Numb. 83.
1371

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 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, the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby abolish the existing marriage districts known
as the Waipukurau and Tamaki Districts, and do pro-
claim and declare that the territory heretofore com-
prised within the said districts is hereby divided anew
into four marriage districts, the names and boundaries
whereof shall be as follow:—

ASHLEY-CLINTON DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North and North-east by
a line due east from the summit of Ruahine Range
to the source of the Tukituki River; thence by that
river to its confluence with the Makaretu River;
towards the South-east and South by that river to its
source, and by a line due west to the summit of
Ruahine Range; and towards the West by the
summit of that range.

WAIPUKURAU DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North and West by the
Makaretu River and the Tukituki River; and again
towards the North by the Hawea Stream, the northern
boundary of Block LXIII., and the northern and
eastern boundaries of Block LXVIII., and the north-
ern boundary of the Te Apiti Native Block; 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, and 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 summit of the Ruahine Range; towards
the West by that summit to a point due west of the
source of the Makaretu River; and again towards
the North by a right line to the said source.

NORSEWOOD DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North by the Waipukurau
Registration District, before described, to the Manga-
waiora Creek; towards the South-east by that creek
and the Waikopiro Stream, and by the Mangapurakau
Stream to its source; thence by a right line to the
source of the Wangai Stream; thence by that stream
generally by the Woodville Registration District,
hereinafter described; and towards the West by the
summit of the Ruahine Range.

WOODVILLE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, bounded towards the North-west by the summit
of the Ruahine Range to a point due west of the in-
tersection of the southern boundary line of Section
No. 2 with Whakaruatapu Stream; thence towards
the North-east by a right line to said boundary-line;
thence by said section and by Section No. 1 to its
south-east corner; thence by a due east line to the
Mangatawainui River, by that river and by the Mana-
watu River to the Terereangarehu Stream, by that
stream and by the Mangapuaka Stream to the Wangai
Stream; thence by a right line to the north-western
corner of Tautane Block; thence by said block to
Wahataura, on the provincial district boundary; and
towards the South by the Counties of Wairarapa
East and Wairarapa West to the Ruahine Range.

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

H. A. ATKINSON,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!