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And doth hereby declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the first day of January, 1862. Issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, at Auckland, the sixteenth day of December, 1861. By His Excellency's command, William Fox.

No. 7. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing " Upper Waikato" District under " Native Districts Regulation Act, 185S." By His Excellency Sir George Grey, K. C. B., Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, he, he, he, With the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony. Whereas bv an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the "Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858," it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor iu Council from time to time to appoint Districts for the purposes of the said Act, being Districts over which the Native Title shall not for the time being have been extinguished : And whereas it is expedient that the District hereinafter described should be appointed a District for the purposes of the said Act : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of his Executive Council, doth hereby order, appoint, and declare that the Territory hereafter described shall be a District for the purposes of the said Act, that is to say : All Territory lying within a boundary line commencing at the Mission Station at Taupiri on the River Waikato, thence running up the Eastern bank of the said river till it meets the boundary of the land belonging to the Ngatihaua tribe, and thence following the boundary of the land belonging to the Ngatihaua and Ngatiraukawa tribes (crossing the River Thames,) till it returns to the Waikato River, thence running westerly along the Taurangakohu ranges and crossing to the summit of Pirongia Mountain ("so as to enclose the sources of the Waipa River), thence running northerly along the ranges skirting the Western bank of the Waipa and Waikato Rivers to the commencing point at the Mission Station at Taupiri : And doth hereby appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the Upper Waikato District :— And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the first day of January, 1862. Issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony at Auckland, the sixteenth day of December, 186'L By His Excellency's command, William Fox.

No. 8. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Prohibiting tke Sale or Removal of Spirituous Liquors in Upper Waikato District. By His Excellency Sir George Grey, K. C. B., Governor and Com-mande-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, &c, he, he. With the advice and consent of the Executive Council, of the said Colony. Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the " Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858," it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to appoint Districts for the purposes of the said Act, being Districts over which the Native Title shall not for the time being have been extinguished : And by the same Act it is further provided that that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make and put in force within any such District Regulations (among other things) for the prevention of drunkenness, and for the sale, removal, and disposal of spirituous and fermented liquors, and for the restriction or prohibition of such sale, removal, and disposal : And by the same Act it is further provided that it shall be lawful by any such Regulations to impose penalties not exceeding Fifty Pounus for the breach or non-observance of any such Regulation ; and that any such Regulation shall be made as far as possible with the general assent of the Native population affected thereby, to be ascertained in such manner as the Governor may deem fitting : And whereas by Order in Council bearing even date herewith, a District (to be callexi the Upper Waikato District) hath been appointed for the purposes of the said Act : And whereas it is expedient to make and put in force within such District the following Regit--lotions relating to the sale, removal, and disposal of spirituous and fermented liquors : And the general assent thereto of the Native population affected thereby has been ascertained to the satisfaction of the Governor :

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UNDER NATIVE ACTS OF 1858.