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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

name, and shall be a Registrar's District; and it is
provided that the Governor may at any time revoke
the whole or any part of such Proclamation, and issue
a new Proclamation dividing the Colony or any part
of it anew into districts, or increasing the number or
altering the boundaries of districts, as from time to
time he may think requisite :
And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the eleventh day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the Go-
vernor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did, amongst others, constitute a district for
the purposes of the said Act called the "Waikouaiti
District," the boundaries whereof were therein set
forth, which said Proclamation came into operation
and took effect on the fifteenth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one:
And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said Proclamation as relates to the said district,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such district:
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-
tion so far as relates to the said district, 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:-

PALMERSTON DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded towards the North-
east by the Otepopo Registration District; towards
the South-east by the ocean; towards the South-west
by Pleasant River from its outlet to a point due east
of Mount Pleasant; towards the South by a straight
line extending due east and west from Pleasant River
to the north branch of the Waikouaiti River and
passing across Mount Pleasant; and towards the
West by the Waikouaiti River and the Hyde Regis-
tration District.

WAIKOUAITI DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded towards the North-
west by Hyde Registration District; towards the
North-east by the Palmerston Registration District;
towards the South-east by the ocean; and towards
the South and South-west by the Dunedin, North
Taieri, and West Taieri Registration Districts.

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

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
JOHN HALL.
Districts under "Marriage Act Amendment Act,
1858."

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Marriage Act Amendment
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful

for the Governor at any time, by Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, to divide the Colony of New
Zealand, for the purposes of the said Act, into such
and so many districts as he may think fit, and that
every such district shall be called by a distinct name,
and shall be a Registrar's District; and it is provided
that the Governor may at any time revoke the whole
or any part of such Proclamation, and issue a new
Proclamation dividing the Colony or any part of it
anew into districts, or increasing the number or
altering the boundaries of districts, as from time to
time he may think requisite :
And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the thirtieth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power
and authority, did, amongst others, constitute a
district for the purposes of the said Act, called the
"Drury District," the boundaries whereof were
therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into
operation and took effect on the fifteenth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five:
And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said Proclamation as relates to the said district,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such district:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me
by the said recited Act, do hereby revoke the said
Proclamation so far as relates to the "Drury
District," 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:-

AWITU DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the waters of the
Manukau Harbour from Manukau Heads to Karaka
Creek; on the East, from the centre of Karaka Creek,
by the line dividing Karaka and Waiau Parishes,
by an extension of that straight line through Puni
to the eastern boundary of Puni Parish, near to
Cameron Town, on the Waikato River, and thence
by that boundary to the Waikato; on the South by
the Waikato River to the West Coast; and on the
West by the sea to the Manukau Heads, the point of
commencement.

DRURY DISTRICT.
Bounded on the North by the waters of the
Manukau Harbour from Karaka Creek to Papakura
Creek; by the centre of Papakura Creek, by the
northern and eastern boundaries of the village of
Papakura; by Hewling's line to the Wairoa River,
and crossing the Wairoa River by that river to the
sea; on the East by the Gulf of the Thames, and by
the Piako River to the junction of the Tahunatapu
Creek; thence on the South by a straight line to
Puketakauri, on the Waikato River; thence across
that river in a straight line to the south shore of
Wangape Lake; and thence in a straight line
running west-south-west to the West Coast; on the
West by the sea from the last-mentioned point to
Waikato Heads; thence, again on the North, by th
Waikato River to the eastern boundary line of Puni
Parish, near to Cameron Town; and thence, again
on the West, by the boundary of Awitu District, as
before described in this Proclamation, to Karaka
Creek, the point of commencement.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir