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then the Court appointed for that day shall be
holden on the first day thereafter not being a holiday.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirteenth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Fixing Sittings of the District Court of Western
Otago District.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power in that
behalf enabling me, I, George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint
that sittings of the District Court of the Western
Otago District shall be held as follows, after the first
day of March next:-

At Invercargill, at the Supreme Court House,
for the despatch of Civil business, on the
twentieth day of every month.

At Invercargill, at the Supreme Court House,
for the despatch of Criminal business, on the
twentieth March and twentieth September in
each year.

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a Sunday or holiday,
then the Court appointed for that day shall be
holden on the first day thereafter not being a holiday.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirteenth day of February,

one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Fixing Sittings of the District Court of Tokomairiro
and Clutha District.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power in that be-
half enabling me, I, George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint
that sittings of the District Court of the Tokomairiro
and Clutha District shall be held as follows, after
the first day of March next :-

At Tokomairiro, in the Resident Magistrate's
Court House, for the despatch of Civil business,
on the fifteenth day of every month.

At Tokomairiro, in the Resident Magistrate's
Court House, for the despatch of Criminal
business, on the fifteenth March, fifteenth
June, fifteenth September, and fifteenth
December in each year.

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as
aforesaid shall happen to be a Sunday or holiday,
then the Court appointed for that day shall be holden
on the first day thereafter not being a holiday.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirteenth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Judges of Assessment Courts under "The Rating Act, 1876," appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities vested in me by "The Rating Act, 1876,"
I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be Judges of the Assessment Courts
for the districts placed opposite the name of each such person respectively.

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; at the Government House, at
Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

SCHEDULE.