G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of July, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Petty Sessions Act 1865," it is enacted that the said Act shall come into operation in each of the Provinces of New Zealand respectively on and from a day or days to be fixed in respect of each of such Provinces by the Governor in Council. And whereas by the said Act it is further enacted that the Governor, from time to time, by Order in Council, whereof notice shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette, may constitute and define districts within and for which the said Courts respectively shall be held, and such districts, or any of them, may from time to time in manner aforesaid abolish, and the boundaries thereof may define or alter.

And whereas by an Order in Council, bearing date the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in him as aforesaid, did, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, appoint and fix the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, to be the day on and from which "The Petty Sessions Act 1865," should come into operation within the Province of Auckland.

And whereas by an Order in Council, bearing even date herewith, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in him as aforesaid, did fix the first day of August next to be the day on and from which "The Petty Sessions Act 1865," should come into operation in the Provinces of Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Otago, and Southland, respectively.

And whereas by an Order in Council, bearing date the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in him as aforesaid, did define certain districts in the Province of Auckland to be the districts within and for which Courts of Petty Sessions should be held for the purposes of the said Act. And whereas it is expedient to abolish the districts aforesaid, and to define districts within the Provinces of Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Otago, and Southland, respectively, within and for which Courts of Petty Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the said Act:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power in this behalf vested in him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, abolish the districts within the Province of Auckland, defined in the said Order in Council of the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and with the like advice and consent doth hereby define the districts following to be the districts within and for which Courts of Petty Sessions shall be held for the purposes of the said Act, that is to say:

PROVINCES OF OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND.

Te Anau District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by the Province of Canterbury; towards the east by the western watershed of the Wakatipu Lake and the Waiau Plain District, hereinafter described; towards the south and west by the ocean.

Wakatipu District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by the Province of Canterbury; towards the east by a line proceeding from the Province of Canterbury over Mount Alta to the Matukituki River at the junction of Carmelburn, thence over Treble Cone by the ranges, over Mount Cardrona and along Kirtleburn to the Kawarau, thence to Ben Nevis, and thence by the ranges to Lorn Peak, thence by the boundary of the Waikaia District, to its intersection with the boundary of the Taringatura Downs District; towards the south by the last-named district, and towards the west by the Te Anau district aforesaid.

Cromwell District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by the Province of Canterbury; towards the east by the eastern watershed of the Hawea Lake and Clutha River to Leaning Rock, thence to Cairn Hill, and thence to the Obelisk; towards the south by the ranges to Rocky Mount, thence to Lorn Peak; and towards the west by the Wakatipu district aforesaid.

Oamaru District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north and north-east by the Province of Canterbury; towards the south-east by the ocean; towards the south by a line proceeding from the mouth of the Waiarakaui River to the Kakanui Mountains; towards the west by the ranges to Kyeburn Hill, thence to Mount Ida, thence to Hawkdun Mountains, thence to Mount St. Bathans, and thence by the Cromwell district.

Mount Ida District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north and east by the Oamaru district to the Kakanui Mountains, thence to Shag River at the junction of Deep Dell Creek, thence by the ranges to the Hummock; towards the south by a line proceeding from the Hummock to the Rock and Pillar Mountain, thence by the ranges to Lammerlaw; towards the east by the ranges from Lammerlaw to South Roughridge Hill, thence by a direct line to the junction of Leander Creek with the Manuherikia River, thence by Leander Creek to Cromwell district, and by Cromwell district to Mount St. Bathans.

Clyde District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north-west by Cromwell district; towards the east by Mount Ida district; towards the south-west by the Knobby Range and towards the south by a direct line between Cairn Hill and the district.

Waikai District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by Wakatipu and Cromwell districts; towards the east by the Garvie Mountains for about ten miles in a southerly direction, thence by a line over Titan Rocks to White Comb, thence by the ranges and the eastern watershed of the Waikaka River to the Lake road; towards the south by the Lake road, and towards the west by the Province.

Roxburgh District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by Cromwell and Clyde districts; towards the east by Clyde and Mount Ida districts; towards the south from Lammerlaw to the Clutha River by the southern boundary of the run numbered two hundred; thence across the Clutha River to Spylaw Burn, and by Spylaw Burn and Parasol Creek to the Black Umbrella Mountain; and towards the west by the Waikaia District.

Mataura District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by the Waikaia district; towards the east by the eastern watershed of the Waikaka River to the main South Road; thence by the Kaiwera Creek and the ranges to the Cairn; thence by a direct line to Bleak Hill; thence to Black Horn; and thence to the ocean at Chasland’s Mistake; towards the south by the ocean; and towards the west by the Invercargill district and the Taringatura Downs district, hereinafter described.

Iapanui District.

Comprises all that area bounded towards the north by Roxburgh district; towards the east by the Clutha River; towards the south by the ranges from the junction of Black Cleughburn with the Clutha to Rankleburn at its junction with the Pomahaka River; thence by the Pomahaka and Waipahi Rivers to the Wakatipu District, to its intersection with the boundary of the Taringatura Downs District; towards the south by the last-named district, and towards the west by the Te Anau district aforesaid.