Numb. 69.
491

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1867.

G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

W
HEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," power is given to the Go-
vernor of New Zealand, by proclamation in the New
Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the Colony,
or in any part thereof, districts to be called Resident
Magistrates' Districts, and in any such proclamation
to fix a time on and from which any such district
shall be constituted: And whereas power is also
given by the said Act to the Governor, by
proclamation in the said Gazette, to declare that
the limit of jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate's
Court of any district shall be extended to fifty pounds
or to one hundred pounds as he may think fit:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested
in me, do hereby proclaim and constitute the several
districts described in the Schedule hereto to be on
and from the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, Resident Magistrates'
Districts within the meaning and for the purposes of
the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
Mongonui.
This district comprises all that portion of the
Province of Auckland which lies to the north of a
line drawn from Herekino (False Hokianga) to the
summit of Maungataniwha, and of a line thence to
West Bay (north of Whangaroa Harbour). Includ-
ing the adjacent islands.

Bay of Islands.
This district is bounded towards the north-west by
the Mongonui District hereinbefore defined, towards
the North and East by the sea, towards the South
by the southern boundaries of the Counties of Bed-
ford and Hokianga, and towards the south-west by
the sea, Including the adjacent islands.

Whangarei.
This district is bounded towards the East by the
sea from Rocky Bay to Cape Bream Tail; thence by
the southern and western boundaries of the Parish of
Waipu, and the western boundaries of the Parishes
of Ruarangi and Maungakaramea to the Waionepu
River; thence by a line westerly to Omanu, on the
Wairoa River; thence by the Wairoa River to its
confluence with the Wairua River; thence by the
Wairua River to the southern boundary of the
Bay of Islands District hereinbefore defined; and
thence easterly by that boundary to the commencing
point. Including the adjacent islands.

Kaipara.
This district is bounded towards the North by part of
the southern boundary of the Bay of Islands District
hereinbefore defined, that is to say-from Kokatu
Point to the Wairua River; thence towards the East
by the Whangarei District hereinbefore defined, and
by the sea to Okura; thence towards the South by a
line to Muriwai on the West Coast; and thence on
the south-west by the sea to the commencing point.
Including the adjacent islands.

Auckland.
This district comprises all that area which is
bounded towards the North by the Kaipara
District hereinbefore defined; towards the East by
the sea, Waitemata Harbour, Whau Creek, and
Portage, to the Manukau Harbour; towards the
South by the Manukau Harbour; and towards the
West by the sea to Muriwai, the commencing point.
Also, all that area which is bounded towards the
North by the Waitemata Harbour, from the Meola
Stream to the north-west angle of Lot No. 38A of
Tamaki farms; and thence towards the East, South,
and West, by the boundaries of the Auckland Muni-
cipal Police District.

Onehunga.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
Waitemata Harbour, by part of the Auckland Dis-
trict hereinbefore defined, and by the Tamaki Strait,