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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 Range; thence following the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges to Paekakariki Hill; thence westerly across Paekakartki Hil1 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 Willis, For Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 29. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing District of "Ahuriri" 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 in Council. Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the "Native District Regulations Act, 185S," 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 the boundaries of the Province of H.wke's Bay; excepting the Town of Napier, and all lands over whicli 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 Ahuriri." 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. 30. ORDER IN COUNCIL, Appointing District of " The Bay of Plenty" 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 in Council. Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the " Native Districts Regu. lation 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 extinguishea: 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 Wairoa river in the harbour of Tauranga ; proceeding thence along the Wairoa river to its source; thence by a line running Southwesterly to the Aroha range; thence along the summit ridges of that range to Horohoro; thence by a line to the Southernmost point of Rotomahana Lake; thence by a line to the summit of Mount Edgecumbe (includiug the Tarawera Mountains) ; thence by a line to the point where the Eastern boundary of the Ngatiawa Territory strikes the Ohiwa river; thence by a right line to the Western Head of Ohiwa on the sea coast; thence by the coast line (including the adjacent islands of Motuhoa, Opounui, Tuhua, Aotiti, and Moutohora) to the commencing point : And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the " Native District of the Bay of Plenty":

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UNDER NATIVE ACTS OF 1858.