TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the said "District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," shall come into operation with respect to

"The District Court of Taranaki."

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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. Gisborne.

God save the Queen!

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858," it is provided that there shall be within the Colony Courts of Record, to be called District Courts, and the Governor is empowered, from time to time, by notification in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix the times and places within the district at which every such Court shall be held: And whereas by "The District Courts Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is provided that as to the times of the holding of such Courts it shall be sufficient for the Governor, if he shall so think fit, to fix the interval only within which such Courts shall be held at each place; and it shall in such case be lawful for the Judge of such Court to fix the particular times and days for the holding of such Courts in the manner and subject to the provisions therein contained:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, fix that Sessions of the District Court of Taranaki for civil and criminal business shall be held in the Resident Magistrate’s Court House, at New Plymouth, in the Province of Taranaki, in every year, at intervals of not less than six nor more than seventeen days between the first day of each sitting.

Issued this thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. Gisborne.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, 30th November, 1870.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The District Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1870," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation from time to time, declare that any District Court shall have cognizance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanors, as specified in the fourth section of the said Act:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that

The District Court of Taranaki shall henceforth have cognizance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanors committed before or after the passing of the said Act within the district over which its jurisdiction extends, saving only the felonies specially excepted in and by the fourth clause of the said Act.

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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. Gisborne.

God save the Queen!

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, 3rd November, 1870.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Harvey Ewen Kenny, Esq.,

to be Judge of the District Court of Taranaki.

W. Gisborne.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, 30th November, 1870.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Charles Edward Rawson, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the District Court of Taranaki.

W. Gisborne.