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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Sheriffs Act, 1858," it is
enacted that after the passing of the said Act
it shall be lawful for the Governor, and for no other
person, to appoint fit persons to be Sheriffs within
the Colony, who shall hold their office during
pleasure; and, that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, and for no other person, to define the
districts within which the jurisdiction of the several
Sheriffs shall be exercised, and the limits of such
districts from time to time to alter as occasion may
require. And whereas by warrants, bearing date the
eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, the boundaries of the Sheriffs' Districts
of Nelson and Westland were defined. And whereas
it is expedient that the limits of the said Nelson and
Westland Sheriff's' Districts should be altered in
manner hereinafter mentioned, and that a new
Sheriff's District should be formed out of portions of
the said Nelson and Westland Districts:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority in
me vested in this behalf, do hereby define the
territory comprised within the following limits, that is
to say, a straight line from the mouth of the River
Mackay, in the said Province of Nelson, to the sum-
mit of Mount Arthur, in the said Province of Nelson;
thence by a straight line to the junction of the River
Gowan (otherwise called Roturoa,) with the River
Buller; thence by a straight line to the summit of
Mount Princess, in the said Province of Nelson;
thence by a straight line to the saddle between the
Hurunui River and the Teremakau River; thence
by the southern boundary of the said Province of
Nelson to the sea coast; and thence by the sea
to the mouth of the River Mackay, to be a Sheriff's
District under the provisions of "The Sheriffs Act,
1858," to be called

THE SHERIFF'S DISTRICT OF WESTLAND NORTH.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the
said power and authority, I do hereby define
all the territory comprised within the following
limits, that is to say, the sea coast from the mouth of
the River Awarua to the mouth of the River Grey; the
southern boundary of the Province of Nelson to the
saddle between the rivers Teremakau and Hurunui;
the watershed between the eastern and western coast
of the Province of Canterbury to its intersection
with the northern boundary of the Province of
Otago; and the said last-mentioned boundary to the
commencing point at the mouth of the River Awarua,
to be a Sheriff's District under the provisions of
"The Sheriff's Act, 1858," to be called

THE SHERIFF'S DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the said
power and authority, I do hereby define all that
portion of the Province of Nelson which is not
included in the Sheriff's District of Westland North,
hereinbefore defined, to be a Sheriff's District under
the provisions of "The Sheriffs Act, 1858," to be
called

THE SHERIFF'S DISTRICT OF NELSON.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor this ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that
Sittings of the District Court of the Otago Gold
Fields, additional to those already appointed, shall
be held as follows:-

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Law-
rence: On the second Tuesday in June and
the second Tuesday in August next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Naseby:-
On the second Wednesday in July and the
second Wednesday in September next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Clyde:-
On the Monday next after the second
Wednesday in July, and the Monday next
after the second Wednesday in September
next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queens-
town: On the Monday second after the second
Wednesday in July, and the Monday second
after the second Wednesday in September
next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twelfth day of March, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS certain Wardens' Courts have from
time to time been constituted within the
various Gold Fields of the Colony, under the
provisions of "The Gold Fields Act, 1862," which
said Act has been repealed by "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866," and it is expedient to reconstitute under
the said last-mentioned Act the said Courts, and to
reappoint the persons who are at present acting as
Wardens thereof:

Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in him in this behalf under "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866," doth, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, order that the
several Wardens' Courts within the portions of the
Colony mentioned in the first Schedule hereto, at
any town heretofore constituted under any of the
Acts of the General Assembly mentioned in the
Second Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are
hereby constituted Wardens' Courts; and doth
appoint the persons named in the Third Schedule
thereto to be Wardens of such Courts with power
to act alone or with assessors, and in such manner as
by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," or any Act
amending the same, is provided, and to exercise all
such powers as are mentioned in the said last-
mentioned Acts, and which the Governor has power
to direct them so to exercise.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Province of Nelson,
Province of Marlborough.
County of Westland.
Province of Otago, and
Province of Southland.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

"The Gold Fields Act, 1858,"
"The Gold Fields Act, 1862,"
"The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,"
"The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865."