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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The County of Westland Act,
1868," it is enacted that the said Act shall
come into operation upon such day as the Governor
shall by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette
direct:

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 direct that
"The County of Westland Act, 1868," shall come
into operation upon the first day of November, 1868.

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-first
day of October, 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 second section of "The Colonial
Forces Courts-Martial Act, 1868," it is
enacted that the Governor may from time to time,
by Proclamation published in the New Zealand
Gazette, appoint and declare any portion of the
Colony defined in such Proclamation to be a
"Disturbed District" within the meaning of the
said second section of the said Act; and that
during the time that any of the officers or men of
the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, embodied

under "The Armed Constabulary Act, 1867," shall
be stationed, employed, or in any way on service
within any district proclaimed under the said section
of the said Act as a Disturbed District, all things
contained in any Act of the Imperial Parliament
which shall then be in force in New Zealand for
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better
payment of the Army and their quarters, and in the
Articles of War made in pursuance of such Act, shall
apply to, and the powers thereby created shall be
exercised by, such officers and men of the New
Zealand Armed Constabulary aforesaid:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and in pur-
suance of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me, do hereby proclaim and declare all that
portion of the Colony bounded as follows, that is to
say: -By the sea coast from the mouth of the River
Wanganui to the mouth of the River Hangatahua;
thence by the River Hangatahua to its source;
thence by a straight line to the summit of Mount
Egmont; thence by a straight line to Pipiriki, on the
Wanganui River; thence by the Wanganui River to
the commencing point at its mouth, to be a "Dis-
turbed District" within the meaning of the second
section of "The Colonial Forces Courts-Martial Act,
1868," aforesaid.

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-
second day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

T. M. HAULTAIN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!