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VICTORIA R.

pleased to confirm and allow the before-mentioned Ordinances.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at
Government House, at Auckland, in the Province of New Ulster, this twenty-second day of January, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

(Signed) G. GREY,
Governor-in-Chief.

By His Excellency’s Command,
(Signed) C. A. Dillon,
Civil Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Civil Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 20th January, 1849.

WITH reference to the Regulations for settlement of the Land Claims under the 10s. and 1d. an Acre Proclamations, as modified by the Minute of His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief to the Legislative Council, August 7, 1847, His Excellency has been pleased to direct the following extract from Lord Grey’s despatch to be published for general information.

By His Excellency’s Command,
(Signed) C. A. DILLON,
Civil Secretary.

Downing Street,
31st July, 1848.

“Under all the circumstances of the case, therefore, and relying on the prudence, judgment, and ability which have distinguished your general administration, I have not hesitated to advise Her Majesty to sanction the issue of the Crown Titles which you have given to the Claimants.”

I have, &c.,
(Signed) GREY.

Governor Grey,
&c., &c.

No. 55.

Downing Street,
15th July, 1848.

Sir,

With reference to my despatch No. 51, of the 7th instant, I transmit herewith additional instructions, which the Queen has been pleased to issue under Her Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet, for repealing the sixth section of the fourteenth chapter of Her Majesty’s instructions to yourself, respecting the Aborigines of New Zealand.

I have, &c.,
(Signed) GREY.

Governor Grey,
&c., &c.

VICTORIA R.

Additional Instructions to Our Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, or to the Officer exercising the said Office of Governor-in-Chief for the time being: To Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the Province of New Ulster, or to the Officer exercising the said Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being: To Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Province of New Munster, or to the Officer exercising the said Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being: Or to Our Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Ulster, or to the Officer exercising the said Office of Lieutenant-Governor for the time being: Or to Our Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Munster, or to the Officer exercising the said Office of Lieutenant-Governor for the time being: Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this fourteenth day of July, 1848, in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and enacted in the ninth and tenth years of Our Reign, entitled “An Act to make further provision for the Government of the New Zealand Islands,” We did by certain Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom, bearing date at Westminster, the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, in the tenth year of Our Reign, execute certain of the powers in Us by the said Act vested: And Whereas, in further pursuance of the said Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby in Us vested, and in exercise of all and every other the powers in Us in that behalf vested, We did further issue certain instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet approved in Our Privy Council, being the instructions accompanying or referred to in such Letters Patent, as relation being had unto the said Letters Patent and Instructions will more fully and at large appear: And Whereas it is directed by the sixth section of the fourteenth chapter of the said Instructions, being the chapter entitled “Respecting the Aborigines of New Zealand,” that “in cases arising between the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand alone, beyond the limits of the said aboriginal districts, and in whatever relates to the relations to, and the dealing of such aboriginal inhabitants with each other beyond the same limits—the Courts and Magistrates of the entire Province, or of the district in which such cases may arise, shall enforce such native laws, customs, and usages as aforesaid”: And Whereas by the said recited Act it is enacted that it shall be lawful for Us from time to time to amend, and for that purpose to add to, or if neces-