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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

in such Proclamation the provisions contained in the
twenty-first section of the said Act, and in the sub-
sections of the said section, respectively, shall be
extended to any gold field proclaimed after the
passing of the said Act:

And whereas the Westland Gold Field was pro-
claimed a gold field after the passing of the said Act:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
and in pursuance and exercise of the power in me
vested by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that from and after the sixteenth day of
August, 1869, the provisions contained in the said
twenty-first section of the said Act, and the sub-
sections thereof, respectively, shall be extended to
the Westland Gold Field.

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

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of August, 1869.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that the Governor, from time to
time, by Order in Council, whereof notice shall be
published in the New Zealand Gazette, may constitute
and define districts within and for which Courts of
Petty Sessions shall be held, and such districts or
any of them may from time to time, in manner
aforesaid, abolish, and the boundaries thereof may
define and alter: And whereas, by an Order in
Council bearing date the twenty-second day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the
Clutha District and the Tokomairiro District were
respectively constituted and defined under the said
Act, and it is expedient to alter the boundaries of
the said districts:

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, abolish the districts of Clutha and Toko-
mairiro so defined as aforesaid, and doth hereby
constitute and define the districts following to be
districts within and for which Courts of Petty
Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the said
Act; that is to say—

Clutha District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the
North by the Waipahi and Pomahaka Rivers, from
where the said Waipahi River crosses the Main
South Road to the junction of Rankle Burn with the
said Pomahaka River, and thence by the Ranges
to the junction of Blackcleugh Burn with the Clutha
River; thence towards the East by the said Clutha
River to the mouth of the Crook Burn; thence
again towards the North by the said Crook Burn
to its source; thence again towards the East by a
straight line to the source of Lovell's Creek, and
by the said Lovell's Creek and the Wangaloa Creek
to the ocean; thence towards the South by the
ocean to Chasland's Mistake; and thence towards
the West by a straight line to Black Horn, a
straight line thence to Bleak Hill, a straight line
thence to the Cairn, and thence by the Ranges
and the Kaiwera Creek to the commencing point.

Tokomairiro District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the
North-west by the boundary of the North Toko-
mairiro and West Taieri Hundreds, from the eastern
boundary of the Clutha District, hereinbefore defined,
to the Waipori River; thence towards the East
by the said Waipori River and the Taieri River to
the ocean; thence towards the South by the ocean
to the north of the Wangaloa Creek; and thence
towards the West by the eastern boundary of the
Clutha District, hereinbefore defined, to the com-
mencing point.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
eleventh day of August, 1869.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that the Governor, from time to
time, by Order in Council, whereof notice shall be
published in the New Zealand Gazette, may constitute
and define districts within and for which Courts of
Petty Sessions respectively shall be held, and such
districts or any of them may from time to time in
manner aforesaid abolish, and the boundaries thereof
may define or alter:

And whereas, by an Order in Council bearing date
the twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, His Excellency the Governor,
in pursuance and in exercise of the power in that
behalf vested in him as aforesaid, did define the
District of Invercargill in the Province of Southland,
and the District of Mataura in the Provinces of Otago
and Southland, to be districts within and for which
Courts of Petty Sessions should be held for the
purposes of the said Act: And whereas it is
expedient to abolish the districts aforesaid, and to
define districts within the Provinces of Southland
and Otago within and for which Courts of Petty
Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the said
Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance and in exercise of the power in this behalf
vested in him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, abolish the Districts of Invercargill and
Mataura, defined in the said Order in Council, and,
with the like advice and consent, doth hereby define
the districts following to be 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 SOUTHLAND.

Invercargill District.

This district is bounded towards the North-east
and North by the northern boundary of the Hundreds
and by the western boundary of the Waimumu
District to a point two miles due West of the Mataura
River; thence again towards the East North and