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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

district for the purposes of the said Act called the
"Buller" District, the boundaries whereof were
therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into
operation and took effect on the twentieth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two:
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, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, 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 Proclamation so far as re-
lates to the "Buller" District, and do proclaim and
declare that the territory formerly comprised within
the said district shall be and the same is hereby
divided for the purposes of the said Act into two
districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be
as follow:-

KARAMEA DISTRICT.
This district is bounded as follows: Commencing
at the mouth of the Heaphy River, thence towards
the North by right lines to and along the summit of
the southern watershed of that river to the summit
of Mount Domett, and thence by right lines along the
summit of the Tasman Range to Mount Snowdon;
towards the North-east by right lines along the sum-
mit of the said range to Mount Arthur; towards
the South-east by right lines along the summit of the
eastern and part of the southern watershed of the
Karamea River to the saddle between the Karamea
and Wangapeka Rivers; thence towards the South
by right lines along the summit of the northern
watershed of the Mokihinui River to Otahu Hill, and
thence by a right line to Kongahu Point; and thence
by the sea coast to the mouth of the Heaphy River.

BULLER DISTRICT.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
Karamea District from Kongahu Point to the saddle
between the Karamea and Wangapeka Rivers; to-
wards the East by right lines along the summit of
the western watershed of the Wangapeka River to
the summit of the Marine Mountains; thence to-
wards the South-east by right lines along the summit
of the Marine and Lyell Mountains, the western
watershed of the Lyell River, and a right line to the
junction of the Orekaka River with the Buller River,
and thence by a right line to the summit of the
Buckland Peaks; towards the South-west by a right
line to the mouth of the Totara River; and towards
the North-west by the sea to Kongahu Point.
And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come
into operation and take effect on the first day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

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 the
Government House, at Auckland, this
second day of May, in the year of our

Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

District under "The Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1875."

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the seventh section of "The Re-
gistration of Birth and Deaths Act, 1875," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zea-
land Gazette, to divide the colony for the purposes
of the said Act into such and so many districts as he
shall think fit, and that every such district shall be
called by a distinct name, and shall be a Registrar's
District; and further that the districts existing
at the time of the coming into operation of the
said Act under any of the Acts repealed thereby shall,
until altered, be deemed to be districts proclaimed
under the said Act:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the fourth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the then
Governor, in pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him, did, amongst others, constitute a
district called the "Buller" District, the boundaries
whereof were therein set forth, which said Procla-
mation came into operation and took effect on the
twentieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two:

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, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, 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 Proclamation, so far as re-
lates to the "Buller" District, and do proclaim and
declare that the territory formerly comprised within
the said district shall be and the same is hereby
divided for the purposes of the said Act into two
districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be
as follow:-

KARAMEA DISTRICT.
This district is bounded as follows: Commencing at
the mouth of the Heaphy River, thence towards the
North by right lines to and along the summit of the
southern watershed of that river to the summit of
Mount Domett, and thence by right lines along the
summit of the Tasman Range to Mount Snowdon;
towards the North-east by right lines along the sum-
mit of the said range to Mount Arthur; towards the
South-east by right lines along the summit of the
eastern and part of the southern watershed of the
Karamea River to the saddle between the Karamea
and Wangapeka Rivers; thence towards the South
by right lines along the summit of the northern
watershed of the Mokihinui River to Otahu Hill,
and thence by a right line to Kongahu Point; and
thence by the sea coast to the mouth of the Heaphy
River.

BULLER DISTRICT.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
Karamea District from Kongahu Point to the saddle
between the Karamea and Wangapeka Rivers; to-
wards the East by right lines along the summit of
the western watershed of the Wangapeka River to
the summit of the Marine Mountains; thence towards
the South-east by right lines along the summits of the
Marine and Lyell Mountains, the western watershed