PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1865," it is provided that the said Act shall come into operation in such districts as the Governor may from time to time, on and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, specify and appoint by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim, specify, and appoint all that part of the Colony situated in the Provinces of Wellington and Taranaki, whereof the boundaries are as follows:—The sea coast from the mouth of the River Waitotara to the mouth of the River Hangatahua, to its source, thence a straight line to the summit of Mount Egmont, thence a straight line to the source of the River Waitotara, thence the River Waitotara to the commencing point at its mouth—to be a District within which "The Militia Act, 1865," shall henceforth be in operation.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is enacted by the twenty-third section of "The Public Houses Act, 1868," that it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute any place within the Colony a Proclaimed District within the meaning of the said Act, and that thereupon it shall not be lawful for any person, whether holding a license under any Act or Ordinance regulating the sale of wine, ale, beer, or spirits or not, to sell or supply any wine, beer, or spirituous or fermented liquors of any kind without the permission of such person as the Governor shall from time to time appoint to grant permits for the sale of such articles within such district; and that any person, not being the holder of a permit so granted as aforesaid, shall keep his house open, or shall sell or supply any wine, ale, beer, or spirits, or any fermented or spirituous liquors, whether for money or other reward or without money or reward, within any district after the day fixed in any Proclamation relating to such district as the day for the coming into operation thereof, shall be liable to forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before any one or more Justices of the Peace:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority for that purpose vested in me, do hereby proclaim and declare that all that part of the Colony situated in the Provinces of Wellington and Taranaki, whereof the boundaries are as follows:—The sea coast from the mouth of the River Waitotara to the mouth of the River Hangatahua, to its source, thence a straight line to the summit of Mount Egmont, thence a straight line to the source of the River Waitotara, thence the River Waitotara to the commencing point at its mouth—shall from and after the twenty-fourth day of September be a Proclaimed District within the meaning and for the purposes of "The Public Houses Act, 1868," aforesaid.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, 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 Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN