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Mr. Lflley, in asking the Colonial Secretary (Mr.
Herbert) and the Surveyor-General in 1865 for descriptions
of the proposed districts, stated:
"The three districts—each of them to be distinct—
must embrace the whole Colony; and the boundaries
must be defined so as to show in the plainest possible
way the jurisdiction of each Court and the separation
of the one from the other by boundaries easily traceable.
Give descriptions for popular information apart
from the technical ones to be embodied in the Proclamation.
Any suggestions for re-arranging the Districts
on the proclamation of additional Courts will be
useful regard being had to the progress of our railway
works and the probable rise of new towns, etc."
Dalby was taken from the proposed Metropolitan
District and placed in the proposed Western District
with Condamine and Roma. Clermont and Gayndah
were placed in the Northern Division and Springsure
was omitted.
Mr. Charles William Blakeney, a Brisbane barrister,
was appointed Judge of the Western District; and
Mr. Sheppard, of course, took up duty at Brisbane following
his appointment in 1865. Mr. T. George Long
Innes, a member of the Sydney bar, to which he soon
returned, was made Northern District Court Judge at
Bowen. Three District Court Crown Prosecutors were
appointed—namely, Mr. John Gore Jones for the Metropolitan
District; Mr. William Henry Abbott Hirst—
afterwards Judge—for the Northern District; and Mr.
John Killeen Handy, for the Western District. Mr.
Henry Alexander Elliott became Registrar at Brisbane;
Mr. Frank Newell Bedek, C.P.S., Rockhampton,
was appointed Registrar for the Northern District and
Mr. Gustavus Birch, C.P.S., Ipswich, was made Registrar
there for the Metropolitan District.
This is the final allotment of Courts proclaimed on
November 1, 1865:
For Metropolitan District, at The City of Brisbane
(Brisbane was no longer a Town) ; Ipswich; Toowoomba
; and Warwick.
For Northern District, at Rockhampton; Gladstone;
Clermont; Bowen; Maryborough; and
Gayndah.
For Western District, at Dalby; Condamine; and
Roma.