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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 Kawhia harbour, thence following the ranges Easterly to Pirongia Mountain, thence by the western boundary of the " Upper Waikato District" as constituted by Order in Council on the 16th December, 1861, (along the ranges skirting the western bank of the Waipa and Waikato rivers) to the Northern boundary fence of the Mission Station at Taupiri, thence along that fence and following the boundary of the said Upper Waikato District (along- the boundary of the land belonging to the Ngatihaua tribe) to the Eastern watershed of the Waikato river, thence following that watershed so as to include the land watered by the tributaries of the Waikato river to the boundary of the Government land at Mangatawhiri, thence following the boundary of the Government land to the Awaroa river, thence by the Waikato river to its mouth, and thence by the Coast Line to the commencing point: And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the " Native District of Lower Waikato." And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the fifth day of February, 1862. Hampden Willis, For Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 16. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing " Lower Waikato" District under " Native Districts Regidation Act, 1858." G. Grey Governor. At the Government House at Auckland, on Thursday the Sixteenth 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 Districts Regulations Act, 1858," it is provided that it shall he 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 Kawhia Harbour, thence following the ranges Easterly to Pirongia Mountains, thence by the western boundary of the "Upper Waikato District," as constituted by Order in Council on the 16th December, 1861, (along the ranges skirting the western bank of the Waipa and Waikato rivers) to the Northern boundary fence of the Mission Station at Taupiri, thence along that fence and following the boundary of the said Upper Waikato District (along the boundary of the land belonging to the Ngatihaua tribe) to the Eastern watershed of the Waikato river, thence following that waterthed so as to include the land watered by the tributaries of the Waikato river to the boundary of the Government land at Maungatawhiri, thence following the boundary of the Government land to the Awaroa river, thence by the Waikato river to its mouth, and thence by the Coast Line to the commencing point: And doth appoint and declare that the said district shall be called the " Native District of Lower Waikato": And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the fith day of February, 1862. Hampden Willis, For Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 17. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Revoking certain Orders in Council respecting the Native District of " Bay af Islands." 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 respectively, the " Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858," and the " Native Districts Regulation 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, and any such appointment to vary and revoke : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of his Executive Council, doth hereby revoke the Orders in Council bearing date respectively the 7th December, 1861, and the 7th December, 1861, appointing the "District of the Bay of Islands" for the purposes of the said Acts respectively :

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UNDER NATIVE ACTS OF 1858.