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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
in him vested for this purpose, doth hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, constitute and define the districts following
to be the districts within and for which Courts of
Petty Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the
said Act; that is to say—

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Ellesmere District.
This district comprises all that area bounded
towards the North-east by the River Selwyn; towards
the East by Lake Ellesmere; towards the South by
the Ocean; towards the South-west by the north
bank of the Rakaia River; and towards the North-
west by the Great South Road.

Ashburton District.
This district comprises all that area bounded
towards the North-east by the north bank of the
River Rakaia from its source to its mouth; towards
the South-east by the Ocean; towards the South-
west by the Rangitata River from its mouth to its
confluence with the Clyde River; thence by that
river to its source; and thence by a straight line to
the summit of Mount Tyndall; and towards the
North-west by the summit of the main range of the
Southern Alps to the commencing point.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirtieth day of September, 1869.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that the said Act shall come
into operation in each of the Provinces of New
Zealand respectively on and from a day or days to
be fixed in respect of each of such Provinces by the
Governor in Council, whereof notice shall be
published in the New Zealand Gazette, and in the
Gazette of the Province to which the same shall
relate:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power so vested in
him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
appoint and fix the fifteenth day of October next to
be the day on and from which the said "Petty
Sessions Act, 1865," shall some into operation within
the Province of Canterbury.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirtieth day of September, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS at a sitting of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand held at Tapuwaeharuru,
in the District of Taupo, Province of Auckland, on
the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, the claim of Piripi Te Amo
to a piece of land called Te Tatua, situate at Taupo,
in the said District, was heard, and a certain order
was thereupon made by the Court aforesaid: And
whereas it is enacted by "The Native Lands Act,
1865," and "The Native Lands Act, 1867," that the
Governor in Council may order a re-hearing of any
matter judicially heard before the Court aforesaid,
before one or more Judges of the Court, and one or
more Assessors, as may be specified in the Order in
Council ordering such re-hearing, and within such a
period of time as may be limited in such order; pro-
vided that no such order for a re-hearing shall be made
after six months shall have elapsed from the date of
the original decision: And whereas it is expedient
that the said claim shall be re-heard before the said
Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the above
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claim of Piripi Te Amo to the aforesaid
piece of land shall be re-heard before the under-
mentioned Judges of the Native Land Court, or
either of them, that is to say,

FRANCIS DART FENTON, Esq.,
THOMAS HENRY SMITH, Esq.,
and before the undermentioned Assessors or any of
them, that is to say,

PAIRAMA NGUTAHI,
TE HEMARA,
HARE WIRIKAKE.
And doth order that such re-hearing shall take place
on the fifth day of March next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power in me vested by "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby remove

JAMES CHARLES THOMPSON

from the office of Receiver of Gold Revenue for the
District of Alexandra.

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-third
day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power in me vested by "The
Gold Duty Act, 1866," I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in consequence of changes intended to be made in
the arrangements of the Gold Fields of the Province
of Otago, do hereby remove the under-mentioned
persons from the offices of Receivers of Gold
Revenue for the respective districts for which they
were appointed :—

Name. District.
R. D. Baird ... Mount Ida.
J. B. Borton ... Waitahuna.
J. R. Borton ... Lawrence.
E. H. Carew ... Hamilton.
T. G. Dugard ... Maori Point.
R. E. Field ... Clyde.
A. D. Harvey ... St. Bathan's.
H. A. Stratford ... Cromwell.
J. S. Worthington... Queenstown.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order