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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

seem fitting: And whereas by an Order in Council,
dated the twenty-first day of May, 1862, the Go-
vernor hath appointed a District therein described, to
be a District for the purposes of the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, the Governor, do hereby appoint

THOMAS HENRY SMITH, Esquire,
to be a Commissioner for the said District, to be
termed the "Civil Commissioner for the District of
Taupo," for the purpose of ascertaining such assent
of the native population as aforesaid, and for such
other purposes as shall be hereafter prescribed by
law; to act in all things subject to such instructions
and regulations, as shall be from time given in that
behalf by the Governor.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, this fifth day of
December, in the year of Our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-
four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
FRED. A. WELD.

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 Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "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 regu-
lations 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 ascer-
tained in such manner as to the Governor might
seem fitting: And whereas by an Order in Council,
dated the seventeenth day of November, 1864, the
Governor hath appointed a District therein described,
to be a District for the purposes of the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, the Governor, do hereby appoint

THOMAS HENRY SMITH, Esquire,
to be a Commissioner for the said District, to be
termed "The Civil Commissioner for the District of
the Bay of Plenty," for the purpose of ascertaining
such assent of the native population as aforesaid, and
for such other purposes as shall be hereafter pre-
scribed 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 my hand, at the Government
House at Auckland, this fifth day of
December, in the year of Our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-
four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
FRED. A. WELD.

the Governor to appoint Districts for the purposes
of the said Act, and to make and put in force regu-
lations 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 ascer-
tained in such manner as to the Governor might
seem fitting: And whereas by an Order in Council,
dated the seventeenth day of November, 1864, the
Governor hath appointed a District therein described,
to be a District for the purposes of the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, the Governor, do hereby appoint

JAMES MACKAY the younger, Esquire,
to be a Commissioner for the said District, to be
termed "The Civil Commissioner for the District of
Hauraki," for the purpose of ascertaining such
assent of the native population as aforesaid, and for
such other purposes as shall be hereafter prescribed
by law; to act in all things subject to such instruc-
tions and regulations as shall be from time to time
given in that behalf by the Governor.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, this fifth day of
December, in the year of Our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-
four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
FRED. A. WELD.

Honorable Henry Sewell appointed Registrar-General
of Land.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 19th December, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable HENRY SEWELL
to be Registrar-General of Land.
FRED. A. WELD.

Resignation of Fred. Whitaker, Esq., of Seat in
Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland 27th December, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that
FREDERICK WHITAKER, Esquire,
has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of
New Zealand, and that His Excellency accepted
such resignation on the 19th instant.
FRED. A. WELD.

Proclamations by Superintendent of Otago, under
Diseased Cattle Act.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 16th December, 1864.
THE following Proclamations, issued by his Honor
the Superintendent of the Province of Otago,
under the provisions of the "Diseased Cattle Act,
1861," are re-published for general information.
FRED. A. WELD.

PROCLAMATION
Admitting Importation of Cattle into the Province of
Otago by the Port of Dunedin, from the Province of
Southland; and permitting the Driving of Cattle
from Southland into such portions of Otago as are at
present, or may hereafter be, declared to be Infected
Districts.