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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1870.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Arms Act Amendment Act,
1869," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, from time to time to divide the Colony, or
any part thereof, into districts for the purposes of
the said "Arms Act Amendment Act, 1869," and of
"The Arms Act, 1860," and the limits and boundaries
of such districts from time to time to alter and
define, as occasion may require; and that every
district proclaimed under the said "Arms Act
Amendment Act, 1869," shall have a name whereby
the same may be distinguished:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the power and authority vested in
me by the said recited provision, do by this Pro-
clamation divide so much of the said Colony as is
included within the boundaries set forth in the
Schedule hereunder written into a district for the
purposes of the said "Arms Act Amendment Act,
1869," and the said "Arms Act, 1860;" and I do
hereby declare that the name of the said district
shall be

THE AUCKLAND SOUTH DISTRICT.

SCHEDULE.

All that district in the Province of Auckland, of
bounded towards the North-east by the sea coast,
and shores and islands, from Cape Colville to the
entrance to Tauranga Harbour; thence towards the
South-east by a line to Cambridge, thence by the
Waikato River to the south-eastern boundary of the
Waikato Confiscated Block, and thence by the south-
eastern boundary of the Waikato Confiscated Block
to the Puniu River; towards the South by the Puniu
River to its confluence with the Waipa River, thence
by the southern boundary of the Waikato Confiscated
Block to the summit of Mount Pirongia, and thence
by a line to the entrance to Raglan Harbour; towards
the West by the sea coast to the entrance to Manu-
kau Harbour, and thence by the Whau Creek and
portage to Waitemata Harbour; and towards the
North-west by the sea coast, and shores and islands
of the Gulf of Hauraki, to the point of commence-
ment.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Post Office Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to
time, by Proclamation to be published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the Rates
of Postage at any time within the Colony, for the
transmission of Letters and Newspapers by post,
either between places within New Zealand or to or
from places beyond seas, and at what time the same
shall be paid, and that the postage so made payable
shall be charged and paid accordingly: And whereas
by a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing
date the sixth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, the Governor in Council
did, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, fix certain Rates of Postage, and the
times at which the same respectively should be paid:
And whereas it is desirable to alter the scale of pro-
gression by which postage is at present charged on
Letters posted in New Zealand, for delivery either
within the Colony, or in Great Britain, or British
Colonies or Possessions, and also to alter the Rates
of Postage chargeable under Schedule D. appended
to the said Proclamation of the sixth day of June,

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 Auckland,
this nineteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.

Approved in Council.
W. GISBORNE.

HENRY D. PITT, Capt., R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!