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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five, a district was defined within which a District Court
should be held under the said Act, and it was thereby
declared that the said Court should be designated by the
name of “The Nelson District Court.”

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the seven-
teenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-eight, the boundaries of the said district so defined
were altered :

And whereas it is expedient to further alter the boundaries
of the said district 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 power and authority vested in me by the
said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and
after the twelfth day of July instant, the boundaries of the
district within which the Nelson District Court shall be
held shall be altered, and that thenceforth the boundaries
thereof shall be the boundaries hereinafter described.

NELSON DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT.

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Nelson and
Marlborough bounded towards the north-west and north-
east generally by the ocean from Kohaihai Bluff to Croixelles
Harbour; towards the north by a line due east to Elaine
Bay, Tennyson Inlet; towards the east generally by Tenny-
son Inlet, Tawhitinui Reach, Popoure Reach, Hikapu Reach,
and Mahau Sound to the Kaituna River; thence by that
river and its principal western branch to its source near
Mount Riley; towards the south-east by a right line to
Mount Riley; thence by the summit of the dividing range
between the Pelorus and the Wairau Valleys to the boundary-
line between the Counties of Waimea and Marlborough;
thence by the latter county and the County of Amuri to
Mount Humboldt; towards the south-west, again towards the
north-west, and towards the south by the District Court
District of Westland, as the same is described in a Procla-
mation of even date herewith.

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 Honour-
able 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 the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this tenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
eight.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Boundaries of District Court District of Westland altered.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The District Courts Act, 1858,” it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from
time to time, as he shall think fit, by Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the colony,
or in any part thereof, districts within which District Courts
shall be respectively held, and such districts to abolish, and
the boundaries thereof to define or alter :

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the tenth day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, a
district was defined within which a District Court should be
held under the said Act, and it was thereby declared that
the said Court should be designated by the name of “The
District Court of Westland :”

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the seven-
teenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
eight, the boundaries of the said district so defined were
altered :

And whereas it is expedient to further alter the boundaries
of the said district 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 power and authority vested in me by the
said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and
after the twelfth day of July instant, the boundaries of the
district within which the District Court of Westland shall
be held shall be altered, and that thenceforth the boundaries
thereof shall be the boundaries hereinafter described.

DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF WESTLAND.

All that area in the Provincial Districts of Nelson and
Westland bounded towards the north by Collingwood
County; towards the south-east by the Counties of Waimea
and Inangahua to the Buller River; thence towards the
north-east by a right line to Mount Humboldt; again towards
the south-east by the County of Amuri to the Hurunui
Saddle; thence by the summit of the Southern Alps to
Mount Aspiring; towards the south-west by a right line to
the mouth of the Awarua River; and towards the north-west
by the ocean.

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 the Government
House, at Wellington, this tenth day of July, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

School Commissioners subject to Provisions of “The Public
Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day
of July, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Public Bodies’
Powers Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said
Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in
Council, from time to time declare that any leasing authority
shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act, but that
no such order shall have any effect unless it be issued at
the request or upon the recommendation of the leasing
authority on whose behalf such order is issued :

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the twenty-
seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven, the School Commissioners for the Provincial
District of Hawke’s Bay were, at their own request, brought
under the provisions of certain sections of the said Act :

And whereas the said School Commissioners have requested
that they may be made subject to all the provisions of the
said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis
Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council thereof, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, doth
hereby order and declare that, from and after the date
hereof, the School Commissioners for the Provincial District
of Hawke’s Bay shall be subject to all the provisions of
“The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Lighthouse Dues.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day
of July, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by “The Shipping and Sea-
men’s Act, 1877,” that the Governor may, by Order
in Council, fix the various rates of lighthouse dues, not ex-
ceeding those specified in the Eighth Schedule to the said
Act, which shall be payable at any port or ports within the
colony in respect of all ships arriving at, and of all ships
leaving, such ports; and in like manner from time to time
to vary, alter, or abolish such dues: And whereas it is
advisable to abolish the lighthouse dues at present in force
at the Ports of Hokianga and Thames, and to substitute
others in lieu thereof, and to fix lighthouse dues payable at
the Port of Coromandel :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby abolish all
lighthouse dues at present in force at the Ports of Hokianga
and Thames, and doth also order that the lighthouse dues
which are specified in the third column of the Schedule
hereunto annexed shall be collected on arrival at the ports
specified in the first column of the said Schedule.