THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette,
to bring into operation with respect to any District
Court, from and after a day to be named in such
Proclamation, either the whole of the said Act or
such sections thereof as to him may seem fit:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the said power and authority
vested in me for this purpose, do hereby proclaim
and declare that on the second day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, the said
"District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866,"
shall come into operation with respect to

THE DUNEDIN DISTRICT COURT.

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 twentieth
day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.

Approved in Council.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclamation appointing Meeting of Justices in
Wangarei Heads Petty Sessions District.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that, as soon as conveniently
may be after the establishment of a Petty Sessions
District, and afterwards from time to time as may be
deemed expedient, the Governor shall, by Proclama-
tion in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint a meeting
of the Justices of the Peace resident in such district
to be yearly held within such district at some
specified time and place, for the purpose of choosing
a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of
attendance: And whereas by an Order in Council
bearing date the second day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, certain Petty Sessions
Districts, including the district hereinafter named,
were defined and established: And whereas by a
Proclamation bearing date the seventh day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, a certain
time and place for the meetings of the Justices of
the Peace resident in the district hereinafter named
were proclaimed and appointed: And whereas it is
expedient that the time and place of meeting pro-
claimed and appointed by such Proclamation should
be altered:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority in this behalf
vested in me, do hereby proclaim and appoint that,
for the Wangarei Heads District, a meeting of the
Justices of the Peace resident within such district
shall be held at the Kiri Kiri School House, at
Wangarei Heads, at twelve o'clock noon, on Satur-
day, the twenty-first day of March next, for the
purpose of choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions
and settling a rota of attendance.

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 Public Seal
of the said Colony, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclamation of a Gaol at Newcastle.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand intituled "The Prisons Act,
1873," it is provided that the Governor may from
time to time, as to him shall seem meet, by Proclama-
tion published in the New Zealand Gazette, declare
any house, building, enclosure, or place to be a
public prison, and from and after the publication of
any such Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette,
or from any later time specified in the Proclamation,
such house, building, enclosure, or place, shall be
deemed to be a public prison:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare the following house or
building to be a public prison:—

The brick building commonly called "The Ngarua-
wahia Blockhouse," situated in the township of
Newcastle, on the southern bank of the Waipa
River, contiguous to its junction with the River
Horotiu, in the District of Waikato.

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
nineteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Order in Council fixing Sittings of Supreme Court
at New Plymouth.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this second day of February, 1874.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand intituled "The Supreme
Court Act, 1860," it is provided that there shall be
held Circuit Courts for the despatch of civil and
criminal business of the Court, before one of the
Judges thereof, at such places and times as the
Governor in Council may from time to time appoint:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby fix and appoint
that Circuit Courts for the despatch of civil and
criminal business of the Supreme Court shall be
held in the Resident Magistrate's Court House at
New Plymouth, in the Province of Taranaki, in the