Native District Orders in Council




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Revoking certain Orders in Council respect-
ing the Native District of Mongonui.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THE 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1861.
Present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor doth by this
Order in Council revoke the Orders in
Council in respect to the appointments of the
Native District of Mongonui under the "Na-
tive Circuit Courts Act, 1858," and the
"Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858,"
bearing date respectively the 21st of July,
1859, and the 21st of July, 1859.

J. HOLT,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Appointing District of the Bay of Islands
under "Native Circuit Courts Act."

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THD 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1861.
Present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the "Native Circuit
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 Gover-
or, by and with the advice and consent of His
Executive Council, doth hereby appoint and
declare 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 the Bay of Islands, that is to say, all the
lands north of the following line in which Na-
tive Title is extinguished.
Line across the Island from North Head of
Wangaruru on East Coast to Mongonui Bluff
on West Coast, exclusive of lands over which
the Native Title has been extinguished within
the meaning of the said "Native Circuit
Courts Act, 1858," and this Order shall take
effect from the date hereof.

J. HOLT,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Appointing District of the Bay of Islands
under "Native Districts Regulation Act."

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THE 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1861.
Present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS 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 Dis-
tricts 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 Gover-
or, by and with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, doth hereby appoint and
declare 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 the Bay of Islands, that is to say, all the
lands North of the following line in which Na-
tive Title is extinguished.
Line across the Island from North Head of
Wangaruru on East Coast to Mongonui Bluff
on West Coast, exclusive of lands over which
the Native Title has been extinguished within
the meaning of the said "Native Districts
Regulation Act Act, 1858," and doth declare
that this Order shall take effect from the date
hereof.

J. HOLT,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Gover-
or, by and with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, doth hereby appoint and
declare 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 the Bay of Islands, that is to say, all the
lands North of the following line in which Na-
tive Title is extinguished.
Line across the Island from North Head of
Wangaruru on East Coast to Mongonui Bluff
on West Coast, exclusive of lands over which
the Native Title has been extinguished within
the meaning of the said "Native Districts
Regulation Act Act, 1858," and doth declare
that this Order shall take effect from the date
hereof.

J. HOLT,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Appointing Upper Waikato District under
"Native Circuit Courts Act."

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, K. C. B., Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over
the Colony of New Zealand, &c.,
&c., &c., With the advice and
consent of the Executive Council
of the said Colony.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the
"Native Circuit Courts Act 1858," it is pro-
vided that it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council from time to time to appoint Dis-
tricts 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 de-
scribed shall be a District (to be called the
Upper Waikato District), for the purposes of
the said Act, that is to say:- All Territory
lying within a boundary line commencing at
the Mission Station at Taupiri, on the River
Waikato; thence running up the Eastern bank
of the river till it meets the boundary of the
land belonging to the Ngatihaua tribe, and
thence following the boundary of the land
belonging to the Ngatihaua and Ngatiraukawa
tribes (crossing the river Thames), till it re-
turns to the Waikato river, thence running
westerly along the Taurangakohu range and
crossing to the summit of Pirongia Mountain
(so as to enclose the sources of the Waipa river),
thence running northerly along the ranges skirt-
ing the Western bank of the Waipa and Wai-
kato Rivers to the commencing point at the
Mission Station at Taupiri:

And doth hereby declare that this Order
shall take effect from and after the 1st day of
January, 1862.

Issued under the Public Seal of the said
Colony, at Auckland, the sixteenth
day of December, 1861.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.



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🪶 Revocation of Orders in Council respecting Mongonui Native District

🪶 Māori Affairs
7 December 1861
Order in Council, Revocation, Native District, Mongonui, Native Circuit Courts Act 1858, Native Districts Regulation Act 1858
  • J. Holt, Clerk of Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Bay of Islands District under Native Circuit Courts Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
7 December 1861
Order in Council, Appointment, Native District, Bay of Islands, Native Circuit Courts Act 1858, Land boundaries
  • J. Holt, Clerk of Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Bay of Islands District under Native Districts Regulation Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
7 December 1861
Order in Council, Appointment, Native District, Bay of Islands, Native Districts Regulation Act 1858, Land boundaries
  • J. Holt, Clerk of Executive Council

🪶 Appointment of Upper Waikato District under Native Circuit Courts Act

🪶 Māori Affairs
16 December 1861
Order in Council, Appointment, Native District, Upper Waikato District, Native Circuit Courts Act 1858, Land boundaries, Taupiri, Pirongia Mountain
  • Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • William Fox