Oct. 5.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1373

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 North Molyneux and Balclutha Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into two marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

KAITANGATA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Otago, bounded towards the North-west from the Koau branch of the Clutha River by a road-line forming the south-eastern boundary of part of Section No. 5 and of Sections Nos. 4 and 1, Block V., Inchelutha Survey District, and Sections Nos. 4, 3, and 1 of Block VI., by the road-line forming the north-eastern boundary of said Section No. 1, by Section No. 7, Block IV., and the south-eastern boundary-line of that section produced to the Matau branch of the Clutha River; across that branch and towards the South-west by the said river to a point in line with the north-west boundary-line of Section No. 8 of Block X., North Molyneux Survey District, to and by said line and by the road-line passing through Section No. 1 of Block XI. of North Molyneux Survey District, and through Section No. 2 of Block XII., South Tuakitoto Survey District, to the Tuakitoto Lake, by said lake to the Two-Stone Creek; towards the North-east by the Two-Stone Creek to its source; thence by the summit of the watershed to the source of the Wangaloa Creek; thence by the said creek to the ocean; towards the South-east by the ocean; and again towards the South-west by the Koau branch of the the Clutha River to the starting point.

BALCLUTHA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial District of Otago, bounded towards the North from the Clutha River by Block III., Hillend Survey District; towards the East and again towards the North by Block VI. to Stoney Creek, by the said creek to Tuakitoto Lake; towards the East by that lake to the Kaitangata Registration District, before described; towards the South-east by that district to the Koau branch of the Clutha River; towards the South-west by that branch to a point in line with the north-western boundary-line of Block XIII., Clutha Survey District, by a right line to and by said boundary-line and by Block XII. to the Puerua River; again towards the South by the said river and the Little Puerua to the southern boundary of Block IX., Warepa Survey District; thence by a right line due west to Block VIII. of said district; towards the West by said Block VIII. and the production of its eastern boundary in a northerly direction to the Kaihiku Stream; again towards the North and towards the North-west by the said stream to the Clutha River; and again towards the North-east by the Clutha River to a point opposite the southern boundary-line of Block III., Hillend Survey District, and by a line across the river to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plans in the District Survey Office, Dunedin.

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!

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 authority vested in the Governor by "The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875," I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as the North Molyneux and Balclutha Districts; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Kaitangata and Balclutha Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries 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 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!

Town District of Linwood, County of Selwyn, constituted.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Town Districts Act, 1881" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), it is, among other things, enacted that the inhabitants of any locality not constituted a borough under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," wherein there are not less than fifty householders, may apply by petition to the Governor praying that such locality may be constituted a town district under the said Act; and that no such locality shall exceed two square miles in area, and no one point in such area shall be distant more than four miles from any other point therein, except in the case of military townships; and that in every such locality not less than two-thirds of the number of the resident householders shall concur in any such petition, and each signature to such petition shall be verified by the attestation