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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!
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentleman to be Registrars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the districts, in the Province of Wellington, set opposite their names respectively as defined in proclamation published in this Gazette—
John Batten Smith, Esq. ... Manawatu.
James Freeman Fitzgerald, Esq. ... Rangitikei.
John Elijah Smith, Esq. ... Wellington.
David Stark Durie, Esq. ... Wanganui.
These appointments to take effect on and from the first day of November, 1866.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Ibid.
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Charles Roe, Printer for the time being to such Government.
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1866, No 30
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Districts for Registration of Marriages
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 September 1866
Marriage Act, Registration Districts, Wellington, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Manawatu
- E. W. Stafford
🏛️ Appointment of Registrars of Marriages and Births, Deaths, and Marriages
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration28 September 1866
Registrar Appointments, Marriage Registration, Birth and Death Registration, Wellington Province
- John Batten Smith (Esquire), Appointed Registrar for Manawatu
- James Freeman Fitzgerald (Esquire), Appointed Registrar for Rangitikei
- John Elijah Smith (Esquire), Appointed Registrar for Wellington
- David Stark Durie (Esquire), Appointed Registrar for Wanganui
- E. W. Stafford