Numb. 104.

2269

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1900.

Districts constituted under “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by “The Marriage Act, 1880,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage district known as the Drury District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

DRURY DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Parish of Manurewa, from the Manukau Harbour to Section No. 94, Parish of Manurewa aforesaid; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 91 and 153, said Parish of Manurewa, Sections Nos. 178, 131, and 132, Pakuranga Parish, Sections Nos. 33, 55, 57, and 63, Maraetai Parish, to the eastern boundary of the said Maraetai Parish; thence by that parish and the waters of Hauraki Gulf: towards the east generally by the Firth of Thames: towards the south generally by the Kohoroa, Mangatawhiri, and Pukekohe Parishes: and towards the west generally by the Waiau Parish and the waters of the Manukau Harbour.

PUKEKOHE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the northern boundaries of the Pukekohe, Mangatawhiri, and Kohoroa Parishes, and the Firth of Thames: towards the east generally by the Piako River to its intersection by a right line joining Te Aroha and Putakauere, on the Waikato River: thence towards the south generally by that line to Putakauere aforesaid; thence by a right line to the northern corner of Section No. 22, Parish of Whangape; thence by the eastern shore of Whangape Lake to its southernmost point; and thence by a right line running west-south-west to the sea: thence towards the west generally by the sea and the Waikato River to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Puni Parish; thence by a right line to and by that parish to the northern boundary of Pukekohe Parish aforesaid.

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Drury District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into two registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Drury and Pukekohe 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 second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ERRATUM.—In the Warrant appointing a Harbourmaster at Picton, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 29th November, 1900, page 2154, for “Thomas Elphinstone Edwards,” read “Thomas Edwards.”

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