THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 171

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of March, 1869.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that there shall be within the
Colony Courts, to be called Courts of Petty Sessions,
which shall be held once in every month in each
district, and that the Governor from time to time,
by Order in Council, whereof notice shall be pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette, may constitute
and define districts within and for which the said
Courts respectively shall be held:

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 district following to
be a district within and for which Courts of Petty
Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the said
Act; that is to say-

PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.
Warehama District.

Commencing on the sea coast at the mouth of the
Pahaoa River; thence up the said river to its junction
with the Wainuioru River; thence up the Wainuioru
River to a point where the southern boundary of
Section No. 593, Warehama Block, strikes the said
river; thence in a straight line bearing 294° 17'
magnetic, to the Tauheru River; thence up the
of Section No. 170, Warehama Block, crosses the
said river; thence northerly along the western
boundaries of sections Nos. 170, 171, 183, 175, and
174, to the Waitawhiti Stream; thence down the
Waitawhiti Stream to its junction with the Tirumea
Stream; thence down the said stream to its junction
with the Manawatu River; thence easterly along the
boundaries of the Province to the mouth of the
Waimata Stream; thence southerly along the sea
coast to the starting point.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me in that
behalf by "The Foreign Seamen's Act, 1860,"
I, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby notify
that from and after the first day of May, 1869,
the provisions of the above-mentioned Act will be
enforced in respect of the masters and seamen of the
the Port of Wellington.

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-
seventh day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

The Honorable CHARLES JOHN TAYLOR,

of Auckland, to the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, by Writ of Summons under the Seal of the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Represen-
tatives for the Electoral District of the Northern
Division has been returned, with a certificate to the
effect that

HENRY WARNER FARNALL,
of Wangaparoa, Auckland, freeholder, has been duly
elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patents Act,
1860," in favour of

JOHN HENRY NODING,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury,
gentleman, for an Invention of a new Improvement
in the Mechanism of Beating, Stamping, and Crush-
ing Machinery.

Dated 30th March, 1869.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Richmond has reported that he has appointed

EDWARD JAMES LEE, Esq.,
to be Revising Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Westland North, Westland South, and Westland
Boroughs.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that the Taranaki Militia District shall
be within the command of

Colonel GEORGE STODDART WHITMORE.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by

Lieut.-Colonel Thomas McDonnell, as Inspector
in the Armed Constabulary.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment and
promotion, viz. :—

In the Armed Constabulary.
Charles William Ferris to be Acting Sub-Inspector.
Date of commission, 26th March, 1869.

In the Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant Archibald Campbell Turner to be Captain.

• Date of commission, 8th March, 1869.

T. M. HAULTAIN.