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No. 26. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing District of " Waihou" under the "Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858." G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on Friday, the Seventh day of March, 1862. Present:—His Excellency the Governor in Council. 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 : 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 A ct, that is to say :—All Territory lying within a boundary line commencing at Tauranga Harbour, and following the Northern and Western boundary of the Bay of Plenty District till it meets the Northern boundary of the Upper Waikato District, thence following the latter boundary till it meets the Eastern boundary of the Lower Waikato District, (as the said Districts have respectively been constituted by Orders in Council under the " Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858") : thence along the last named boundary to the source of the Mangatawhiri River; thence by a line to the Wairoa River and by the Wairoa River to its mouth; and thence by the coast line (including Waiheke and atljacent Islands) to the commencing point : Excepting lands over which the Native Title has been extinguished within the meaning of the said Act: And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the " Native District of Waihou" : And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the thirty-first day of March, 1862. Hampden Willis, For Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 27. ORRDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing District of "Manawatu" under the "Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858." G. Grey, ' Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on Friday, the Seventh day of March, 1862. Present :—His Excellency the Governor. Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, iniituledthe "Native Districts Reguation 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 mouth of the Wangaehu River; thence by that river to the Ruahine Rano-e ; thence following the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges to Paekakariki Hill ; thence westerly across Paekakariki Hill to the sea; and thence by the coast line (including the Island of Kapiti) to the commencing point : And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the "Native District of Manawatu" : And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the thirty-first day of March 1862. Hampden W tillis, For Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 28. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing District of "Manawatu" under the "Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858 " G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on Friday-, the Seventh day of March, 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

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