Coroners' District Definitions




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Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland,
this twenty-sixth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. Grey.
By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.

Warrant defining District under "The Coroners’ Act, 1858."

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by "The Coroners’ Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned, to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the Districts within which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such Districts to alter as occasion may require. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of

Rangitikei,
to be all the country between the Manawatu River, the Wangaehu River, the Sea Coast, and the Ruahine Range of Hills.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland,
this twenty-sixth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. Grey.
By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.

Warrant defining District under "The Coroners’ Act, 1858."

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by "The Coroners’ Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned, to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the Districts within which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such Districts to alter as occasion may require. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of

Hutt,
in the Province of Wellington, to be all the territory comprised within the limits following, that is to say: the several Districts of the Hutt, the Upper Hutt, the Pakuratahi to the summit of the Rimutaka Range, the Lowry Bay, Wainui-o-mata, and adjacent country to the Rimutaka range of hills.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland,
this twenty-sixth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. Grey.
By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.

Warrant defining District under "The Coroners’ Act, 1858."

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by "The Coroners’ Act, 1858," the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned, to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the Districts within which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction, and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such Districts to alter as occasion may require. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of

Wairarapa,
in the Province of Wellington, to be all the territory comprised within the limits following, that is to say: the country between the Rimutaka range of Hills, the Coast, and a line drawn from Waimata near Cape Turnagain, running along the Northern boundary of Puketoi to Puke-toi Range, thence in a straight line to where Te-rua-mea falls into the Manawatu River, near Awa-purua, thence along the Manawatu River to the Gorge in the Ruahine Mountains.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland,
this twenty-sixth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. Grey.
By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 13





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⚖️ Definition of Rangitikei District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
26 March 1862
Coroners’ Act, Rangitikei, District Definition
  • Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Henry Sewell

⚖️ Definition of Hutt District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
26 March 1862
Coroners’ Act, Hutt, District Definition, Wellington Province
  • Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Henry Sewell

⚖️ Definition of Wairarapa District under The Coroners’ Act, 1858

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
26 March 1862
Coroners’ Act, Wairarapa, District Definition, Wellington Province
  • Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Henry Sewell