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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
by lot No. 3 parish of Opaheke, and by lots No. 27,
28, 29 and 30, parish of Hunua; on the East by a
Government reserve and by lots No. 33 and 34 of
the parish of Hunua, and by a road; on the South
by a road, and by lot No. 52 parish of Opaheke, and
by allotment No. 143 parish of Hunua; and on the
West by a road and by lot No. 18 parish of Opaheke,
by the Great South Road, and by a Church of
England school reserve.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Varying Boundaries of East Wairoa Block.

G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the
sixteenth day of May, 1865.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by, "The New Zealand Settlements
Act, 1863," it was enacted, amongst other
things, that whenever the Governor in Council should
be satisfied that any Native Tribe, or section of a
Tribe, or any considerable number thereof, had since
the first day of January, 1863, been engaged in
rebellion against Her Majesty's authority, it should
be lawful for the Governor in Council, to declare
that the Districts within which any land, being the
property or in the possession of such tribe, or section
or considerable number thereof should be situate,
should be a District within the provisions of the said
Act; and the boundaries of such District in like
manner to define and vary as he should think fit.
And it was further enacted that it should be lawful
for the Governor, in Council, from time to time, to
set apart within any such District, eligible sites for
settlements for colonization, and the boundaries of
such settlements to define and vary.

And whereas by an Order in Council, made on the
30th day of January, 1865, a block of land called the
East Wairoa Block was, amongst other land, consti-
tuted a district within the provisions of the said Act,
and was to be designated by the name of the East
Wairoa Block, and was declared by the said Order to
be required for the purposes of the said Act, and to
be subject to the provisions thereof, and the said
block of land was set apart and reserved as a site for
settlement and colonization, agreeably to the pro-
visions of the said Act.

And whereas it is expedient to vary the boundaries
of the said block of land :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the colony, in exercise of the power for this purpose
conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby
order and declare that the boundaries of the said
East Wairoa Block shall be as follows:-

East Wairoa Block.

Bounded on the north by a line commencing at the
south-west angle of M'Nicol's grant, on the Eastern
bank of the Wairoa River, and extending on a bearing
of north 93° east, to the summit of the Western
Wharekawa Range.
On the east by the summit of that portion of the
Wharekawa Range that leads in the most direct line
to Tuahu or the Surrey Redoubt.
On the south by a straight line from the Surrey
Redoubt, on a bearing of south 43° west, to the
southern margin of the Mangatawhiri Swamp.
On the west by a line from the southern margin of
the Mangatawhiri Swamp, extending on a bearing of
north 36° west to the Hunua purchase, thence by
the south-eastern boundary of the Hunua purchase,
and by the Wairoa River to the south-west angle of
M'Nicol's grant aforesaid.

FRED. THATCHER,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland, on the
sixteenth day of May, 1864.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Arms Act Continuance Act,
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 operation of the pro-
visions 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, and specifically or
any class of persons, and subject 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, gunpowder, 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 aforesaid, 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
ammunition for sporting purposes, and no further or
otherwise in the said in part recited Act contained,
shall be and the same are hereby suspended in the
case of any aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand
residing within the Provinces of Auckland, Taranaki,
Hawke's Bay, or Wellington, who shall possess a
license authorising the purchase of such ammunition
as aforesaid, signed by the Minister for Native affairs
for the time being.

FRED. THATCHER,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1865.

THE following report from Major Von Tempsky
is published for general information.

FRED. A. WELD,
In the absence of the Hon. the Minister
for Colonial Defence.

Report of a skirmish with the Rebels.

Wanganui, May 16th, 1865.

SIR, I have the honor to report for the informa-
tion of the New Zealand Government, that on the
13th instant I had an engagement with rebel Maoris,
encamped on the Patea River, four miles north of
Kakaramea.

On the 9th of May I had sent out two parties of
my detachment at Kakaramea to scout along the
right and left bank of the Patea River. One party
under my command found a track leading along the
right bank of the river, it descended a steep cliff,
furnished with ladders of poles and supplejack; it
had many of the intervening streams bridged. I
concluded therefore that considerable importance was
attached by the Maoris to this track, and decided
upon exploring its course for some distance. Having
dogs with me that day I could not expect to surprise