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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclama-
tion published in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint
any hulk, ship, or floating prison to be used as and to
be a public prison for the reception and safe keeping
of prisoners convicted and sentenced for any offences
by any Court in New Zealand; and may from time
to time define, by Proclamation published as afore-
said, the limits and boundaries around such hulk
within which no person shall come, and the place of
embarking and landing prisoners to and from such
hulk; and that any such Proclamation as aforesaid
may from time to time be altered or revoked by the
Governor:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-four, the hulk called the "Sarah and
Esther," then moored off Tahita Point, in the Otago
Harbour, was appointed to be a public prison within
the meaning of the said Act, and the space of twelve
yards around such hulk was defined to be the limits
and boundaries within which no person should come,
and Deborah Bay was defined to be the place of em-
barking and landing prisoners to and from such
hulk:

And whereas owing to an alteration in the posi-
tion of the said hulk, it is expedient to alter the said
Proclamation:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said
Act, do hereby define Otago Peninsula to be the
place of embarking and landing prisoners to and
from such hulk.

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
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 the Government House,
at Wellington, this sixteenth day of De-
cember, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
DANIEL POLLEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Constituting Districts under "The Debtors and
Creditors Act, 1875."

(L.S.)

NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Debtors and Creditors Act,
1875," it is enacted that the Governor may
from time to time, as he thinks fit, by Proclamation
in the New Zealand Gazette, constitute any part of
New Zealand into a district under this Act, and such
districts may be coterminous with a district under
"The District Courts Act, 1858," or not, and may
abolish any such district, or alter the boundaries
thereof, and declare by what local name each such
district shall be called:

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, do hereby proclaim
and constitute the districts described in the Schedule
herein to be districts under the said "Debtors and
Creditors Act, 1875" and do also hereby declare
that such districts shall be called by the local name
set over the descriptions of such districts.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

This district comprises all that portion of the Pro-
vince of Auckland bounded towards the North
and East by the sea from Cape Maria Van Diemen to
Matakawa Point; thence towards the South-east by
a right line to the north-western corner of the Pro-
vince of Hawke's Bay; towards the South by the
southern boundary of the Province of Auckland;
towards the West and North-west by the Province
of Taranaki; and towards the West and South-west
by the sea; together with the adjacent islands.

TARANAKI DISTRICT.

This district comprises the whole of the Province
of Taranaki, and is coterminous with the District
Court District.

HAWKE'S BAY DISTRICT.

This district comprises the whole of the Province
of Hawke's Bay, and that portion of the Province of
Auckland which lies to the south-eastward of the
Auckland District hereinbefore defined; together
with the adjacent islands.

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

This district comprises the whole of the Province
of Wellington; together with the adjacent islands,
and Chatham Island, and its adjacent islands.

NELSON DISTRICT.

This district is bounded towards the South-east by
the boundary of the Province of Nelson, from the sea
to the Top House; thence towards the South by a
right line to the confluence of the Rotoroa River
with the Buller River; thence towards the West by
a right line to the summit of Mount Arthur; thence
again towards the South by a right line to the mouth
of the Karamea River, and on all other sides by the
sea; together with the adjacent islands; and is coter-
minous with the District Court District.

WESTLAND DISTRICT.

This district comprises the whole of the Province of
Westland, together with that portion of the Province
of Nelson contained within the following boundaries;
that is to say, towards the North by the Nelson
District hereinbefore defined; towards the East by
the Nelson District to the junction of the River
Gowan, or Rotoroa, with the River Buller, and thence
by a right line to the summit of Mount Princess;
thence towards the South-east by a right line to the
saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakan Rivers;
thence towards the South-west by part of the southern
boundary of the Province of Nelson to the sea; and
thence towards the North-west by the sea to the
mouth of the River Mackay, the commencing point;
and is coterminous with the District Court District.

MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT.

This district is bounded towards the North and
East by the sea, from Elaine Bay, in Tennyson Inlet,
to the mouth of the Clarence River; towards the
South by the Clarence River to its outlet from Lake
Tennyson, and thence by a right line to the summit
of Mount Princess; towards the West by the West-
land District hereinbefore defined; and again towards
the North and towards the North-west by the Nelson