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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1873.

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 November,
1865, 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
"Blackstone District," the boundaries whereof were
therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into
operation and took effect on the first day of February,
1866:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the twentieth day of January,
1868, the Governor, in pursuance of the said recited
power and authority, did constitute a district for the
purposes of the said Act, called the "Dunstan Dis-
trict," the boundaries whereof were therein set forth,
which said Proclamation came into operation and took
effect on the second day of March, 1868:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said Proclamations as relates to the said districts,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such districts:

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
Proclamations so far as relates to the said districts,
and do proclaim and declare that the territory
formerly comprised within such districts shall be
and is hereby divided, for the purposes of the said
Act, into three districts, the names and boundaries
whereof shall be as follows:—

BLACK'S DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from the Dunstan Mountains in a south-easterly
direction to and along Lauder Creek to the Manu-
herikia River, and along the Manuherikia River to
the junction of Ida Burn; thence along Ida Burn to
the junction of Pool Burn; thence in a direct line
south-easterly to Roughridge; thence southerly to
South Roughridge Hill; thence along the north-
eastern boundary of Manuherikia Registration Dis-
trict to Chatto Burn; thence north-westerly along
Chatto Burn to its source; thence in a direct line to
Leaning Rock Hill; and thence north-easterly along
the Dunstan Mountains to the starting point.

BLACKSTONE DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
due east from Mount St. Bathan's to the Hawkdun
Mountains; thence south-easterly along the Hawk-
dun Mountains to Mount Ida; thence south-westerly
along Roughridge to the north-eastern boundary of
Black's Registration District; thence north-westerly
along the said boundary to the Dunstan Mountains;
and thence north-easterly along the Dunstan Moun-
tains to Mount St. Bathan's, the starting point.

DUNSTAN DISTRICT
Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from the north-western boundary of Manuherikia
Registration District along Chatto Burn to the
Dunstan Mountains; thence along the Dunstan
Mountains south-westerly to the Clutha River;
across the Clutha River and over Cairnmuir Hill to
the Carrick Ranges, and by the Carrick Ranges to
the Kawarau River; thence by the Kawarau River
to a point due north of Ben Nevis; thence by the
range to Lorn Peak; thence by the Nokomai and
Switzers and Manuherikia Districts to the starting
point.