294 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 twenty-fourth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the Gover-
nor, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, did, amongst others, constitute a district
for the purposes of the said Act, called the "Cobden
District," the boundaries whereof were therein set
forth, which said Proclamation came into operation
and took effect on the second day of May, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy:

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 Proclamations so far as relates to
the "Cobden 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:-

COBDEN.

Commencing at the south headland of the Porarari
River; thence along the watershed line which includes
all the drainage area of the Porarari River to the
Paparoha Range; thence along the Paparoha Range,
southward, to the junction of the River Arnold and
the River Grey; thence following the River Grey to
the sea, and by the sea coast to the south headland
of the Porarari River.

AHAURA.

Commencing at the junction of the Arnold and
Grey Rivers, following the boundaries of the Cobden
District and the Charleston District along the
summit of the Paparoha Range till it meets a straight
line drawn from the mouth of the Totara River to
the saddle between the Mawhera-iti and Inangahua
Rivers; thence along the said line to the said saddle;
thence along the watershed between the Grey River
and its tributaries on the South, and the Buller
River and its tributaries on the North, to the range
which forms the watershed between the River
Waiawua and its tributaries, and the River Grey and
its tributaries; thence along that range to the saddle
between the Rivers Hurunui and Teremakau; thence
along the boundary of the Canterbury Province to
the junction of the Grey and Arnold Rivers.

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

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 Cambridge, this twenty-
third day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 Cambridge, this twenty-
third day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Oyster Beds at Port Adventure closed.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1866,"
it is, amongst other things, enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation
in the New Zealand Gazette, declare any natural
oyster-bed to be closed against dredging for any
period to be stated in such Proclamation:

And whereas it is expedient that the natural
oyster-beds at Port Adventure, in Stewart Island,
should be temporarily closed :

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that
the natural oyster-beds at Port Adventure, in
Stewart Island, shall be closed against dredging for
a period of two years, from the twenty-second day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

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, at Cambridge; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-
third day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclamation of Quarantine Ground for Cattle.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871,"
it is, among other things, enacted that the
Governor may from time to time in each port or
place within the Colony, by Proclamation in the New
Zealand Gazette, set apart and define quarantine
grounds, and from time to time may alter or redefine
any such quarantine grounds: And whereas it is
expedient that a quarantine ground should be set
apart for the Port of Wellington as hereinafter
mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the piece or
parcel of land hereinafter described shall be and the
same is hereby set apart and defined as a Quarantine
Ground for the purposes of the said Act, that is to
say,-

DESCRIPTION.

All that piece or parcel of ground known as Wal-