✨ Proclamation and Errata




Numb. 43.
357

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, 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 proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the nineteenth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power
and authority, did constitute two districts for the
purposes of the said Act, called the "Timaru" and
the "Geraldine" districts, the boundaries whereof
were therein set forth, which said proclamation came
into operation and took effect on the first day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

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 Ferguson Bowen,
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 pro-
clamation so far as relates to the "Timaru" and the
"Geraldine" districts, 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 three districts, the names
and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:-

Waimate District.
Bounded on the North by the Makikihi, from the
sea to the source of its middle branch; thence by a
straight line to Mount Two Peaks; thence following
the Hunter's Hill Range to Mount Nimrod; thence
by the stream forming the boundary between Runs
163 and 213 to the Hakateramea; on the West by
the Hakateramea; on the South by the Waitangi;
and on the East by the sea.

Timaru District.
Bounded on the North by the south bank of the
Opihi, and the south bank of the Tengawai from
the sea to McKenzie's Pass, and by the summit
of the range through Burke's Pass; thence along the
Two Thumb Range to the Westland boundary; on
the West by the County of Westland; on the South
by the Province of Otago to the Hakateramea, and by
the Waimate District to the sea; and on the East
by the sea coast.

Geraldine District.
Bounded on the North by the south bank of the
Rangitata; on the West by the County of Westland
and the summit of the Two Thumb Range through
Burke's Pass to McKenzie's Pass; on the South by
the south bank of the Tengawai and Opihi; and on
the East by the sea.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, and issued under the Seal of
the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

ERRATA.-In Gazette No. 42, of the 11th July, 1868, folio 354, in notice appointing Returning Officer, for "Duncan Grey,
Esq," read "Duncan Guy, Esq." Also, same folio, in notice appointing Justices of the Peace, for "James Paterson, Esq.,
of Chrieblon," read "James Paterson, Esq., of Chrichton."



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🏘️ Proclamation Dividing Registration Districts

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
13 July 1868
Proclamation, District boundaries, Waimate, Timaru, Geraldine, Registration Act 1858
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • E. W. Stafford

πŸ›οΈ Errata for Gazette No. 42 (July 11, 1868)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Errata, Correction, Returning Officer, Justices of the Peace
  • Duncan Grey (Esquire), Incorrectly named Returning Officer
  • Duncan Guy (Esquire), Corrected name for Returning Officer
  • James Paterson (Esquire), Location corrected for Justice of the Peace