Numb. 49.
461

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.
AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1864.

A PROCLAMATION

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 the Governor did on the twenty-fifth
day of October last issue a Proclamation offer-
ing to grant a Pardon to all persons engaged in the
present Rebellion who should comply with certain
conditions therein specified before the tenth day of
December instant, which time has expired:

And whereas it is now expedient that the mind of
the Governor should be fully declared, so that all
persons may know his intentions:

It is therefore declared and made known that the
Governor will retain and hold as land of the Crown
all the land in the Waikato taken by the Queen's
Forces, and from which the Rebel Natives have been
driven, within the following lines; that is to say,

Commencing at Pokorokoro in the Gulf of the
Thames, thence proceeding Southward in a straight
line to the Hapua Kohi pass, thence in a straight
line to the summit of Pukemoremore, thence in a
straight line to the summit of Maunga Kawa, thence
in a straight line to Pukekura, thence in a straight line
to Orakau, thence in a straight line to the nearest
point of the Puniu River, thence following the Puniu
River to its junction with the Waipa River,
thence in a straight line to the summit of Pirongia,
thence in a straight line to the nearest point of the
Waitetuna River, thence by the Waitetuna River to
Waingaroa Harbour, thence by that harbour to the
sea, thence by the Sea Coast to the Waikato Heads,
thence by the Waikato River to the Mangatawhiri
River, thence by the Mangatawhiri River to the
Great South Road, thence Northward by the
Great South Road to the Razor Back Redoubt,
thence by the boundary of the Rama Rama and
Hunua purchases to the Wairoa River, thence by
the Wairoa River to the North Eastern boundary of
the land of the Kowhairiki Tribe, thence to the
summit of the Whare Kawa Mountain, thence fol-
lowing the ridge of Whare Kawa to the Surrey Re-
doubt, thence in a straight line to the point of com-
mencement.

And all lands Northward of the above boundaries
belonging to Rebel Natives or Tribes up to, and as
far as, the waters of the Manukau and the Waite-
mata.

The land of those Natives who have adhered to the
Queen shall be secured to them; and to those who
have rebelled, but who shall at once submit to the
Queen's authority, portions of the land taken will be
given back for themselves and their families.

The Governor will make no further attack on those
who remain quiet.

Those guilty of further violence the Governor will
punish as he has punished the Waikato Tribes.

The Governor will also take possession of and re-
tain, in the country between Wanganui and New
Plymouth, and in the Province of Taranaki, such land
belonging to the Rebels as he may think fit.

The Governor will cause roads to be made
not only at Taranaki and in the Waikato, but
throughout the Island, from time to time as he may
think fit, as well through lands of Europeans as
of Natives. These roads will be for the protection
of the peaceable, the upholding of Law, and for the
benefit of both Races. This is a rule of all nations.

To those, whether Europeans or Natives, who consent
to the making of roads through their land there shall
be paid fair compensation for the land so taken; and
to those who will work in making the roads payment
will be made in money. Those who obstruct with
violence the making of roads will be forcibly re-
pressed.

To all those who have remained and shall continue
in peace and friendship the Governor assures the
full benefit and enjoyment of their lands.

The rule with regard to arms will be this. The
Governor does not insist upon all natives giving up
their arms, but arms shall not without permission be
brought into settled districts, and arms will be taken
from such as are unruly and turbulent. This also
is the law of all nations.

The Governor excepts from pardon those who
have in any way been engaged in the murders of
women and children, or treacherous murders of
unarmed men.

Given under my hand, and issued under the
Public Seal of the Colony of New
Zealand, at the Government House, at
Auckland, this seventeenth day of De-
cember, in the year of Our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.

By His Excellency's command,
FRED. WELD.

G. GREY,
Governor.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by JOSEPH L. WILSON, Government Printer, Auckland.