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585

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1871.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates Act,
1867," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in
the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout
the Colony, or in any part thereof, districts to be
called Resident Magistrates' Districts, and such
districts from time to time to abolish and the bound-
aries to define and alter, and in any such Proclamation
to fix a time on and from which any such district
shall be constituted or abolished as the case may be:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, published in the New
Zealand Gazette on the twenty-first day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, His
Excellency the Governor in pursuance and exercise
of the powers and authorities for that purpose vested
in him, did proclaim and declare the districts
described in the Schedule to the said Proclamation,
including amongst other districts the District of
Lyttelton and the District of Akaroa, to be, on and
from the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, Resident Magistrates' Dis-
tricts within the meaning of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to alter and define
the boundaries of the respective Districts of Lyttelton
and of Akaroa in manner hereafter appearing:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the powers and authorities for this
purpose vested in me, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the boundaries of the said Districts of Lyttelton
and Akaroa, as the same are defined and described
in the Schedule hereto, shall, from and after the first
day of December next, be the boundaries of the
Districts of Lyttelton and Akaroa within the
meaning and for the purposes of "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867;" and I do hereby, from the
date aforesaid, alter and define the boundaries of the
said districts accordingly.

SCHEDULE.
Lyttelton District.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
southern shore of Lake Ellesmere; towards the West
by the eastern shore of the said lake, by the western
bank of the River Halswell, to the western boundary
of Section No. 1879; thence by that boundary and
Section No. 1901, by that boundary and the ridge of
hills by Cooper's Knob and Cass Peak; and again
towards the North by the ridge of hills north of
Lyttelton Harbour to a point where it meets a line
drawn due North and South through the easternmost
extremity of the boundary of the said Town of
Lyttelton as originally laid out by the Canterbury
Association; thence by that line to Port Lyttelton,
and by Port Lyttelton and the sea to a point on the
coast being midway between Port Levy and Pigeon
Bay; thence towards the East by a right line to
Mount Sinclair, thence Westerly along the Purau
Track to the spur leading from the main range from
High Bare Peak, thence by the spur and range to
High Bare Peak, thence by right lines along the
summit of the watershed between Waikoka Creek
and Lake Forsyth to the Tramway Reserve, and
thence by a right line to the outlet of that lake; and
thence towards the South by the sea to the outlet of
Lake Ellesmere. Including the adjacent islands.

Akaroa District.
This district is bounded towards the West by the
Lyttelton District hereinbefore defined; and towards
the North, East, and South by the sea.

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

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!