THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 119

nuiomata District, and towards the West by Section
No. 41, being land subject to the operation of the
said Acts, shall be sold by public auction, on the
tenth day of May, 1865, at Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

"The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

I, GEORGE FREDERIC SWAINSON, a per-
son duly appointed in this behalf, under the pro-
visions of the "New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," hereby certify and report, that I have ascer-
tained that the Aboriginal Inhabitants entitled to the
piece or parcel of Land described in the Schedule
hereunder written, have assented that the said piece
or parcel of Land shall be subject to the provisions
of the said Act.

As witness my hand, this 25th day of March,
1865.
GEORGE F. SWAINSON.

SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

All that piece of Land situate at Porirua, bounded
towards the North by the Aotea Stream and by the
surveyed line of Wi Parata's Land; East and South
by the Kenepimu Stream to its mouth, and by Crown
Land; West by Porirua Harbour.

Report adopted this 8th day of April, 1865, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony.
G. GREY, Governor.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

We, the undersigned, Aboriginal Natives of New
Zealand, living at Porirua, and being the owners of
the within described piece of Land, hereby assent
that the same shall be brought under the provisions
of the Native Reserves Act of 1856.
His
НОНЕРА TAMAIHENGIA.
mark.
HOROMONA NOHORUA.
PENIAMINI.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Suspending the operation of certain provisions of the
"Arms Act, 1860."

G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House at Wellington, the
first day of April, 1865.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the "Arms Act, Continuance
1861," it is provided that it shall
be lawful for the Governor by an Order in
Council, to be published in the Government Gazette,
from time to time to suspend or relax the opera-
tion of any of the provisions of the said Act, or
any part of any such provisions, and either for
a limited time or without any limit of time, and
either as regards the whole Colony, or any district
thereof to be defined in any such Order in Council;
and either generally or in favour of any person or
persons specifically, or any class of persons, and sub-
ject to any regulations or conditions which may be
in any such Order in Council expressed; but so far
only as such provisions may prevent or interfere
with the sale or purchase of arms, ammunition, gun-
powder, lead, caps, or shot, for mining, sporting, or
any useful or harmless purpose, and no further, or
otherwise anything in this Act contained to the
contrary notwithstanding: Provided also that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, by any
further Order in Council, to be published as afore-
said, from time to time to rescind any such Order:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Grey,
K.C.B., the Governor of New Zealand, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Colony, doth hereby order and declare that
the provisions relative to the sale and disposal of
arms and ammunition for sporting purposes, and no
further or otherwise, in the said in part recited Act
contained, shall be and the same are hereby sus-
pended in the case of certain Aboriginal inhabitants
of New Zealand residing within the Provinces of
Canterbury, Otago, and Southland; that is to say in
the case of such Native Assessors only as shall pro-
duce a License authorizing the purchase of such
arms and ammunition as aforesaid, signed either by
the Civil Commissioner of the district, or by such
other person as shall be duly authorized in that
behalf by the Minister for Native Affairs for the
time being.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
first day of April, 1865.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly,
intituled the "Protection of Certain Animals'
Act, 1861," it is provided that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, by Warrant under his hand
from time to time, to delegate all or any of the
powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in
Council, by the aforesaid Act, subject to such
regulations as he may think fit, and may from time
to time rescind such delegation.

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in
exercise of the power and authority for this purpose
in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

JOHN PARKINS TAYLOR, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Southland, all
the powers vested in me as Governor, or as Governor
in Council by the aforesaid Act, to have, hold, and
exercise within the Province of Southland, the said
powers hereby delegated to the said John Parkins
Taylor, so long as he shall continue and remain
Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer :
Provided always that copies of all instruments
signed or issued by the Superintendent under such
delegation shall be further transmitted to the
Colonial Secretary for record.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1865.

THE following Letter from Commodore Wiseman,
with its enclosure, is published for general in-
formation.

FRED. A. WELD.

H. M. Ship "Curaçoa,"
Auckland, 18th March, 1865.

Sir, I have the honor to forward herewith to
your Excellency, a copy of Commander Freemantle's
letter of proceedings to me, reporting his successful
cruise to rescue Mr. Grace and the other Prisoners,
who were in the hands of the Pai Mairiri fanatics,
who murdered the Rev. Mr. Volkner.

I have, &c.,
W. S. WISEMAN, Commodore.
His Excellency, Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.
Governor, New Zealand.