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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
declared to come within the operation of that Act by
any Proclamation, to be issued in that behalf by His
Excellency the Governor, shall, as from the time in
such Proclamation specified, be deemed and taken,
until the termination of the next Session of the
General Assembly, to be, and to have been from such
specified time, a natural-born subject of Her Majesty
within the Colony of New Zealand, as fully to all
intents and purposes as if his name had been inserted
in the Schedule to that Act annexed: Provided
always that every such Proclamation shall contain the
description, occupation, or calling of every person
therein named and his place of residence at the date
of such Proclamation:

Now therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the persons hereinafter mentioned shall
come within the operation of the said Act from
the dates hereinafter specified, viz:–

DANIEL NIEMANN,
from the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, native of Mecklenburg-
Schweran, in the Duchy of Lower Saxony, mariner;
residence, Auckland, in the Province of Auckland.

HENRY HESSELS,
from the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, native of Town of Munster,
Westphalia, settler; residence, Dunedin, in the Pro-
vince of Otago.

LEOPOLD BEIT,
from the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four, native of Germany, mer-
chant; residence, Havelock, in the Province of Marl-
borough.

HENRY KRAEFT,
from the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four, native of Prussia, boatman;
residence, Napier, in the Province of Hawke's Bay.

HERMAN MAHLER,
from the twenty-ninth day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-four, native of Ger-
many, butcher; residence, Leithfield, in the Province
of Canterbury.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this twenty-sixth day of October, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

G. GREY.

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

WHEREAS it is enacted, by the Native Lands'
Act, 1862, that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, from time to time, by Commission or
Order in Council, to constitute a Court or Courts for
the purpose of ascertaining and declaring who, ac-
cording to native custom, are the proprietors of any
lands and the estate or interest held by them therein,
and for the purpose of granting to such proprietors
certificates of their title to such lands, and it is
further provided that every such Court shall be
under the presidency of a European magistrate, and

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

shall have and exercise such powers as the Governor
may from time to time appoint. Now I, Sir George
Grey, the Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance and
exercise of the said recited power and authority,
do hereby appoint George Clarke, Esquire, of the
Bay of Islands, Justice of the Peace and Civil Com-
missioner; Hone Mohi Tawhai, of Hokianga; and
Penetana Papahurihia, of Hokianga, to be a Court
under the said Act in and for the native land district
of Hokianga, under the presidency of the said George
Clarke, to have, exercise, and be subject to all such
powers, duties, and responsibilities as are competent
for, or may be exercised by, or are declared respect-
ing a Court constituted under the said Act.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, and issued under
the seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty-four.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

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

WHEREAS it is enacted, by the Native Lands'
Act, 1862, that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, from time to time, by Commission or
Order in Council, to constitute a Court or Courts
for the purpose of ascertaining and declaring who,
according to native custom, are the proprietors of
any lands and the estate or interest held by them
therein, and for the purpose of granting to such pro-
prietors certificates of their title to such lands, and
it is further provided that every such Court shall be
under the presidency of a European magistrate, and
shall have and exercise such powers as the Governor
may from time to time appoint. Now I, Sir George
Grey, the Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance and
exercise of the said recited power and authority, do
hereby appoint George Clarke, Esquire, of the Bay
of Islands, Justice of the Peace and Civil Commis-
sioner; Hoterene Tawatawa, of Kororareka; and
Wepiha Pi, of Kororareka, to be a Court under the
said Act in and for the native land district of Koro-
rareka, under the presidency of the said George
Clarke, to have, exercise, and be subject to all such
powers, duties, and responsibilities as are competent
for, or may be exercised by, or are declared respect-
ing a Court constituted under the said Act.

Given under my hand, at the Government House,
at Auckland, and issued under the
seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty-four.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

G. GREY.