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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1882.

Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act,
1880.”

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and au-
thority vested in the Governor by “The Marriage
Act, 1880,” I, James Prendergast, Chief Justice, the
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage
districts known as the Napier, Waipawa, Waipukurau,
Wanganui, and Patea Districts, and do proclaim and
declare that the territory heretofore comprised within
the said districts is hereby divided anew into seven
marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof
shall be as follow:—

NAPIER DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Hawke’s
Bay and Wellington, bounded towards the North by
the 39th parallel of south latitude, from the Taharua
River to a point due north of the source of the Wai-
kare River; towards the East by a right line thence
to said source; towards the North-east by said river
to the sea; again towards the East by the sea to the
northern boundary of the Waimarama Native Block;
towards the South by that block to the Maraetotara
River; towards the West by that river to the northern
boundary of Block I., Kidnappers District; thence
generally towards the South-east by said block to the
Tukituki River; thence by a right line to the old bed
of the Ngaruroro River, at the mouth of the Manga-
teretere Stream; thence by the old bed of the Ngaru-
roro River to the Ohiwa Stream at Pakowhai; thence
by the present course of the Ngaruroro River and by
the Waitio Stream to the boundary between the Muri-
whenua and Matapiro Blocks; thence by that boun-
dary and the northern and western boundaries of the
Matapiro Block to the Ngaruroro River; thence by
that river and by the Taruarau River to the Ruahine
Range; by the summit of that range to a point at
which it is intersected by a right line drawn between
the junction of the Makarora River with the north
branch of the Waipawa and Trig. 30 (Aorangi); thence
by a right line to said trig.; thence by a right line to
Trig. 32; towards the South-west by a right line to
Trig. 16; thence by a right line to Trig. 17; thence
by a right line to Trig. 24 (Te Rotete); thence by a
right line to Trig. 28; thence towards the north by
a right line to Trig. 27, thence by a right line to
26 (Tauketewhango); thence by a right line to Trig.
65A; thence again towards the west by a right line
through Trig. 68A to the Mohaka River, and by said
river and the Taharua River to the starting point.

HASTINGS DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke’s
Bay, bounded towards the North-east by the Napier
Registration District, before described; towards the
South-east by the sea; towards the South by the
northern boundary of the Te Apiti Native Block to
the eastern boundary of Block LXVIII., Oero Dis-
trict; thence by the eastern and northern boundaries
of the last-mentioned block and the northern boun-
dary of Block LXIII. to the Hawea Stream; thence
by the centres of the Hawea Stream, the Tukituki
River, and the Papanui Stream to the road from Pa-
patangata to Te Aute; thence by the centres of that road
and the Te Aute Road to a point opposite the north-
ern boundary of the College land; thence by a right
line, and the last-mentioned boundary, and the north-
ern boundaries of Blocks XIII., CXLII., XII., CXLI.,
XI., and CXL., Ruataniwha District, to the north-
western corner of Block CXL.; thence by a right line
to the Mangaonuku River, at the westernmost corner
of Block XXIV., Maraekakohu District; thence by
the centre of the Mangaonuku River to its source;
thence by the northern and north-western boundaries
of Block I., Gwavas District, the western boundary
of Blocks I. and V. to the Mangamauku River, by
the centre of that river to its source; thence by a
straight line to the junction of the Makarora River
with the north branch of the Waipawa River; thence
by a right line in the direction of Trig. 30 (Aorangi)
to the summit of the Ruahine Range; and towards
the West by the summit of the said range to the
Taruarau River.