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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 bounded towards the North by the Ahuriri District j towards the West by the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges, and by a line along the Rimutaka and Turakirae Ranges to the sea ; and towards the South and East by the coast line from Cape Turakirae to the boundary of the Ahuriri District at the Waimata stream : 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 Wairarapa. And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the first day of March, 1863. Forster Goring, Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 3. ORDER IN COUNCIL, APPOINTING DISTRICT OF WHANGANUI UNDER NATIVE DISTRICTS REGULATION ACT. G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House at Auckland, on the 23rd day of January, 1863. Present:— His Excellency the Goveenoe 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 ExecutiveCouncil, 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 Patea river, thence along the boundary of the Province of Taranaki to the boundary of the Province of Auckland, thence along that boundary to the Western boundary of the Almriri District as constituted under the said Act, thence along that boundary to the source of the Tutaekuri river, thence by a line to the source of the Whangaehu river, thence by the Whangaehu river to the sea, and thence by the coast line to the point of commencement, 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 Whanganui. And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the first day of March, 1863. Forster Goring, Clerk of Executive Council.

No. 4. ORDER IN COUNCIL APPOINTING DISTRICT OF WHANGANUI UNDER THE NATIVE CIRCUIT COURTS ACT. G. Grey, Governor. At the Government House, at Auckland, on the 23rd day of January, 1863. Present : — His Excellency the Goveenob 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 mouth of the Patea river; thence along the boundary of the Province of Taranaki, to the

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