THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 399

And whereas by proclamations duly made and
issued, bearing date the twenty-second day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the
Governor in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did, amongst others, constitute a district
in the Province of Nelson for the purposes of the
said Act, called the Buller District, the boundaries
whereof were therein set forth, which said proclama-
tions came into operation and took effect on the first
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five.

And whereas by proclamations duly made and
issued, bearing date the twelfth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power
and authority, did, amongst others, constitute a
district in the said Province of Nelson for the purposes
of the said Act, called the Cobden District, the
boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said proclamations came into operation and took
effect on the first day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said proclamations as relates to the said districts,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such districts:

Brunner; thence down the Arnold River to its
junction with the river Grey to the sea coast.

And I do declare that this proclamation shall
come into operation and take effect on the first
day of September, 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, at the Government
House, at Wellington; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this sixth
day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 pro-
clamation 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 proclamations duly made and
issued, bearing date the twenty-second day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did, amongst others, constitute a district in
the Province of Nelson for the purposes of the said
Act, called the Buller District, the boundaries whereof
were therein set forth, which said proclamations came
into operation and took effect on the first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

And whereas by proclamations duly made and
issued, bearing date the twelfth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did amongst others constitute a district
said Province of Nelson for the purposes of
the said Act, called the Cobden District, the
boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said proclamations came into operation and took effect
on the first day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said proclamations 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
proclamations, so far as relates to the said 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 four districts the names and boundaries whereof
shall be as follows:-

Buller District.
From Wakapoai Point to Mount Domett; thence
to the summit of Mount Snowdon; thence along the
watershed to Mount Arthur; thence in a straight
line to the junction of the Buller and Gowan; thence
along that line to the mouth of the Gowan; thence
up the Gowan to the southern extremity of Lake
Howick; thence in a straight line to Mount Franklin,
and from Mount Franklin in a straight line to the
junction of the Waituhu with the Thackeray River;
thence in a straight line to Mount Faraday; thence
by the watershed to the summit of the Buckland
Peaks; thence to the head of the Totara, and down
hat stream to the sea coast.

Brighton District.
Commencing at Razorback Point near the Puna-
kiakai River; thence in a straight line due East to
ths top of the Paparoa Range; thence following the
watershed to the top of Mount Faraday; thence by
the river Tikopihi to the coast.

Charleston District.
Commencing at the mouth of the river Tikopihi
on the sea coast, and by that stream to Mount
Faraday; thence by the watershed to the summit of
the Buckland Peaks; thence to the head of the
Totara, and down that stream to the sea coast.

Cobden District.
Commencing at Razorback Point near the Puna-
kiakai River; thence in a straight line due East to
the top of the Paparoa Range; thence following the
watershed to the summit of Mount Faraday; thence
in a straight line to the confluence of the Waituhu
and Thackeray Rivers; thence in a straight line to
Mount Franklin; thence by the watershed to the
Spencer Mountains to Mount Hochstetter; thence
by a straight line to the saddle between the sources
of the Hurunui and Teramakau Rivers; thence in a
straight line to the northermost point of Lake