land described in Schedules A and B hereunder written under the operation of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856," has been ascertained.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE A.

All that piece of land situate in the Omata District, bounded towards the North by Barrett’s Reserve D four thousand five hundred and twenty (4520) links, towards the East by the Paritutu line eight thousand two hundred and twenty (8220) links, towards the South by rural allotments Nos. forty-eight (48) and forty-eight A (48A) four thousand five hundred and twenty (4520) links, and towards the West by rural allotments Nos. forty-eight A (48A), forty-seven (47), forty-six (46), and forty-three (43), eight thousand two hundred and twenty (8220) links.

SCHEDULE B.

All that piece of land situate at Waitara, bounded towards the North by allotment C and an Educational Reserve four thousand eight hundred and nine (4809) links, towards the South by the said Educational Reserve two thousand four hundred (2400) links, and towards the West by allotments J and H four thousand one hundred and sixty-three (4163) links.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the fifth day of April, 1867.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to constitute throughout the Colony, or in any part thereof, Militia Districts, and such districts from time to time to abolish, and the boundaries thereof to vary; and whereas by an Order in Council, dated the twelfth day of January, 1867, the following Militia Districts in the Province of Taranaki were constituted, namely:

• The Taranaki Northern District,
• The Taranaki Middle District, and
• The Taranaki Southern District,

and whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the said Taranaki Southern District, for the purpose of constituting another Militia District in addition thereto in the said Province:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and in exercise of the above recited power, doth by this present Order fix the southern boundary of the said Taranaki Southern District at the mouth of the Kaupokonui River, and from thence, by a straight line running due east to the eastern boundary of the said Province:

And doth constitute an additional Militia District in the Province of Taranaki aforesaid, to be called

THE PATEA DISTRICT,

and doth define the said Patea District to be all the territory comprised within the following boundaries, namely: on the North by the southern boundary of the Taranaki Southern District, as hereinbefore described; on the East by the eastern boundary of the Province of Taranaki, on the South by the southern boundary of the said Province, and on the West by the sea.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. Grey, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under his hand, to direct the Officer commanding the Militia of any District, with all convenient speed, to draw out for actual service such Militia force:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby order and direct you, Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell Lepper, the Officer commanding the Militia in the Province of Taranaki, with all convenient speed, to draw out for actual service the whole of the Militia Force within the Patea District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

J. Richardson.

Printed and published, under the authority of the Provincial Government, by C. W. Woon of the Town of New Plymouth, Government Printer for the time being.