Numb. 72.

1523

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895.

Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by “The Marriage Act, 1880,”
I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage dis-
tricts known as the Palmerston North and Foxton Districts,
and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore
comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew
into three marriage districts, the names and boundaries
whereof shall be as follow:—

PALMERSTON NORTH DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded
towards the north-west generally by the Oroua River to the
northern boundary-line of Section No. 264, Block I., Poha-
inga Survey District: thence towards the south by that
section and Section No. 265 of said block, by Sections Nos.
266 and 190, Block XIII., Aputi Survey District, and Section
No. 189, Block XVI., Ongo Survey District: thence again
towards the north-west generally by the western side of
Kiwitea-Tapuae Road, passing Sections Nos. 13, 19, and 12,
Block XVI., Ongo Survey District, and Sections Nos. 10, 2,
and 3, Block X., and by the continuation of that road, by
the summit of the range and the leading spur to the southern-
most corner of Section No. 62, Block II., Aputi Survey Dis-
trict, by the south-western boundary-line of that section, by
Sections Nos. 70 and 76 of said Block II., by Section No. 75,
Block XIV., Hautapu Survey District, to the north-west
corner of Section No. 73; thence by a right line to Wairaki
Trig. Station; thence by a right line to Kawhatau No. 3 Trig.
Station; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Ka-
whatau with the Pourangiki River; and thence by a line
due north to the summit of the northern watershed of the
Kawhatau River, and by that summit to the summit of the
Ruahine Range: towards the south-east by the said summit
to the Manawatu River near the Gorge; thence by a line
across that river, and thence by the summit of the nearest
spur leading to the Tararua Range; thence by the summit of
the said Tararua Range to the southern boundary-line of
Oroua County: and thence towards the south-west generally
by the Horowhenua County and the Manawatu River to the
Oroua River aforesaid.

SHANNON DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded
towards the north generally by the Manawatu River from
the sea to the southern boundary-line of the Oroua County,
and thence by the Oroua County to the summit of the
Tararua Range; thence towards the south-east by the sum-
mit of that range to the Horowhenua Block; thence towards
the south-west by that block to the Ohau River; thence
towards the south generally by the said Ohau River to the
sea; and thence towards the west by the sea to the Manawatu
River aforesaid.

FOXTON DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded
towards the north-west by the Rangitikei River from the
sea to the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 63,
Block II., Te Kauau Survey District; thence towards the
north-east by the said Section No. 63, and by the road which
forms the southern boundary of Section No. 64, said Block
II., and by that road continued easterly through Blocks II.,
VI., VII., and VIII., Te Kauau Survey District aforesaid,
to the Oroua River; thence towards the south-east by the
left bank of the Oroua River to its confluence with the
Manawatu River, and thence by the left bank of the Mana-
watu River; and towards the south-west generally by the
left bank of that river to the sea; and thence towards the
west by the sea to the Rangitikei River aforesaid.

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

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over 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
eighteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Districts constituted under “The Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1875.”

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

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, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish
the existing registration districts known as the Palmerston
North and Foxton Districts; and do proclaim and declare
that the territory heretofore comprised within the said dis-
tricts is hereby divided anew into three registration districts,
the names whereof shall be the Palmerston North, Shannon,
and Foxton 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 Procla-
mation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of
“The Marriage Act, 1880.”