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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

And His Excellency the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent aforesaid, do h
hereby further 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.

No. 6 Company Waimea East, "Nelson" Rifle
Volunteers.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
The Honble. W. B. D. MANTELL, Esq.,
Minister for Native Affairs.
WILLIAM Fox.

Warrant appointing G. Clarke, Senr., a
Commissioner under "The Native Dis-
tricts Regulation Act, 1858."

By Fis Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, and its Dependencies,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, entitled
"The Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858,"
power was given to the Governor to appoint
Districts for the purposes of the said Act, and
to make and put in force regulations within
such Districts in manner and subject to the
provisions of the said Act. And by the same
Act it was provided that such Regulations
should be made as far as possible with the
general assent of the Native population affected
thereby, to be ascertained in such manner as to
the Governor might seem fitting. And
whereas by an Order in Council dated the
seventh day of December, 1861, the Governor
hath appointed a District described in the
Schedule hereto, to be a District for the pur-
poses of the said Act; Now His Excellency
the Governor doth hereby appoint George
Clarke, senr., of Waimate, near the Bay of
Islands, Esquire, to be a Commissioner for the
said District to be termed "The Civil Com-
missioner" for the District of the Bay of Is-
lands, for the purpose of ascertaining such
assent of the Native population as aforesaid,
and for such other purposes as shall be here-
after prescribed by law, to act in all things
subject to such Instructions and Regulations as
shall be from time to time given in that behalf
by the Governor.

Given under the hand of the said Sir
GEORGE GREY, at Government
House at Auckland, this seventh
day of December, in the year of
Our Lord, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
CAPTAIN GEORGE J. SPARROW,

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
IT is hereby notified, that the Speaker of
the Provincial Council of the Province of
Canterbury has reported that, in pursuance
of "The Provincial Audit Act, 1861," he has
duly appointed
MR. WILLIAM THOMSON, of Christchurch,
who was nominated by the Superintendent
and the Provincial Council of Canterbury to
the office of Auditor of Public Accounts of
that Province, to be such Auditor.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
GEORGE CAMPBELL
to be a Pilot at the Port of Otago.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
THE following Bill, passed by the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of
Canterbury, intituled
"The Third English Agents' Ordinance,
Session XVII. No. 1,"
having been laid before the Governor, His
Excellency has been pleased to leave the
same to its operation.
WILLIAM Fox.

Attorney General's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
THOMAS HARPER, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Wanganui
and Rangitikei.
HENRY SEWELL.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 18th December, 1861.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
EDWARD MARSH WILLIAMS, Esq.,
of Russell, Bay of Islands, to be a Resident
Magistrate.
HENRY SEWELL.