✨ Registration and Marriage Districts




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

WAIPAWA DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North by the Hastings
Registration District, before described; towards the
East and South by the Tukituki River to its source;
and thence by a right line due west to the Ruahine
Range; and towards the West by said range.

WAIPUKURAU DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North by the Waipawa and
Hastings Registration Districts, before described;
towards the East by the sea to the southern boundary
of the Hapuku Block, at Blackhead; towards the
South by the Hapuku line, from the sea-coast to the
Ngahape Stream, by that stream to its source; thence
by a right line due west to the Manawatu River;
thence by that river to its source, and by a right line
due west to the Ruahine Range; and towards the
West by that range.

PATEA DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial Districts of Taranaki
and Wellington, bounded towards the North-east by
the confiscation boundary-line to the Whenuakura
River; towards the East by the said river; towards
the South-west by the sea; towards the West by the
Manawapou River to its source; and thence by a
right line running due north to the confiscation
boundary-line.

WAVERLEY DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial Districts of Welling-
ton and Taranaki, bounded towards the North-east by
the confiscation boundary-line to the Waitotara
River; towards the East by a right line to the north-
western corner of Native Reserve No. 2 (Pakaraka),
by said reserve, and by Sections Nos. 42, 61, and
62 to the sea; towards the South by the sea; and
towards the West by the Patea Registration District,
before described.

WANGANUI DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Wellington,
bounded towards the West generally by the Waver-
ley Registration District, before described, to the
boundary of the Provincial District of Taranaki; thence
by that district to the 39th parallel of south latitude;
towards the North by that parallel to the Taharua
Stream; towards the East by the Napier Registration
District, before described, and by the Ruahine Range
to a point due east of the intersection of the Rangi-
tikei River, and by the northern boundary-line of the
Rangitikei Block; towards the South by a right line;
thence to the said intersection; towards the South-
west by said northern boundary-line of Rangitikei
Block and its production to the Wangaehu River;
towards the South-east by said river to the sea; and
towards the South-west by the sea.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall
come into operation on the second day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

[No. 74
Districts constituted under "The Registration of
Births and Deaths Act, 1875."
(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 Regis-
tration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875," I, James
Prendergast, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby abolish the existing registration 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
registration districts, the names whereof shall be the
Napier, Hastings, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Patea,
Waverley, and Wanganui Districts, and the boun-
daries whereof shall be coterminous with the boun-
daries of the marriage districts bearing the same
names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even
date herewith, made under the provisions of "The
Marriage Act, 1880."

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall
come into operation on the second day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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
authority vested in the Governor by "The
Marriage Act, 1880," I, James Prendergast, the
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage
districts known as the Feilding and Foxton Districts,
and do proclaim and declare that the territory here-
tofore comprised within the said districts is hereby
divided anew into three marriage districts, the names
and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:-

SANSON DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, bounded towards the North-west by the Rangi-
tikei River; towards the North-east by the Man-
chester Block to the Oroua River; towards the
South-east by the said river to a road-line which
lies to the south of Sections Nos. 65, 64, 63, and 62
of Block VIII., Te Kawau Survey District, by said
road-line continued to the western corner of Section
No. 64 of Block II. of said survey district; thence
by a right line to the most southerly corner of
Section No. 63, and by Section No. 125 of Block V.
to the Rangitikei River.

FEILDING DISTRICT.
All that area in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, bounded towards the North-west by the Rangi-
tikei River to its intersection by the northern
boundary-line of the Rangitikei Block; towards the



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Districts constituted under "The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875."

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
31 August 1882
Registration districts, Births, Deaths, Napier, Hastings, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Wanganui, Patea, Waverley
  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
  • Thomas Dick

🏘️ Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
31 August 1882
Marriage Act, Marriage districts, Feilding, Foxton, Sanson
  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government

🏘️ Districts constituted under "The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875."

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
31 August 1882
Registration districts, Births, Deaths, Napier, Hastings, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Wanganui, Patea, Waverley
  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
  • Thomas Dick

🏘️ Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
31 August 1882
Marriage Act, Marriage districts, Feilding, Foxton, Sanson
  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government