G. GREY,
Governor.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND, ON FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1862.

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 at the mouth of the Wangaehu River; thence by that river to the Ruahine Range; thence following the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges to Paekakariki Hill; thence westerly across Paekakariki Hill to the Sea; and thence by the coast line (including the Island of Kapiti) to the commencing point:

And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the "Native District of Manawatu."

And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the 31st day of March, 1862.

HAMPDEN WILLIS,
For Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
Appointing District of "Manawatu" under the Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858.

G. GREY,
Governor.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND, ON FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1862.

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 commencing at the mouth of the Wangaehu River; thence by that river to the Ruahine Range; thence following the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges to Paekakariki Hill; thence westerly across Paekakariki Hill to the Sea; and thence by the coast line (including the Island of Kapiti) to the commencing point:

And doth appoint and declare that the said District shall be called the "Native District of Manawatu."

And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the 31st day of March, 1862.

HAMPDEN WILLIS,
For Clerk of Executive Council.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, April 3, 1862)

PROCLAMATION
Appointing General Assembly to meet at Wellington in June, 1862.

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 the General Assembly of New Zealand has been and now stands prorogued to Monday, the Seventh day of April, instant. And whereas it is expedient further to prorogue the same, and to fix the time and place for holding the next Session thereof. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby further prorogue the said General Assembly until Thursday, the Twenty-sixth day of June, now next ensuing. And I do also hereby appoint and proclaim that the next Session of the General Assembly shall commence and be holden for the dispatch of business on Thursday, the Twenty-sixth day of June aforesaid, at two of the Clock in the afternoon, in the City of Wellington, and the Honorable the