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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

A PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand, and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c.

WHEREAS an Act of the General
Assembly was passed in the Session
thereof held in the year One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, called the "Native
Lands Act, 1862," and in the said Act was
contained a provision that it should come
into operation, and be in force within such
District only as should from time to time
be proclaimed by the Governor in that
behalf;

And whereas it is expedient that the said
Act should be brought into operation within
the District hereinafter described:

Now therefore I, Sir GEORGE GREY, the
Governor as aforesaid, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the said "Native Lands
Act, 1862," shall from the date hereof come
into operation and be in force within the
territory comprised within the under-
mentioned boundaries, which shall be called

THE NATIVE LAND DISTRICT OF KAIPARA,
NORTH,

that is to say, a line commencing at
Maunganui Bluff, on the West Coast, thence
straight to the North Head of Tutukaka
Harbour, thence by the sea coast line to the
Southern boundary of the Waikeri-a-wera
Block, thence by the Southern boundaries of
the Waikeri-a-wera and Oruawharo Blocks
to the Tauhoa River, thence by the course
of the Tauhoa River to the Karaka and
Oronga Points, thence straight to the South
Head of Kaipara, thence across the Harbour
to the North Head, and by the sea coast
line to the commencing point.

Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
nineteenth day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS an Act of the General
Assembly was passed in the Session
thereof held in the year One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, called the "Native
Lands Act, 1862," and in the said Act was
contained a provision that it should come
into operation and be in force within such
District only as should from time to time
be proclaimed by the Governor in that
behalf;

And whereas it is expedient that the said
Act should be brought into operation within
the District hereinafter described:

Now therefore I, Sir GEORGE GREY, the
Governor as aforesaid, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the said "Native Lands
Act, 1862," shall from the date hereof come
into operation and be in force within the
territory comprised within the under-
mentioned boundaries, which shall be called

THE NATIVE LAND DISTRICT OF KAIPARA,
SOUTH,

that is to say, a line commencing at the
South Head of Kaipara Harbour, running
thence straight to Oranga and Karaka
Points, thence by the course of the Tauhoa
River to the Southern boundary of the
Oruawharo Block, thence along the Southern
boundaries of the Oruawharo and Waikeri-
a-wera Blocks to the sea coast, thence along
the sea coast line (including adjacent islands)
to Kauri Point, in the Waitemata Harbour,
thence to the mouth of the Whau Creek,
thence by the course of the Whau Creek to
the Whau Portage, thence across the Whau
Portage to the Manukau Harbour, thence
by the Northern shore of the Manukau
Harbour and by the sea coast line to the
commencing Point.

Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
nineteenth day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOX.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 21st April, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following Despatch,
from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies.

WM. FOX.

Downing Street,
26th November, 1863.

SIR, I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your Despatch (No. 109) of
the 29th August, transmitting a Memoran-
dum from your Responsible Advisers, con-
taining the details of a plan which they have
formed for the introduction into the Northern
Island of a large body of settlers, to whom it
is proposed to assign land on a species of
military tenure in the Waikato, and here-
after probably in the Taranaki districts.