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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1869.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Offices, at Wellington, this
fourteenth day of May, 1869.

Present :
THE HONORABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, PRESID-
ING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Native
Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," it is amongst other
things provided, that where, under the provisions of
"The Native Reserves Act, 1856," the assent of the
aboriginal inhabitants is required to bringing land
under the operation of the said "Native Reserves
Act, 1856," the Governor may, by Order in Council,
declare such assent to have been ascertained, and
thereupon the title of the aboriginal inhabitants in
the land to which the same shall relate shall be
deemed to be extinguished, and the lands shall, from
the date of such Order in Council, vest in Her
Majesty, for the purposes and subject to the pro-
visions of the said "Native Reserves Act, 1856," as
attested by the recited Act, and that as effectually
as if the same had been ceded and conveyed by such
aboriginal inhabitants to Her Majesty :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, doth hereby declare that the assent of the
aboriginal inhabitants to the bringing the piece of
land described in the Schedule hereunder written
under the operation of "The Native Reserves Act,
1856," has been ascertained.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land situate at Westport in
the District of Buller, bounded towards the North
by a public road, 4,214 links; towards the East also
by a public road along the banks of the River
Orowaiti, 475 links, 800 links, 485 links, and 585
links; towards the South by sections 68, 69, and 70,
3,222 links, by section 213, 950 links, and by sections
213 and 215, 2,610 links; and towards the West, 510
links, by a public road, and containing by admeasure-
ment fifty (50) acres more or less.

I, ALEXANDER MACKAY, a person duly
appointed in this behalf, under the provisions
of "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856,"
hereby certify and report that I have ascertained
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 fourth day of May,
1869.

ALEXANDER MACKAY.

SCHEDULE above referred to.

All that piece of land situate at Westport, in the
District of Buller, bounded towards the North by a
public road, 4,214 links; towards the East also by a
public road along the banks of the River Orowaiti,
475 links, 800 links, 485 links, and 585 links; towards
the South by sections 68, 69, and 70, 3,222 links, by
section 213, 950 links, and by sections 213 and 215,
2,610 links; and towards the West, 510 links, by a
public road, and containing by admeasurement fifty
(50) acres more or less.

Report adopted this fourteenth day of May, 1869,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony.

G. F. BOWEN,
Governor.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

We, the undersigned, the owners of the above-
described piece of land at Westport, in the District
of Buller, have agreed that the same shall be brought
under the provisions of "The Native Reserves Act,
1856."

HAKARAIA TE PIKI,
WIKI RIRIA TE PIKI.

Witnesses-
J. T. Catley, Sub-Treasurer, Nelson.
Wiremu Katene, of Wakapuaka.
Tamati Pirimona, of Kawatiri, his mark.
Alexander Mackay, Commissioner, Native Re-
serves.