268
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now I, the Governor, do hereby proclaim that
Martial Law will be exercised throughout the Dis-
tricts of Opotiki and Whakatane, from the date
hereof until this Proclamation shall be duly revoked.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this fourth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Constituting the District of Coromandel under "The
Native Districts Regulation Act, 1858."

G. GREY, Governor.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-eighth day of June, 1865.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand intituled "The Native
Districts Regulation Act, 1858," it is provided that
it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from
time to time to appoint districts for the purposes
of the said Act, being districts over which the
Native Title shall not for the time being have been
extinguished:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of his Executive
Council, doth hereby order, appoint, and declare that
the territory hereafter described shall be a district
for the purposes of the said Act, that is to say-All
territory lying within a boundary line commencing
on the north at Cape Colville, thence by the sea-
coast to Whangamata, thence by a straight line to
Tararu Point, Hauraki Gulf, thence by the eastern
shore of that gulf to the point of commencement;
and doth appoint and declare that the said district
shall be called the Native District of Coromandel.
And doth declare that this order shall take effect
from and after the twenty-eighth day of June, 1865.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL
Constituting the District of Coromandel under "The
Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858."

G. GREY, Governor,

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-eighth day of June, 1865.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act. of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Native
Circuit Courts Act, 1858," it is provided that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from
time to time to appoint districts for the purposes of
the said Act, being districts over which the Native
Title shall not for the time being have been
extinguished:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of his Executive
Council, doth hereby order, appoint, and declare that

Revoking an Order in Council, of March, 1863, and
otherwise regulating the exercise of the Miners'
Rights Franchise.

G. GREY, Governor.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of August, 1865.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Miners' Representation Act,
1862," section IX., it was enacted " "that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from
time to time to make such Rules and Regulations as
may be necessary for removing any obstacle of a
techinal or formal nature to the carrying out of the
provisions of the said Act." And by "The Miners'
Representation Act Amendment Act, 1863," section
IV., it was enacted that "the above clauses"
(therein) "shall be read and construed as part of
'The Miners' Representation Act, 1862,' and the
provisions of the said Act shall apply to such
licenses as aforesaid" (referring to the licenses men-
tioned in section II. of the said Amendment Act)
" in all respects in like manner as to Miners' Rights."

And whereas by an Order in Council made in
pursuance of the provisions of the first-mentioned
Act (and notified in the Government Gazette of the
5th March, 1863), a stamp bearing the words
"Miners' franchise exercised," was appointed "at
each election as the distinguishing mark or stamp to
be impressed upon every Miner's Right in respect of
which any person shall vote at such election."

And whereas it is expedient that such Order in
Council should be revoked, and that such Regulation
should be made as hereinafter provided:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby revoke the
said recited Order in Council, and doth hereby direct
that the following Regulation shall be in force from
and after the fifteenth day of August, 1865.

Whenever any person qualified to vote by virtue
of clause II. of "The Miners' Representation Act,
1863," shall have voted in respect of such qualifi-
cation at any election of Gold-fields Members of the
House of Representatives, or of Gold-fields Mem-
bers of the Provincial Council of any Province, or
for Members of the General Assembly or of a Pro-
vincial Council, the Returning Officer or Poll Clerk
shall forthwith thereafter write upon the Miners'
Right held by such voter the word "exercised,"
adding thereto the date of such vote, and the signa-
ture of such Returning Officer or Poll Clerk.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY; Government Printer, Wellington.