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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Extending Civil Jurisdiction of District Court of
Westland.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District 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 shall seem fit:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do
hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the
twelfth day of July instant, the said "District Courts
Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," shall come into
operation with respect to

THE DISTRICT COURT OF WESTLAND.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, 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 Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able Privy Council; Knight Commander
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; 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
twelfth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Criminal Jurisdiction of District Court
of Westland.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District
Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1870,"
it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation,
from time to time declare that any District Court
shall have cognizance of all felonies and indictable
misdemeanours, as specified in the fourth section of
the said Act:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power vested in me by the said Act, do hereby
proclaim and declare that

THE DISTRICT COURT OF WESTLAND
shall, from the twelfth day of July instant, have
cognizance of all felonies and indictable misde-
meanours committed before or after the passing of
the said Act within the district over which its
jurisdiction extends, saving only the felonies specially
excepted in and by the fourth clause of the said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, 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
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; 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 twelfth day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Constantine, 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
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; 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 twelfth day of July, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Reconstituting District Court of Otago Gold Fields.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor from time to time as he shall think fit, by
Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to con-
stitute throughout the colony, or in any part thereof,
districts within which District Courts shall be re-
spectively held, and such districts to abolish, and the
boundaries thereof to define or alter:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
eighth day of November, one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-four, a district was defined within
which a District Court should be held under the
said Act, and it was thereby declared that the said
Court should be designated by the name of "The
District Court of the Otago Gold Fields:"

And whereas it is expedient to alter the bound-
aries of the said district so defined as aforesaid:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exèrcise of the
powers and authority vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and
after the twelfth day of July instant, the boundaries of
the district within which "The District Court of the
Otago Gold Fields" shall be held shall be altered,
and that thenceforth the boundaries thereof shall be
the boundaries set forth in the Schedule hereto, and
that the designation of the said Court shall be

"THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE OTAGO GOLD
FIELDS."

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; 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 tenth day of July, in