Native District Appointments and Legislation




Numb. 26.
181

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1859.

AT THE GOVERHMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 1859.
PRESENT:-
His Excellency the Governor.
Col. Gold, Mr. Tancred.
Mr. Richmond,

W HEREAS by the "Native Circuits
Courts 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 or revoke;

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of His Ex-
ecutive Council, doth hereby appoint and de-
clare, that the territory hereafter described or
referred to shall be a District for the purpose
of the said Act, to be called The Native District
of Mongonui, that is to say, All such portion
of the Colony as is situated to the Northward
of a line commencing at the North Head of
False Hokianga, or Herekino, running thence in
a straight line to the summit of Maungata-
whiri, and thence in a straight line to the South
head of Wangaroa Harbour, exclusive of
lands over which the Native Title has been
extinguished within the meaning of the said
"Native Circuit Courts' Act, 1858."
F. G. STEWARD.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 1859.
Present:-
His Excellency the Governor.
Col. Gold, Mr. Tancred.
Mr. Richmond,

W HEREAS by 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 or revoke;

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of His Ex-
ecutive Council, doth hereby appoint and de-
clare that the territory hereafter described or
referred to shall be a District for the purposes
of the said Act to be called The Native District
of Mongonui, that is to say, All such portion
of the Colony as is situated to the Northward
of a line commencing at the North Head of
False Hokianga or Herekino, running thence
in a straight line to the summit of Maungata-
whiri, and thence in a straight line to the
South Head of Wangaroa harbour, exclusive
of lands over which the Native Title has been
extinguished within the meaning of the said
"Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858," and
doth declare that this order shall take effect on
the 19th day of August next.
F. G. STEWARD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 27th July, 1859.

THE following Acts passed by the General
Assembly of New Zealand, in the Ses-
sion held in the twenty-first and twenty-second
years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, intituled—

No. 41—An Act to regulate the Local Affairs
of Native Districts.
No. 42—An Act to make better provision for
the Administration of Justice in Native
Districts,

having been laid before the Queen, in con-
formity with the provisions of the Constitution



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🪶 Appointment of Mongonui Native District under Circuits Courts Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
21 July 1859
Native District, Mongonui, Native Circuits Courts Act 1858, Auckland, Proclamation
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • Col. Gold
  • Mr. Tancred
  • Mr. Richmond
  • F. G. Steward

🪶 Declaration of Mongonui Native District under Regulation Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
21 July 1859
Native District, Mongonui, Native Districts Regulation Act 1858, Auckland, Effective Date
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • Col. Gold
  • Mr. Tancred
  • Mr. Richmond
  • F. G. Steward

🏛️ Listing of Acts passed by the General Assembly, Session 1858-59

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 July 1859
Legislation, General Assembly, Native Districts Act, Justice Administration Act
  • F. G. Steward