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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby appoint that the Circuit Court
appointed to be held at the Supreme Courthouse,
Wellington, shall, from and after the date hereof, be
held at the New Supreme Courthouse at Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Date of Sitting of Circuit Court at Hokitika.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of March, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and au-
thority vested in the Governor by "The Supreme
Court Act, 1860," His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby appoint that there shall be held
in the Westland District, at the Supreme Court-
house at Hokitika, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day
of March next, a Circuit Court for the despatch of
civil and criminal business of the said Court.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Westland Judicial District assigned to Mr. Justice
Gillies.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of March, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Supreme Court Act, 1860,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council from time to time to divide the
colony into judicial districts for the purposes of the
said Act, and the limits of such districts from time to
time to alter as occasion may require, and that the
Governor in Council shall assign every such district
to a Judge or Judges of the Supreme Court, who
shall have, within the same, all the powers and juris-
diction thereby given to the said Court:

And whereas the Westland District, as defined by
an Order in Council dated the first day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette dated the eleventh
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, has been assigned to James Prender-
gast, Esquire, the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, and also to Alexander James Johnston,
Esquire, Christopher William Richmond, Esquire,
and Joshua Strange Williams, Esquire, Judges of
the said Court:

And whereas it is expedient that the said West-
land District should also be assigned to Thomas
Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, one of the Judges of the
said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of all powers enabling him
in this behalf, doth hereby, with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, also
assign the said Westland District unto

THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire,
one of the Judges of the said Court.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Otago and Southland District assigned to Mr. Justice
Gillies.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of March, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Supreme Court Act, 1860,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, from time to time, to divide the
colony into judicial districts for the purposes of the
said Act, and the limits of such districts from time to
time to alter as occasion may require, and that the
Governor in Council shall assign every such district
to a Judge or Judges of the Supreme Court, who
shall have, within the same, all the powers and
jurisdiction thereby given to the said Court:

And whereas "The Otago and Southland District,"
as defined by an Order in Council dated the twenty-
third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
dated the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, has been assigned to
Joshua Strange Williams, Esquire, one of the Judges
of the said Court:

And whereas it is expedient that the said Otago
and Southland District should also be assigned to
Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, one of the
Judges of the said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of all powers enabling him in
this behalf, doth hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, assign the
said Otago and Southland District unto

THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire,
a Judge of the said Court.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Land District of
Auckland.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
général or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which, in his opinion, are required for any of the
purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve
from sale the land in the Land District of Auckland
described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the
purpose in the said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land called or known as
Lots 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177,
207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, and 216
of Section No. 1, Town of Opotiki, Parish of Waioeka,
Block III., Opotiki Survey District, Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, and containing by admeasurement
5 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North