
of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
six.

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 twenty-seventh day of September, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!