THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 503

vernor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did constitute, amongst others, a district
for the purposes of the said Act, called the
"Porangahau District," the boundaries whereof were
therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into
operation and took effect on the first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three:

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, the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, 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 re-
voke the said Proclamation so far as relates to
the "Porangahau 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:-

TAMAKI DISTRICT.

Bounded—to the North, by the southern boundary
of the Waipukurau District from the edge of the
Seventy-Mile Bush at Mangapoaka to the Makaretu,
and up that stream to its source, and thence by a line
bearing west to the boundary of the Province at
the crest of the Ruahine Range; to the West, by
the western boundary of the Province to the Mana-
watu Gorge; to the South, by the southern boundary
of the Province from the Manawatu Gorge to Waha-
taura; and to the East, by the western boundary of
the Porangahau District from Wahataura to the
northern edge of the Seventy-Mile Bush at Manga-
poaka.

PORANGAHAU DISTRICT.

Bounded—to the North, by the southern boundary
of the Waipukurau District to the edge of the
Seventy-Mile Bush; to the West, by a line bearing
south to Wahataura at the south boundary of the
Province; to the South, by the south boundary of
the Province to the sea coast at the mouth of the
Waimataha; to the East, by the sea coast from the
mouth of the Waimataha to the starting point at the
end of the Hapuku line at Black Head.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 twenty-
seventh day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts under "The Registration Act, 1858."

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS 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 fifth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, the Go-
vernor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did constitute, amongst others, a district
for the purposes of the said Act, called the
"Porangahau District," the boundaries whereof
were therein set forth, which said Proclamation came
into operation and took effect on the first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three:

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, the Right Honorable Sir James
Fergusson, Baronet, 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 re-
voke the said Proclamation so far as relates to the
"Porangahau District," and do proclaim and declare
that the territory formerly comprised within such
district shall be and is hereby divided, for the pur-
poses of the said Act, into two districts, the names
and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:-

TAMAKI DISTRICT.

Bounded—to the North, by the southern boundary
of the Waipukurau District from the edge of the
Seventy-Mile Bush at Mangapoaka to the Makaretu,
and up that stream to its source, and thence by a
line bearing west to the boundary of the Province at
the crest of the Ruahine Range; to the West, by
the western boundary of the Province to the Mana-
watu Gorge; to the South, by the southern boundary
of the Province from the Manawatu Gorge to Waha-
taura; and to the East, by the western boundary of
the Porangahau District from Wahataura to the
northern edge of the Seventy-Mile Bush at Manga-
poaka.

PORANGAHAU DISTRICT.

Bounded—to the North, by the southern boundary
of the Waipukurau District to the edge of the
Seventy-Mile Bush; to the West, by a line bearing
south to Wahataura at the south boundary of the
Province; to the South, by the south boundary of
the Province to the sea coast at the mouth of the
Waimataha; to the East, by the sea coast from the
mouth of the Waimataha to the starting point at the
end of the Hapuku line at Black Head.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 twenty-
seventh day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!