THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this thirteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Civil Jurisdiction of the District Court
of Taranaki.

(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 may 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 twentieth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, the said "District Courts
Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," shall come into
operation with respect to

THE DISTRICT COURT OF TARANAKI.

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 Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House at
Wellington, this thirteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Constituting District Court of Wanganui.

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

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that there shall be within the

Colony of New Zealand Courts of Record, possessing
civil and criminal jurisdiction, to be called District
Courts, and the Governor is empowered from time
to time, as he shall think fit, by Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the
colony, or in any part thereof, districts within which
such Courts shall be respectively held, and such
districts to abolish, and the boundaries thereof to
define or alter, and also to declare by what local
name such Courts shall be designated :

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the said
colony, in pursuance and exercise of the aforesaid
power and authority, do hereby constitute and pro-
claim the district of the said colony hereinafter de-
scribed or referred to, to be, from and after the
twentieth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, a district within which a
District Court shall be held under the said Act and
under "The District Courts Act Amendment Act,
1865."

And in further pursuance and exercise of the
authority aforesaid, I do hereby declare that the said
Court shall be designated by the name hereunder
specified, that is to say—

Designation of Court:
"THE DISTRICT COURT OF WANGANUI."

Description of District :
All that area known as the Counties of Wanganui,
Rangitikei, and Manawatu, as the same are described
in the First Schedule to "The Counties Act, 1876."

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 thirteenth day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Extending Criminal Jurisdiction of District Court
of Wanganui.

(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, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power vested in me by the said Act, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that

THE DISTRICT COURT OF WANGANUI