THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

aforesaid; again towards the East, and towards the
South and South-east by high water-mark of the sea
from latitude 38° 57' South, to the Waikari River;
again towards the South by the Waikari to its
source; thence by a straight line in a north-westerly
direction to the north-western corner of the Pro-
vince of Hawke's Bay; again on the North by
part of the northern boundary of the Province
of Hawke's Bay aforesaid, to the eastern boundary
of the Tauranga District, as the same is defined by a
Proclamation published in the General Government
Gazette of the 31st January, 1865, No. 3; and
towards the West by the eastern boundary of the
Tauranga District, before mentioned, to the south-
western angle of the Opotiki District, first men-
tioned, the point of commencement.
And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation and take effect on the sixteenth day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
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; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-
fourth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the following gentlemen to be
Registrars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the Districts set opposite their names
respectively, as the same are defined in Proclamation
of twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, and published in this Gazette :—
ROBERT PICKETT, Esq., Nelson;
ALFRED BAIGENT, Esq., Waimea South;
ALEXANDER LE GRAND CAMPBELL, Esq., Motueka;
HENRY WIDOWSON TURNELL, Esq., Aorere;
JAMES TILBY, Esq., Takaka;
WILLIAM SYDNEY MUNDAY, Esq., Buller;
CHARLES BROAD, Esq., Charleston;
CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq., Cobden;
GEORGE WILLIAM SCHRODER, Esq., Amuri.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the following gentlemen to be
Registrars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the Districts set opposite their names
respectively, as the same are defined in Proclamation
of the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, and published in this Gazette :—
WILLIAM MCKENNA, Esq., Opotiki;
JAMES HUNTER CAMPBELL, Esq., Waiapu;
JOHN GARNER STEDDY, Esq., Turanga;
STEPHEN FILGATE PRENTICE, Esq., Mohaka and
Wairoa.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE WILLIAM PAULING, Esq.,

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to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Nelson, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
24th day of March, and published in this Gazette.
W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1870.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the Post Office now known as " Shortland," in the
Province of Auckland, will in future be called
"The Thames."
JULIUS VOGEL.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 24th March, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DUNCAN GUY, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps for the Pro-
vince of Marlborough, in the absence on leave of the
present Deputy Commissioner.
This appointment takes effect on and from the
first day of April, 1870.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1870.
TIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
HIS appoint
WILLIAM REID DOUGLAS, Esq.,
to be an Inspector of Steamers and Engineer Sur-
veyor for the Colony of New Zealand, under the
provisions of "The Steam Navigation Act, 1866."
JULIUS VOGEL.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1870.
IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
HIS appoint
JOHN HENRY HOLFORD, Esq.,
to be Chief Harbour Master for the Ports in the
Province of Taranaki.
JULIUS VOGEL.

REPUBLISHED in pursuance of the Diseased
Cattle Acts.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may, by
Warrant under his hand, from time to time delegate
to the Superintendent of any Province within the
Colony all or any of the powers vested in the
Governor or the Governor in Council by the said
Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit:
And whereas by the fourth section of "The Diseased
Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that
the Governor may, by any Order in Council, from
time to time annul, make void, or alter or vary and
make anew, any Orders in Council, regulations,
appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations,
made and published by the Governor under the
authority of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or
of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
or by the Superintendent of any Province under or
in pursuance of any powers delegated under the
powers of delegation contained in "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1865:" And whereas by the fifth
section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of annulling,
making void, or allowing, or varying and making
anew, any such regulations, appointments, or pro-