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And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said proclamation as relates to the said districts
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such districts :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said recited
Act, do hereby revoke the said proclamation so far as
relates to Gabriel’s District and the West Taieri
District, and do proclaim and declare that the territory
formerly comprised within such districts shall be and
is hereby divided for the purposes of the said Act into
three districts, the names and boundaries whereof
shall be as follows :—

WAIPORI DISTRICT

Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from Maungatua Hill by the north-eastern watershed
of the Waipori River to the Lammerlaw; thence by
the south-western watershed of the said Waipori
River to Waitahuna Hill; thence in a direct line to
Maungatua Hill, the starting point.

GABRIEL’S DISTRICT

Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
in a northerly direction twenty chains distant from
and parallel to the Clutha River from a point opposite
Crookburn to a point opposite Beaumont Burn;
thence to and along Beaumont Burn to its source;
thence to the Lammerlaw; thence by the south-
western boundary of the Waipori District to the
north-west boundary of Waitahuna District; thence
along the north-western boundaries of Waitahuna
and Tokomairiro Districts, and across the Clutha River
to the starting point.

WEST TAIERI DISTRICT

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north
by the Lammerlaw Ranges and Sutton’s Stream;
towards the East by Waikouaiti, North Taieri and
East Taieri Districts; towards the south by Tokomairiro District, and towards the south-west by
Waitahuna and Waipori Districts :

And I do declare that this proclamation shall come
into operation and take effect on the second day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander 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, at the
Government House, at Wellington,
and issued under the seal of the said Colony,
this twelfth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Registration Act, 1858,”
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor at any time by proclamation in the New
Zealand Gazette to divide the Colony of New Zealand,
for the purposes of the said Act, into such and so many
districts as he may think fit, and that every such
district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a
Registrar’s district; and it is provided that the
Governor may at any time revoke the whole or any
part of such proclamation and issue a new proclama-
tion dividing the Colony or any part of it anew into
districts, or increasing the number, or altering the
boundaries of districts as from time to time he may
think requisite.

And whereas by a proclamation duly made and
issued, bearing date the thirtieth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the
Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power
and authority, did, amongst others, constitute dis-
tricts for the purposes of the said Act, called Gabriel’s
District and the West Taieri District, the boundaries
whereof were therein set forth, which said proclama-
tion came into operation and took effect on the first
day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six.

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of
the said proclamation as relates to the said districts,
and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised
within such districts :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said recited
Act, do hereby revoke the said proclamation so far as
relates to Gabriel’s District and the West Taieri
District, and do proclaim and declare that the
territory formerly comprised within such districts
shall be and is hereby divided for the purposes of the
said Act into three districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows :—

WAIPORI DISTRICT

Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from Maungatua Hill by the north-eastern watershed
of the Waipori River to the Lammerlaw; thence
by the south-western water-sheds of the said Waipori
River to Waitahuna Hill; thence in a direct line to
Maungatua Hill, the starting point.

GABRIEL’S DISTRICT

Comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
in a northerly direction twenty chains distant from
and parallel to the Clutha River from a point opposite
Crookburn to a point opposite Beaumont Burn;
thence to and along Beaumont Burn to its source;
thence to the Lammerlaw; thence by the south-
western boundary of the Waipori District to the
north-west boundary of Waitahuna District; thence along
the north-western boundaries of Waitahuna and Tokomairiro Districts, and across the Clutha River to the
starting point.

WEST TAIERI DISTRICT

Comprises all that area bounded towards the North by
the Lammerlaw Ranges and Sutton’s Stream; towards
the East by Waikouaiti, North Taieri, and East Taieri
Districts; towards the South by Tokomairiro District;
and towards the south-west by Waitahuna and Waipori
Districts :

And I do declare that this proclamation shall come
into operation and take effect on the second day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander 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, at the Government House, at
Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony this twelfth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Governor’s Delegations Act,
1867,” it is enacted that within any Province
in which by any Act or Ordinance it is provided that
the Superintendent shall in the administration of the
Government thereof, act by and with the advice and
consent of an Executive Council, it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council under his hand and the public
seal of the Colony, from time to time as occasion may
require to delegate to the Executive Government for the
time being of such Province, subject or not to any restrictions or limitations as he may think fit, all or any of
such powers as are or may be vested in the Governor or
Governor in Council, and which by any Act or Ordinance
now in force or by any Act passed during the present
session of Parliament, may be delegated to the Super-