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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 two districts for the purposes of the said Act, called the “Wellington District,” and the “Wanganui 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 proclamation as relates to the said districts, and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised within such districts.

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, 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 “Wellington District” and the “Wanganui District,” and do 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 four districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:—

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Bounded on the North by the River Waikanae, from Cook Strait to the Tararua Range; on the South by Cook Strait; on the East by the Rimutaka and Tararua Mountains; on the West by Cook Strait.

WANGANUI DISTRICT.

Bounded on the North by the Northern boundary of the Province from Cook Strait to the Ruahine Mountains; on the South by the Wangaehu River, to a point in continuation of the Northern boundary of the Rangitikei (Land) District; thence along that boundary to the Rangitikei River; and thence by a line due East to the Ruahine Range; on the East by the Ruahine Mountains; on the West by Cook Strait.

RANGITIKEI DISTRICT.

Commencing at the mouth of the Rangitikei River, and following its course to the boundary of the Rangitikei District; thence along the Northern boundary of the Rangitikei District, and by a continuation of the line to the Wangaehu River; thence by the Wangaehu River to the sea; and thence along the sea coast to the mouth of the Rangitikei River.

MANAWATU DISTRICT.

Commencing at the mouth of the Rangitikei River, to the boundary of the Rangitikei District; thence by a line due East to the Ruahine Range; and thence along the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges to the Waikanae River; thence along the Waikanae River to the sea coast; and along the sea coast to the mouth of the Rangitikei River.

And I hereby declare that this proclamation shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. Stafford.

God Save The Queen!

Districts for Registration of Marriages.

G. Grey, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Marriage Act Amendment 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 two districts for the purposes of the said Act, called the “Wellington District,” and the “Wanganui 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 proclamation as relates to the said districts, and to divide anew the territory formerly comprised within such districts.

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Act, do