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declare such parts of the colony to be districts within which liquor shall not be supplied to any Maori for consumption off the premises.

SCHEDULE.

NGATI-WHATUA DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the Wairoa Maori Councils District from the ocean to the Mangonui River: thence towards the north-east generally by the Whangarei Maori Councils District to the ocean at Bream Tail: thence towards the east generally by the ocean to Tamaki Bridge at Panmure: thence towards the south-east generally by a right line to St. Ann's Bridge on the Great South Road; thence by the waters of Manukau Harbour to Manukau Heads: and thence towards the south-west by the ocean to the place of commencement: including Great Barrier Island.

MANIAPOTO DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north generally by the left bank of the Waikato River from its confluence with the Kopokorahi Stream to the south-eastern boundary-line of Wharepuhunga Block; thence by the south-eastern boundary-lines of the said Wharepuhunga Block to Tapororoa; thence by the south-western boundary-lines of the Wharepuhunga Block aforesaid to the Mangatutu Stream; thence by the said Mangatutu Stream to its confluence with the Puniu River; thence by the left bank of the said Puniu River to the northern boundary-line of the original Mangauika Block (No. 6210); thence by the northern boundary of the said Mangauika Block to Mahaukura; thence by the northern boundary-lines of the forest reserve to its north-western corner; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section 3, Block I, Pirongia Survey District; thence by the northern boundary-lines of the Sections 3, 2, and 1 of the said Block I, the northern boundary-lines of Section 1, Block IV, Kawhia North Survey District, and the northern boundary-lines of Pirongia West Block (No. 6221) and of Mangaora Block to Kawhia Harbour; thence by a right line across Kawhia Harbour to the north-eastern corner of Taharoa “A” Block (No. 6206A), on Kawhia Harbour; thence by the eastern and south-eastern boundary-lines of the said Taharoa “A” Block to the Taharoa “B” No. 1 Block (No. 6206B); thence by the north-eastern, south-eastern, and southern boundary-lines of the said Taharoa “B” No.1 Block to the mouth of the Waihekura Stream on the west coast: thence towards the west by the ocean to Parininihi (White Cliffs): thence towards the south by the confiscation boundary-line, and a right line from the eastern termination of the said confiscation boundary-line to the confluence of the Ongaruhe and Taringamutu Rivers: thence towards the south-east by a right line to Trig. Station No. 1389 (Moutere); thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 1390 (Pureora); and thence by a right line to the confluence of the Waikato River and the Kopokorahi Stream, the place of commencement.

TAURANGA DISTRICT.

All that area of land in the North Island of the Colony of New Zealand bounded towards the north-east by the Bay of Plenty from the mouth of the Waihi River to the north-western corner of the Te Arawa District: thence towards the south-east by the north-western boundary of the said Te Arawa District to the Puwhenua Trig. Station; thence towards the south-west generally by a right line to Te Weraiti Trig. Station (146); thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of Whakamarama No. 2 Block; thence by the south-western boundary of the said Whakamarama No. 2 Block to the Maurihoro Block; thence by the said Maurihoro Block to its north-western corner; thence by the Wairere Block, the Waiharakeke E No. 1c Block (2723A), Section 20, Block III, Wairere Survey District, Sections Nos. 53, 52, 48; 47, 45, 43, 42, 40, 37, 35, 33D, 33C, 31A, 30, 29, and 28, Block XII, Aroha Survey District; by the Thames High School Endowment; and by the forest reserve to its intersection by a right line running from Te Aroha Trig. Station to the mouth of the Waihi River: and thence towards the north-west by that line to the mouth of the said Waihi River, the place of commencement: including Matakana, Motuhoa, and Te Hopai Islands.

WHANGANUI DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north by the Maniapoto District hereinbefore described from the Ohura River to the confluence of the Ongaruhe and Taringamutu Rivers: thence towards the north-east by the Tongariro District to Waiouru: thence towards the south by the Waiouru-Karioi Road to the Waitangi Stream: thence by that stream to its confluence with the Wangaehu River: thence towards the south-east generally by the Wangaehu River to the ocean: thence towards the south-west by the ocean to the Wai-

totara River: and thence towards the west generally by the Taranaki District to the place of commencement.

KURAHAUPO DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-east generally by the Tongariro District from Waiouru to the summit of the Ruahine Range: thence towards the south-east and south generally by the summit of that range to the Manawatu Gorge; thence by the left bank of the Manawatu River to the ocean: thence towards the west by the ocean to the Wangaehu River; and thence by the Whanganui District hereinbefore described to the place of commencement.

TAMATEA DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north and north-east by the Matatua and Kahungunu Districts respectively from Runanga to Hawke Bay; thence towards the east generally by Hawke Bay and the ocean to the mouth of the Wainui River (near Herbertville); thence towards the south-west by a right line to Takapari Mountain (the Dome), on the Ruahine Range; and thence towards the west generally by the Kurahaupo and Tongariro Districts to the place of commencement.

RONGOKAKO DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-east by a right line from Takapari Mountain (the Dome), on the Ruahine Range, to the ocean at the mouth of the Wainui River; thence towards the south-east and south generally by the ocean to Cape Turakirae; thence towards the north-west generally by the summits of the eastern watershed of the Orongorongo River and the summits of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges respectively to the Manawatu Gorge, and thence by the summit of the Ruahine Range to the place of commencement.

RAUKAWA DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west generally by the Kurahaupo District hereinbefore described from the ocean to the Manawatu Gorge; thence towards the south-east by the Rongokako District hereinbefore described to Cape Turakirae; and thence towards the south and west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement at the mouth of the Manawatu River.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amended Regulation under “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-fifth section of “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of the said Act: And whereas by an Order in Council dated the eleventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, certain regulations were made by the Governor under the said Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 91, of the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four: And whereas by an Order in Council dated the sixteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71, of the seventeenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, clause sixteen of the regulations was revoked, and a new regulation substituted: And whereas it has been found necessary to revoke the present clause sixteen of the said regulations and make another regulation in its place: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the existing clause sixteen of the said regulations, and doth in lieu thereof make the following regulation:—

REGULATION.

16. Where the member is a married man an advance of £30, and where the member is a single man an advance of £10, may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, be made towards the cost of ploughing, fencing, erecting a dwellinghouse, and making a garden on his section; such advance not to exceed three-fourths of the value of the ploughing, fencing, building, and garden, and to bear interest