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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 Herekino, thence by a right line to the summit of Mangataniwha, thence by a line following the ridges forming the watershed of the Hokianga river to the head of the Waima river, and thence by a right line to Maunganui Bluff: Excepting lands over which the Native Title has been extinguished within the meaning of the 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 Hokianga." 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. 23. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing Hundred of " Waimate.'* G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on Saturday, the Twenty-fifth day of January, 1862. Present :—His Excellency the Governor. Whereas by an Act of the General Aseembly of New Zealand, intituled the " Native Circuit Courts Act 1858," it is enacted 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 he a District for the purposes of the said Act, that is to say : —All that portion 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, as is not comprised within the limits of the Hundred of Hokianga and Hundred of Kororareka, as constituted under the "Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858," by Order in Council of even date herewith : Excepting lands over which the Native Title has been extinguished within the meaning of the said Acts : And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the " Hundred of Waimate." And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the fifteenth day of February, 186?. J. Holt, Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 24. ORDER IN COUNCIL, For ascertaining absent of Natives to Regulations under the "Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858." At the Government House, at Auckland, on Friday, the Seventh day of March, 1862. Present :—His Excellency the Governor in Council. Whkreas 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 ueen extinguisheti: And by the same Act it is further provided 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 for various purposes in the said Act described: And that all such Regulations 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 in order to ascertain such assent it is expedient to provide in tho first instance for the orderly and deliberate framing of such Regulations by the Natives themselves, whenever practicable, through the Native Institution of the Ruoauga, and that specific powers in that behalf should be conferred upon the Runanga accordingly:

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