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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the power and authority vested in me by the
said recited Act, do hereby revoke the said Proclama-
tions so far as relates to the said District of Christ-
church, and do proclaim and declare that the territory
formerly comprised within such district shall be and
is hereby divided for the purposes of the said Act
into two districts, the names and boundaries whereof
shall be as follows :-

ELLESMERE DISTRICT
Comprises that portion of the Province of Canterbury
bounded on the North and East by the south bank of
the River Selwyn, Lake Ellesmere, and the sea; on
the South by the north bank of the River Rakaia;
and on the West by the Great South Road.

CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT
Comprises that portion of the Province of Canterbury
from the south bank of the Waimakariri to the north
bank of the Rakaia, except Lyttelton, Akaroa, and
Ellesmere Districts.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation and take effect on the fifteenth day
of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.

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 fifteenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twenty-third day of June, 1871.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1867," it is
among other things enacted that the Governor
may fix the various rates of Lighthouse Dues, not
exceeding those specified in the said Act, which shall
be payable at any port or ports within the Colony in
respect of all vessels arriving at and of all vessels
leaving such ports, by the Master of every such
vessel, and such dues from time to time to alter:
And whereas by Order in Council bearing date the
sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine, among other things, certain rates of
Light Dues were fixed for the ports mentioned in the
second column of the First Schedule hereto: And
whereas it is expedient that in lieu thereof respec-
tively there should be levied the dues specified in the
said First Schedule, and which are therein respec-
tively set opposite to the name of the port to which
they relate: And whereas no Light Dues are now by
law leviable at the several ports mentioned in the
Second Schedule hereto, and it is expedient that
Light Dues should be leviable thereat respectively:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, and in exercise and pur-
suance of the above recited power and authority
vested in him, doth order that on and after the first
day of September next, in lieu of the Light Dues
leviable under the said recited Order in Council at the

several ports specified in the second column of the
First Schedule hereto, there shall be leviable at each
of the said ports the Light Dues which are specified in
the fourth column of the said Schedule and therein set
opposite to the name of the port at which they shall
be leviable; and from and after the date aforesaid
the Light Dues made leviable at the several ports last
aforesaid, under and by virtue of the said recited
Order in Council, shall cease and determine. And
in further exercise and pursuance of the said power
and authority, and with the like advice and consent,
I do order that from and after the said last mentioned
date there shall be levied at each of the ports which
are specified in the second column of the said Second
Schedule the Light Dues which are specified in
the fourth column of the said Second Schedule, and
therein set opposite to the name of the port at which
they shall be leviable; and that any vessel from the
Australian Colonies, or from places beyond those
colonies, calling at a port where light dues are not
charged for such voyage, shall, on arriving at any
other port where light dues are chargeable on vessels
arriving from such voyages, be charged the same rate
as if she had arrived at such port direct.

FIRST SCHEDULE.