PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

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SCHEDULE.

Westland District.

This district comprises the whole of the Province of Westland, together with that portion of the Province of Nelson contained within the following boundaries; that is to say,—towards the North by a right line from the mouth of the River Mackay to the summit of Mount Arthur; thence towards the East by a right line to the junction of the River Gowan, or Rotoroa, with the River Buller, and thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Princess; thence towards the South-east by a right line to the saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers; thence towards the South-west by part of the southern boundary of the Province of Nelson to the sea; and thence towards the North-west by the sea to the mouth of the River Mackay, the commencement point.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette,
No 41, July 15, 1875.]

Extending Civil Jurisdiction of District Court of Westland.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, GOVERNOR.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," it is enacted it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette, to bring into operation with respect to any District Court from and after a day to be named in such Proclamation, either the whole of the said Act or such sections thereof as to him shall seem fit.

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the twelfth day of July instant, the said "District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," shall come into operation with respect to

The District Court of Westland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 41, July 15, 1875.]

Extending Criminal Jurisdiction of District Court of Westland.

(L.S.)
NORMANBY, GOVERNOR.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The District Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1870," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation, from time to time declare that any District Court shall have cognizance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanours, as specified in the fourth section of the said Act:

Now therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that

The District Court of Westland

shall, from the twelfth day of July instant, have cognizance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanours committed before or after the passing of the said Act within the district over which its jurisdiction extends, saving