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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Her Majesty naturalized by Act of Parliament or by
an Act of the Legislature of New Zealand.
3. All persons who, before the proclamation of this
Act in the said Colony, shall have been summoned to
the Legislative Council of the said Colony by the
Governor without having been so previously named or
appointed by Her Majesty as aforesaid, shall be
deemed and taken to have been legally summoned,
and to be and to have been and become members of
the said Legislative Council from the respective
periods when they were so summoned; and no matter
or thing done by any such person so summoned as
aforesaid, as such member as aforesaid, shall be
deemed or taken to be or to have been invalid by
reason of such person not having been previously
duly named or appointed by Her Majesty in pursu-
ance of the said recited Act.
4. In the construction of this Act the term
"Governor" shall mean the person for the time
being lawfully administering the Government of New
Zealand.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A. PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that, as soon as conveniently
may be after the establishment of a Petty Sessions
District, and afterwards from time to time as may be
deemed expedient, the Governor shall, by Proclama-
tion in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint a meeting
of the Justices of the Peace resident in such district
to be yearly held within such district, at some
specified time and place, for the purpose of choosing
a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of
attendance: And whereas, by an Order in Council
bearing even date herewith, the Petty Sessions Dis-
tricts in the Province of Auckland called "The Bay
of Islands District," and "The Waimate District,"
have been defined and established:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the powers in that behalf vested in me,
do hereby proclaim and appoint a Meeting of the
Justices of the Peace resident in the Bay of Islands
and the Waimate Districts aforesaid to be yearly
held within such districts at the Court House at
Russell and Waimate respectively, at twelve of the
clock noon, on the third Friday in the month of
February, for the purpose of choosing a Chairman of
Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attendance.

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

E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that, as soon as conveniently
may be after the establishment of a Petty Sessions
District, and afterwards from time to time as may
be deemed expedient, the Governor shall, by Pro-
clamation in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint a
meeting of the Justices of the Peace resident in
such district to be yearly held within such district,
at some specified time and place, for the purpose of
choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling
a rota of attendance: And whereas, by a Pro-
clamation bearing date the fourth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, His
Excellency the Governor did proclaim that the first
Tuesday in the month of December should be the day
on which, and the Court House at Riverton, and the
Police Barracks, Gore, should be the respective places
at which, should be held the yearly meetings for the
Riverton and Mataura Districts (as defined in an Order
in Council bearing date the twenty-second day of
July last), for the purpose of choosing a Chairman
of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attendance:
And whereas no meeting was held at the places
appointed on the first Tuesday in the month of
December last:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of all powers and authorities in that behalf
vested in me, do hereby revoke so much of the said
Proclamation of the fourth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, as relates
to the appointment of the time and place of meeting
of the Justices of the Peace for the said Riverton
and Mataura Districts, for the purpose of choosing
a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of
attendance, and do hereby proclaim and appoint a
Meeting of the Justices of the Peace for the said River-
ton and Mataura Districts respectively to be yearly
held within such districts at the Court House at
Riverton, and at Mr. James Pollock's Inn at the
Mataura Bridge, at twelve o'clock noon, on the first
Wednesday in March, for the purpose of choosing a
Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of
attendance.

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

E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Weights and Measures Act,
1868," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor from time to time to appoint an
Inspector of Weights and Measures for any Province,
or for each of two or more divisions of any Province,
the boundaries of which divisions shall be proclaimed
from time to time in the New Zealand Gazette by the
Governor:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in exercise of the power
conferred on me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim
that from and after the tenth day of February next,
the Province of Otago shall be divided, for the pur-
poses of the said Act, into seven divisions, as defined
in the Schedule hereto.

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