Boundary Proclamations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
its junction with the Pomahaka River, thence by the
Pomahaka River to the confluence of the Parasol
Creek, thence by the said creek to its source, and
by a right line thence to the summit of Black Um-
brella Mountain, thence by right lines from peak to
peak along the range between the western branch of
the Waikaka 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 Cleddau
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.

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 Grand Cross 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 twenty-seventh day of June, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Boundaries of District Court District of Timaru
and Oamaru altered.

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

W HEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor from time to time, as he shall think fit, by
Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to con-
stitute throughout the colony, or in any part thereof,
districts within which District Courts shall be re-
spectively held, and such districts to abolish, and the
boundaries thereof to define or alter:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
twenty-third day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two, a district was defined
within which a District Court should be held under
the said Act, and it was thereby declared that the
said Court should be designated by the name of
"The District Court of Timaru and Oamaru:"

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight, the boundaries of the said district
so defined were altered :

And whereas it is expedient to further alter the
boundaries of the said district so defined and altered
as aforesaid :

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 authority vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after
the first day of July next, the boundaries of the
district within which the District Court of Timaru
and Oamaru shall be held shall be altered, and that
thenceforth the boundaries thereof shall be the
boundaries hereinafter described.

THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIMARU AND OAMARU.
Description of District.

All that area partly in the Provincial District of
Canterbury and partly in the Provincial District of
Otago, bounded towards the North-east by a line
along the summit of the Two Thumb Range from the
Southern Alps, rear Mount Tyndall, to the source of
the Forest Creek; thence by the middle of that creek
to the Rangitata River, and thence by the middle of
that river to the sea; towards the East by the sea to
the mouth of the Shag River, thence by a right line
to Puke Iwitai, thence by right lines from peak to
peak along the summit of the Horse Range and the
Kakanui Mountians to Kyeburn Hill, thence by a
right line to the summit of Little Domett Peak,
thence due west to the summit of the Hawkdun
Mountains, thence by right lines from peak to peak
along the summit of the said mountains to a point
due east of Mount St. Bathans, thence by a right line
due west to Mount St. Bathans, thence by a right
line due north to the boundary line of the Provincial
District of Otago; towards the South by that
boundary to Mount Aspiring; and again towards
the West by the summit of the Southern Alps to the
starting point, near Mount Tyndall.

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 Grand Cross 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
twenty-seventh day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

By authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1878, No 63





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⚖️ Proclamation altering boundaries of the District Court of Otago Gold Fields (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
28 June 1878
Proclamation, District Court, Otago Gold Fields, Boundaries, Alteration, Legislation
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • J. Ballance (for the Minister of Justice)

⚖️ Proclamation altering boundaries of the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
27 June 1878
Proclamation, District Court, Timaru, Oamaru, Boundaries, Alteration, Canterbury, Otago
  • NORMANDY, Governor
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • J. Ballance (for the Minister of Justice)