Numb. 66.

627

SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
DIEU ET MON DROIT

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1873.

Districts under "The Marriage Act Amendment
Act, 1858."

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, 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 thirteenth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the Governor,
in pursuance of the said recited power and authority,
did, amongst others, constitute a district for the pur-
poses of the said Act, called the "Geraldine District,"
the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which
said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the tenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight:

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
revoke the said Proclamation so far as relates to the
"Geraldine 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:—

GERALDINE DISTRICT.

Commencing at a point on the south-western bank
of the River Rangitata, where it is intersected by the

north-west side of the Great South Road; thence
following the north-west side of the said road to
Section 5961; thence following the northern boundary
line of Sections 5961 and 11526, and a line in con-
tinuation of the same to the eastern boundary of
Section 9031; thence following the eastern and
north-western boundaries of the latter section to the
Geraldine Road; thence following that road south-
easterly to the road running through Section 7319;
thence following the latter road by Trig. pole 5, to
the River Kakahu; thence westerly and northerly,
following that river to its upper fork; thence by an
east and west line true to the River Opaha; thence
north-westerly following up that river to its most
northerly source, and onwards in the same direction
to the summit of the Two Thumb range of mountains;
thence northerly following the summit of the said
range to the boundary of the County of Westland,
as determined by "The County of Westland Act,
1867;" thence by an east and west line true to the
source of the River Clyde; and from thence returning
down that river and the Rangitata before mentioned
to the commencing point.

TEMUKA DISTRICT.

Commencing at the mouth of the Rangitata River;
thence north-westerly, following the south-western
bank of that river to the north-west side of the Great
South Road; thence following the north-west side of
the said road to Section 5961; thence following the
northern boundary line of Sections 5961 and 11526,
and a line in continuation of the same to the eastern
boundary of Section 9031; thence following the
eastern and north-western boundaries of the latter
section to the Geraldine Road; thence following that
road south-easterly to the road running through
Section 7319; thence following the latter road by
Trig. pole 5, to the River Kakahu; thence westerly
and northerly, following that river to its upper fork;
thence by an east and west line true to the River
Opaha; thence north-westerly following up that
river to its most northerly source, and onwards in
the same direction to the summit of the Two Thumb
range of mountains; thence southerly following the
summit of the said range through Burke's Pass to
Mackenzie's Pass; thence by a straight line to the
nearest source of the River Tengawai; thence following