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No. 20. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing District of the '• Bay of Islands" under " Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858." G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House at Auckland, on Saturday, the Twenty-fifth day of January, 1862. Present :—His Excellency the Governor in Council. 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 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 : 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 North Head of False Hokianga or Herekino, running thence in a right line to the summit of the Maungataniwha, and thence in a right line to the South Head of Whangaroa harbour, thence by the Coast line (including adjacent islands) to the North Head of Tutukaaka harbour, thence by a right line to Maunganui Bluff, and thence by the Coast line to the commencing point: Excepting lauds over which the Native Title has been extiuguished within the meaning of the eaid Act: And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the " Native District of the Bay of Islands." And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the fifteenth day of February, 1862. J. Holt, Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 21. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing Hundred of " Kororareka." G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on Saturday, the Twenty-fifth day of January, 1862. Present: —His Excellency the Governor in Council. Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the "Native Circuit Courts 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: 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 North Head of Tutukaaka harbour, thence by a right line to the head of Waikare river, thence by the Northern shore of Waikare river to Okiato, and thence by the Coast Line (including adjacent islands) to the commencing point.- Excepting lands over which the Native Title has been extinguished within the meaning of the said Act : Being part of the Native District of the Bay of Islands, as constituted under the Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858, by Order in Council of even date herewith: And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the " Hundred of Kororareka." And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the fifteenth day of February, 1862. J. Holt, Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 22. ORDER IN COUNCIL. Appointing Hundred of "Hokianga." G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on Saturday-, the Twenty-fifth day of January, 1862. Present: —His Excellency the Governor in Council. Whereas by an Act of tho General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the " Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858," it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time

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UNDER NATIVE ACTS OF 1858.