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Wairarapa District.

The District of Wairarapa comprises the tract of country enclosed by the following boundary, viz: a line drawn from Cape Rewarewa along the Coast to Cape Turnagain; thence up the Waimata Stream along the northern boundary of Puketoi to Puketoi Range; thence in a straight line to where Teruamea falls into the Manawatu River; thence along the Manawatu River to the Gorge in the Ruahine Mountains; thence in a straight line to Remutaka Ranges; thence along Remutaka Range to Cape Rewarewa, as delineated on the accompanying plan.

Hawke’s Bay District.

The Hawke’s Bay District comprises the tract of country enclosed by the following boundary, viz: a line drawn from the Gorge in the Ruahine Mountains up Ruahine Range, until it meets the 176th parallel of longitude; thence along the said parallel to the northern boundary of the Province; thence along the said northern boundary to the East Coast; thence down the East Coast to Cape Turnagain; thence up Waimata Stream, along the northern boundary of Puketoi, to Puketoi Range; thence in a straight line to where Teruamea falls into the Manawatu River; thence along the Manawatu River to the Gorge in the Ruahine Mountains, as delineated on the accompanying plan.

Wanganui-Rangitiki District.

The Wanganui-Rangitiki District comprises the tract of country enclosed by the following boundary, viz: a line drawn from the mouth of the Rangitiki River along the Coast to the Northern boundary of the Province; thence along the said Northern boundary until it meets the 176th parallel of longitude; thence down the said 176th parallel of longitude to its junction with the 40th parallel of latitude; thence along the said 40th parallel of latitude to the Rangitiki River; thence down the Rangitiki River to the Coast as delineated on the accompanying plan.

PROCLAMATION.

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

Whereas by an Ordinance passed by the Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, intituled “An Ordinance for establishing Courts of Sessions of the Peace,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation, from time to time, to constitute and define certain districts within which there shall be holden Courts of Sessions of the Peace, at such times and places as the Governor shall by Proclamation from time to time appoint.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor, in pursuance of the powers in me vested in that behalf, do by this proclamation constitute the several Districts following to be Districts within which there shall be holden Sessions of the Peace, viz.—

1. The District of Wanganui-Rangitiki,
2. The District of Hawke’s Bay,
3. The District of Wairarapa.

The boundaries of which said several Districts are respectively set forth and described in the Schedule, and are delineated on the maps or plans hereunto annexed.

And I do hereby appoint that the Sessions of the Peace for the said Districts of Wanganui-Rangitiki, shall be holden, at the Town of Wanganui, on the 15th day of January, the 16th day of April, the 15th day of July, and the 16th day of October, in every year.

And that the Sessions of the Peace for the said District of Hawke’s Bay, shall be holden at the Town of Napier, on the 21st day of May, and the 21st day of November, in every year.

And that the Sessions of the Peace for the said District of Wairarapa shall be holden at Grey Town, on the 6th day of May, and the 6th day of November, in every year.

Provided always that in case any one of the said days shall fall on a Sunday, then the Sessions of the Peace appointed for such day shall be holden on the day following.