Numb. 56. 467

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1865," it is
provided that the said Act shall come into
operation in such districts as the Governor may from
time to time, on and after the first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, specify
and appoint by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pur-
suance of the power and authority vested in me in
this behalf, do hereby proclaim, specify, and appoint
all that part of the Colony situated in the Provinces
of Wellington and Taranaki whereof the boundaries
are as follows: - The sea coast from the mouth of
the River Waitotara to the mouth of the River
Hangatahua, thence the River Hangatahua to its
source, thence a straight line to the summit of
Mount Egmont, thence a straight line to the source
of the River Waitotara, thence the River Waitotara
to the commencing point at its mouth-to be a
District within which "The Militia Act, 1865," shall
henceforth be in operation.

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 Public Seal of the said Colony, this
twenty-fourth 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.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Public Houses Act, 1868,"
it is enacted that whenever the Colonial Forces
shall be employed for the purpose of suppressing
rebellion or other disturbances in any part of the
Colony, and shall be stationed at any place near to
or within such part, it shall be lawful for the
Governor, from time to time, by Proclamation, to
declare that, from and after a day to be fixed therein,
such part of the Colony as shall be defined in the
Proclamation shall be a Proclaimed District within
the meaning and for the purposes of the said Act, and
thereupon it shall not be lawful for any person,
whether holding a license under any Act or Ordinance
regulating the sale of wine, ale, beer, or spirits, or
not, to sell or supply any wine, beer, or spirituous or
fermented liquors of any kind without the permission
of such person as the Governor shall from time to
time appoint to grant permits for the sale of such
articles within such district; and if any person, not
being the holder of a permit so granted as aforesaid,
shall keep his house open, or shall sell or supply any
wine, ale, beer, or spirits, or any fermented or
spirituous liquors, whether for money or other
reward or without money or reward, within any
district after the day fixed in any Proclamation re-
lating to such district as the day for the coming into
operation thereof, such person shall be liable to for-
feit and pay a penalty of not less than twenty nor
more than one hundred pounds, to be recovered in a
summary way before any one or more Justices of the
Peace:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power
and authority for that purpose vested in me, do
hereby proclaim and declare that all that part of
the Colony situated in the Provinces of Wellington
and Taranaki, whereof the boundaries are as fol-
lows: - The sea coast from the mouth of the River