THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 17

(5500) acres, being the block of land awarded condi-
tionally by the Native Land Court on the twenty-
seventh day of April, 1868, to Parakaia Te Pouepa
and others, and known as part of the Himatangi
Block, bounded on the East by the Manawatu River
from Pakingahau to Whitirea.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron,
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Administrator of the
Government in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this fifth
day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Sheriff's' Districts defined.

NORMANBY,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by "The Sheriffs Act, 1858," it is
enacted that after the passing of the said Act
it shall be lawful for the Governor, and for no other
person, to appoint fit persons to be Sheriffs within
the colony, who shall hold their office during plea-
sure; and that it shall be lawful for the Governor,
and for no other person, to define the districts within
which the jurisdiction of the several Sheriffs shall be
exercised, and the limits of such districts from time
to time to alter as occasion may require:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority in
me vested in this behalf, do hereby define the dis-
tricts described and named in the Schedule hereto,
to be, on and from the twenty-first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, Sheriff's'
Districts, under the provisions of "The Sheriffs Act,
1858."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
sixth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.

The Sheriff's District of Auckland.
THIS district comprises the whole of the Province
of Auckland, with the exception of that portion
thereof contained in the Sheriff's District of Hawke's
Bay, hereinafter defined.

The Sheriff's District of Hawke's Bay.
This district comprises the whole of the Province
of Hawke's Bay and so much of the Province of
Auckland as lies southward and eastward of a straight
line drawn from the north-western point of the
boundary of the Province of Hawke's Bay to the
extreme end of Matakawa Point. Together with the
adjacent islands.

The Sheriff's District of Taranaki.
This district comprises the Province of Taranaki,
with the exception of that portion thereof contained
in the Sheriff's District of Patea, hereinafter defined.

The Sheriff's District of Patea.
This district is bounded towards the North-west by
the Waingongoro River and the Patea Military Settle-
ments Block to its most northern corner, and thence
by a right line to the point where the Taumatamahoe
path crosses the Wanganui River; thence towards the
South-east by a right line to the Waitotara River at
the most northern corner of the Waitotara Block,
and by the said Waitotara River to the sea; and
thence by the sea to the mouth of the Waingongoro
River, the commencing point.

The Sheriff's District of Wanganui and Rangitikei.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
Province of Auckland; towards the East by the Pro-
vince of Hawke's Bay; towards the South by the
Manawatu River; towards the South-west by the
sea; and towards the North-west by the Patea Dis-
trict, hereinbefore defined, and the Wanganui River
to the southern boundary of the Province of Auck-
land.

The Sheriff's District of Wairarapa.
This district comprises that portion of the Province
of Wellington contained within the following limits,
that is to say, On the North a line from the Mana-
watu Gorge to the mouth of the Waimata Stream; on
the East and South the coast line from the mouth of
the Waimata Stream to Cape Taourakira; on the West
the Taourakira, Rimutaka, and Tararua Ranges to
the Manawatu Gorge.

The Sheriff's District of Wellington.
This district comprises that portion of the Pro-
vince of Wellington contained within the following
limits, that is to say, Towards the North the southern
boundary of the Sheriff's District of Wanganui and
Rangitikei; towards the South-east the summits of
the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges to Cape Taoura-
kira; and towards the South and West the sea.
Together with the adjacent islands.

The Sheriff's District of Nelson.
This district comprises all that portion of the Pro-
vince of Nelson which is not included in the herein-
after described Districts of Westland North and
Central Westland. Together with the adjacent
islands.

The Sheriff's District of Westland North.
This district is bounded towards the North by a
right line from the mouth of the River Mackay to the
summit of Mount Arthur; thence towards the East
by a right line to the confluence of the River Gowan
(or Rotoroa) with the River Buller, and thence by a
right line to the summit of Mount Franklin; thence
towards the South by a right line to the confluence
of the Colin (or Awarau) and Inangahua Rivers,
and thence by a right line to the summit of Mount
Faraday, and thence by a right line to the sea coast
at the Five Finger Rocks; and towards the North-
west by the sea.

The Sheriff's District of Central Westland.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
Westland North District; thence towards the North-
east by a right line from the summit of Mount
Franklin to the summit of Mount Princess; thence
towards the South-east by a right line to the saddle
between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers;
towards the South-west by a part of the southern
boundary of the Province of Nelson; and towards
the West by the sea.