TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

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G. F. BOWEN, 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 Proclamation 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 sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, the Governor, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, did amongst others constitute a district for the purposes of the said Act, called the "New Plymouth District," the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, which said Proclamation came into operation and took effect on the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine:

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

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, 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 the said districts, and so 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 two districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:—

New Plymouth District.

Bounded on the North by the River Mokau to its source; on the East by a right line running from the source of the River Mokau to the point where the Ngahuinga or Tuhua, the principal tributary of the Wanganui River is intersected by the thirty-ninth parallel of South latitude, thence by the River Wanganui to the point where it is met by the Taumatamahoe Path leading from the River Waitara, thence by a right line running from the above described point of the Wanganui River in the direction of the mouth of the River Putea, until it intersects the north-east boundary of the confiscated lands; on the South-west by the boundary of confiscated lands from the above-described point of intersection to the summit of Mount Egmont, and by the sea coast from the mouth of the River Tangatarua to the mouth of the River Mokau; on the South-east by a line from the summit of Mount Egmont to the source of the River Taungatara, and by the said river to the sea coast; and on the West and North-west by the sea coast, from the mouth of the River Taungatara to the mouth of the River Mokau.

Patea District.

Bounded on the North-west by the River Tangatarua from the sea to its source, thence by a direct line to the summit of Mount Egmont; on the North-east by the boundary of the confiscated lands to where it strikes the Waitotara River; on the South-east by that river; and on the South-west by the sea to the commencing point.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

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 tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. Gisborne,

God Save The Queen!

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1871.

THE following Ordinances passed by the Provincial Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, intituled:

"The Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1870;" and

"The Appropriation Ordinance, 1870-71,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to assent to the same.

W. Gisborne.