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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

this thirteenth day of September, in the | thence along that river to its source, thence by a
year of our Lord one thousand eight | hundred and sixty-five.
hundred and sixty-five.

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

G. GREY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION
Of the Dissolution of the Provincial Council of
the Province of Nelson.

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 Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament,
passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of
the reign of Her present Majesty, cap. 72, intituled
"An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to
the Colony of New Zealand," the several Provinces
of Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson,
Canterbury, and Otago, are thereby established, and
it is enacted that for each of the said Provinces there
shall be a Superintendent and Provincial Council.

And whereas by the said Act it is further enacted
that every Provincial Council shall continue for the
period of four years from the day of return of the
writs for choosing the same and no longer: Provided
always that it shall be lawful for the Governor of
New Zealand, by Proclamation or otherwise, to
dissolve the same whenever he shall think it expedient
so to do:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this Proclama-
tion dissolve the Provincial Council of the said
Province of Nelson accordingly.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this fourteenth 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,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ORDER IN COUNCIL
Appointing District of "Taranaki" under "The Native
Circuit Courts Act, 1858."

G. GREY, Governor,

At the Government House, at Wellington, on the
second day of September, 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 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 com-
mencing at the mouth of the Waitotara River, thence
along that river to its source, thence by a straight
line to a point where the boundary of the Taranaki
Province joins the Whanganui River, and thence by
the boundaries of that Province and the sea coast
to the mouth of the Waitotara River.

And doth appoint and declare that the said dis-
trict shall be called the Native District of Taranaki.

And doth declare that this Order shall take effect
from and after the second day of September, 1865.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL
Appointing District of "Taranaki" under "The Native
Districts Regulation Act, 1858."

G. GREY, Governor.

At the Government House, at Wellington, on the
second day of September, 1865.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Native Dis-
tricts 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 ex-
tinguished:

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 at the mouth of the Waitotara River,

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Revoking an Order in Council, of March, 1863, and
otherwise Regulating the Exercise of the Miners'
Right's Franchise.

G. GREY, Governor.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of September, 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
technical 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 mentioned 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