THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 471

the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.
THIS district comprises all that area bounded towards
the North by the northern boundary of the Province
of Otago, from the mouth of the River Awarua to a
point on the said boundary line due north of Mount
St. Bathan's; thence towards the East by a right line
due south to the summit of Mount St. Bathan's;
thence again towards the North by a right line due
east to the summit of the Hawkdun Mountains;
thence towards the North-east by right lines from
peak to peak along the said mountains to a point due
west of Little Domett Peak, and thence by a right
line to the summit of Little Domett Peak; thence
towards the East by a right line to the summit of
Kyeburn Hill; thence by right lines from peak to
peak along the summit of the Kakanui Mountains,
and a line following the nearest spur to the junction
of the Deepdell Creek with the Waihemo or Shag
River; thence by right lines from peak to peak along
the watershed between the Waikouaiti and Taieri
Rivers to Silver Peak, and thence by a right line to
the source of Silver Stream, and along the said stream
to the West Taieri Road.; thence towards the South-
east and South by the said road to the boundary of
the Hundreds; thence by the boundary of the
Hundreds to the east branch of the Tokomairiro
River; thence by the said river to the Main South
Road, by the Main South Road to Lovell's Creek, by
Lovell's to the south-west boundary of Run No. 54,
by the said boundary of said run to the Crook Burn,
and by the Crook Burn to its junction with the
Clutha River, and thence by a right line to a point
20 chains due West of the Clutha River; thence
towards the West by a line parallel to the Clutha
River to a point due east of Spylaw Hill; thence
again towards the South and South-east by a right
line to the summit of Spylaw Hill; thence by a right
line to the source of Spylaw Burn; thence by the
Spylaw Burn to its junction with the Pomahaka
River; thence by the Pomahaka River to the con-
fluence of the Parasol Creek; thence by the said
creek to its source, and by a right line thence to the
summit of Black Umbrella Mountain; thence by
right lines from peak to peak along the range be-
tween the western branch of the Waihaka River and
the Otama Creek to the southern boundary of Run
No. 193, and by that boundary to the Mataura River;
thence towards the West by the Mataura River to
its source, and by a right line to the summit of Eyre
Peak, and thence by right lines from peak to peak
along the western watershed of Lake Wakatipu to a
point due east of Mount Christina; thence again
towards the South by a right line to the summit of
Mount Christina; by a right line thence to the
nearest source of the Creddau River, and by that
river and the southern shore of Milford Sound to the
sea; and thence again towards the West by the sea
to the mouth of the Awarua River, the commencing
point.

Extending Civil Jurisdiction of the District Court
of the Otago Gold Fields.

(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 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 Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies, 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
the Otago Gold Fields.

(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 THE OTAGO GOLD FIELDS
shall, from the twelfth day of July, 1875, 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 juris-
diction 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 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
Council, Knight Commander of the