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along the said stream and on to Rautapapa, thence on to Omawhai, thence
on to Poporenga, thence along the Poporenga and on to Te Upoko-o-koko, thence
on to Waingangi, thence on to Tuwharemanuka, thence on to the mouth of the
Kahangapiro stream thence along the Kahangapiro and on to Otamaararo,
thence on to Te Pue te pikitanga, thence turning it runs on to Reureuonwhiuwhiu,
thence to the Otaratahi, thence on to Otuaroa, thence on to Te Auaroa, thence
on to Pohatukaha, thence turning Easterly right along the ridge of the Ruahine on
to Ohawai, thence on to Orunrea, thence on to Tamahine o te Urungatapu, thence
on to Waingangi, thence on to te Rakautaonga, thence on to Rikorangi, thence
turning off to Waitotaki, thence right on to the Ngaruroro, thence right on
along the said stream and on to Poanou, and so on until it joins at the mouth of the Oaro stream, there it ends.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas
Gore Browne, Companion of the
Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Resident Magistrates’ Courts Extension of Jurisdiction Act, 1856," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the
governor, upon the request of the Superintendent of any Province, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, to bring
the said Act into operation in respect to
any Resident Magistrate’s Court having
jurisdiction within such Province, from
and after a certain day to be named in
such proclamation, and to define the
Districts within which cases may be heard
in such Court under the provisions of
the said Act.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New
Zealand, upon the request of the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington,
do hereby proclaim and declare, that the
said recited Act shall come into operation in respect of the Courts of the several Resident Magistrates of Wellington,
Hawke’s Bay and Wanganui, in the said
Province of Wellington, from and after
the first day of July in the year 1857.

And I do hereby define the Districts,
within which cases may be heard, in the
said Resident Magistrates’ Courts, under
the provisions of the said Act, as follows,
viz:—

Within the Districts of Wellington,
and of Manawatu, in the Court of
the Resident Magistrate of Wellington;
Within the District of Hawke’s Bay,
and of Wairarapa, in the Court of
the Resident Magistrate of
Hawke’s Bay;
Within the District of Wanganui-
Rangitikei, in the Court of the
Resident Magistrate of Wanganui;
the boundaries of which said several
Districts are respectively set forth and
described in the Schedule, and are delineated by the maps or plans hereunto
annexed.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Government House, at Auckland,
this second day of June,
in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and
fifty seven.

Thomas Gore Browne,
Governor.

By His Excellency’s command,
E. W. Stafford.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

SCHEDULE.

Wellington District.

The District of Wellington comprises
the tract of country enclosed by the
following boundary, viz: a line drawn
from Cape Rewarewa, along the Remutaka Range; thence in a straight direction to the Gorge in the Ruahine Mountains; thence along the Coast to Cape
Rewarewa, including Port Nicholson, as
delineated on the accompanying plan.

Manawatu District.

The Manawatu District comprises the
tract of country enclosed by the following
boundary, viz: a line drawn from the
point where the 176th parallel of longitude crosses the 40th parallel of latitude
along the said 176th parallel until it
meets Ruahine Range; thence along
Ruahine Range to the Gorge in the
Ruahine Mountains; thence down the
Manawatu River to the Coast; thence
along the Coast to the mouth of the