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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the Wanganui District, the Nelson District, and the
Marlborough District: And whereas it is expedient
to abolish the said districts:
Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me, do hereby proclaim and declare that
THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT,
THE WANGANUI DISTRICT,
THE NELSON DISTRICT, and
THE MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT,
as the same districts are respectively described or
referred to in the Proclamation of the second day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six
aforesaid, shall be and remain abolished from and
after the thirtieth day of September instant.

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 twenty-third
day of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me in
that behalf, do hereby appoint the said
JOHN SMITH, Esq.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

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, this twenty-second
day of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.

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 Lawrence,
on the second Tuesday in December next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Naseby, on
the second Wednesday in January next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Clyde, on
the Monday next after the second Wednesday
in January next.
In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queens-
town, on the Monday second after the second
Wednesday in January next.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Go-
vernor, this sixteenth day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of September, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Supreme Court Judges
Act, 1858," it is enacted that the Commis-
sion of the present Chief Justice, and of every Chief
Justice and other Judge of the said Court to be
thereafter appointed (except as thereinafter pro-
vided), should be and continue in full force during
their good behaviour, and that it should be lawful
for the Governor in Council, in the name and on
behalf of Her Majesty, at any time during the illness
or absence of a Judge so appointed as aforesaid, or
for any other temporary purpose, to appoint a Judge
or Judges of the Supreme Court, to hold office during
His Excellency's pleasure:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, in the name and on behalf
of Her Majesty, doth hereby appoint
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
from and after the first day of October, to be a Judge
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. To hold
office during His Excellency's pleasure.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The Otago Municipal Corpora-
tions Empowering Act, 1865," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint
the person elected to be Mayor of any city or incor-
porated town as therein mentioned to be a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony, provided that in every
such case such appointment shall continue no longer
than the mayoralty of such person: And whereas
John Smith, Esquire, has been elected Mayor of
the Corporation of West Hawksbury: