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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March,
1870.

Present :
THE HONORABLE WM. FOX, THE PREMIER, PRESIDING,
AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Supreme Court Act, 1860,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council from time to time to divide the
Colony into Judicial Districts for the purposes of
the said Act, and the limits of such districts from
time to time to alter as occasion may require; and
that there shall be held Circuit Courts for the
despatch of civil and criminal business of the Court
before one of the Judges thereof, at such places and
times as the Governor in Council may from time to
time appoint: And whereas by a Proclamation
bearing date the twenty-sixth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the Colony of
New Zealand was divided into three districts, called
respectively the Northern, Southern, and Middle
Districts, and it was thereby appointed that Circuit
Courts should be holden for the said districts
respectively on certain days and at certain places in
the said Proclamation mentioned:

And whereas on the twenty-third day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, the Gover-
nor in Council divided the said Southern District
into two districts, called respectively the Canterbury
District, and the Otago and Southland District, and
appointed Circuit Courts to be holden for the said
districts on certain days and at certain places:

And whereas on the twelfth day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the Governor
in Council constituted three districts, called re-
spectively the Westland District, the Canterbury
District, and the Middle District, and appointed
Circuit Courts to be holden for the said districts
on certain days and at certain places:

And whereas on the eleventh day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the Governor
in Council appointed that Circuit Courts should be
held at New Plymouth, in the Province of Taranaki,
in the Northern District, on certain days:

And whereas on the eleventh day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the Governor
in Council appointed Circuit Courts to be holden
for the Middle District at the Town of Napier on
certain days:

And whereas on the twenty-sixth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the
said Middle District was divided into two districts,
called respectively the Wellington District and the
Nelson District, and Circuit Courts were appointed
to be holden for the said districts on certain days and
at certain places:

And whereas on the twenty-second day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, it was
appointed that a Circuit Court should be held at the
Town of Invercargill on certain days:

And whereas on the second day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the limits of
the Canterbury District, the Nelson District, and the
Westland District were altered, but the times and
places for holding Circuit Courts therein remain
unchanged:

And whereas on the twenty-fifth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the
limits of the Northern District and of the Wellington
District were altered, but the times and places for
holding Circuit Courts therein remain unchanged:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the several
appointments of the times and places for the holding
of the Circuit Courts, so made as aforesaid, and to
appoint other times and places in manner hereinafter
appearing:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Colony, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him by "The Supreme Court Act, 1868,"
doth hereby declare that on and after the fifteenth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
the several appointments hereinbefore recited, so far
as the same relate to the times and places for holding
Circuit Courts, shall be revoked, and with the like
advice and consent doth hereby appoint that Circuit
Courts of the Supreme Court, for the despatch of
civil and criminal business of the Court, shall, after
the said fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, be holden at the several times
and places hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:--

In the Northern District, at the Supreme Court
House at Auckland, on the first Monday in
each of the months of March, June, Septem-
ber, and December in each and every year;
and at New Plymouth, at the Supreme Court
House, on the first Monday that shall happen
after the eighteenth day in each of the months
of January and July in each and every year.

In the Wellington District, at the Supreme
Court House at Wellington, on the first Mon-
day in each of the months of March, June,
September, and December in each and every
year; and at Napier, at the Provincial Coun-
cil Chamber, on the second Tuesday in each
of the months of May and November in each
and every year.

In the Nelson District, at the Provincial Coun-
cil Hall at Nelson, on the first Monday in the
month of March, and on the third Monday
in each of the months of July and November,
in each and every year.

In the Westland District, at the Supreme Court
House at Hokitika, on the second Monday in
each of the months of January, May, and
September in each and every year.

In the Canterbury District, at the Supreme Court
House at Christchurch, on the first Monday in
each of the months of March, June, September,
and December in each and every year.

In the Otago and Southland District, at the
Supreme Court House at Dunedin, on the first
Monday in each of the months of March, June,
September, and December, in each and every
year; and at the Provincial Council Chamber
at Invercargill, on the third Monday in each of
the months of January and July in each
and every year.

Provided always that if and whenever any of the
days hereby appointed for holding a Circuit Court
shall happen to be a holiday at the Supreme Court,
then the Circuit Court appointed to be holden on such
day shall be holden on the first day thereafter which
shall not be such holiday.

And with the like advice and consent doth hereby
proclaim and declare that this Order in Council shall
not take effect till the fifteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

WILLIAM Fox,
Presiding.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March,
1870.

Present:
THE HONORABLE WM. FOX, THE PREMIER, PRESIDING,
AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Court of Appeal Act, 1862,"
it is enacted that the Court shall hold its