Numb. 13.

Altering Boundaries of Resident Magistrates' Districts of Auckland and Papakura, and abolishing District of Waiuku.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the colony, or in any part thereof, districts to be called Resident Magistrates' districts, and such districts from time to time to abolish, and the boundaries to define and alter, and in any such Proclamation to fix a time on and from which any such district shall be constituted or abolished, as the case may be:

And whereas by Proclamations bearing date the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the thirteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in him, did define the boundaries of the Resident Magistrates' Districts of Waiuku, Papakura, and Auckland, as described in the said Proclamations respectively, to be Resident Magistrates' districts within the meaning and for the purpose of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the said District of Waiuku, and to alter the boundaries of the said Districts of Papakura and Auckland so defined as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities so vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby abolish the said District of Waiuku, and alter the boundaries of the said Districts of Auckland and Papakura, and define them as described in the Schedule hereto, as and from the first day of April proximo.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND.

All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland bounded towards the North by a right line from Muriwai, on the West Coast, to the the mouth of the Okura River; thence towards the East by the Hauraki Gulf, the Waitemata Harbour, the Tamaki River, and Tamaki Strait to the mouth of the Wairoa River; thence towards the South generally by the Road Districts of Wairoa, Papakura, and Manurewa to Manukau Harbour, and thence by that harbour; and towards the South-west by the ocean to Muriwai, the place of commencement: including the Islands of Motutapu, Rangitoto, Waiheke, Ponui, Great Barrier, Little Barrier, and other adjacent islands; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland.

PAPAKURA.

All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland bounded towards the North generally by Manukau Harbour, the Auckland Resident Magistrate's District, hereinbefore described, and Tamaki Strait to Orere Point; thence towards the South-east by a leading spur to Trig. 21 (Kohukohunui); and thence by the summit of the Wharekawa Range to the road from Pukorokoro to Mercer; thence towards the North-east by a right line to the most northerly source of the Whangamarino River; thence towards the South by that river to the Waikato River; thence again towards the North-east by the latter river to the Whangape Stream, and thence by that stream to Whangape Lake; thence towards the South by the said Whangape Lake to the mouth of the Awaroa River; thence by a line due west to the summit of the watershed between the Waikato River and the West Coast; thence again towards the North-east by the summit of the said watershed to a point due east of Waikorea, on the West Coast; thence again towards the South by a right line to Waikorea aforesaid; and thence towards the South-west by the ocean to the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Christchurch, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Altering Boundaries of Resident Magistrates' Districts of Nelson and Kaiapoi.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand