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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 Patea river, thence
along the boundary of the Province of
Taranaki to the boundary of the Province
of Auckland, thence along that boundary
to the Western boundary of the Ahuriri
District as constituted under the said
Act, thence along that boundary to the
source of the Tutaekuri river, thence by
a line to the source of the Whangaehu
river, thence by the Whangaehu river to
the sea, and thence by the coast line to
the point of commencement: excepting lands over
which the Native Title has been extin-
guished within the meaning of the said
Act.
And doth appoint and declare that the
said District shall be called the Native
District of Whanganui.
And doth declare that this Order shall
take effect from and after the first day of
March, 1863.
Foster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Appointing District of Whanganui under
the Native Circuit Courts Act.
G. Grey,
Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland,
on the 23rd day of January, 1863.
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 bounded to-
wards the North by the Ahuriri District;
towards the West by the Tararua and
Rimutaka Ranges, and by a line along
the Rimutaka and Tarukirae Ranges to
the sea; and towards the South and East
by the coast line from Cape Tarukirae to
the boundary of the Ahuriri District at
the Waimata stream: excepting lands
over which the Native Title has been
extinguished within the meaning of the
said Act.
And doth appoint and declare that the
said District shall be called the Native
District of Wairarapa.
And doth declare that this Order shall
take effect from and after the first day of
March, 1863.
Foster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Appointing District of Wairarapa under
the Native Circuit Courts Act.
G. Grey,
Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland,
on the 23rd day of January, 1863.
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 Patea river; thence along the
boundary of the Province of Taranaki, to
the boundary of the Province of Auckland;
thence along the boundary of the Province
of Auckland to the Western boundary of
the Ahuriri District as constituted under
the said Act; thence along that boundary
to the source of the Tutaekuri river; thence
by a line to the source of the Whangaehu
river; thence by the Whangaehu river to
the sea; and thence by the coast line to
the point of commencement: excepting
lands over which the Native Title has been
extinguished within the meaning of the
said Act.
And doth appoint and declare that the
said District shall be called the Native
District of Whanganui.
And doth declare that this Order shall
take effect from and after the first day of
March, 1863.
Foster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.
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🪶 Appointing District of Wairarapa under Native Circuit Courts Act
🪶 Māori Affairs23 January 1863
Native Circuit Courts Act, Wairarapa District, boundaries
- G. Grey, Governor
- Foster Goring, Clerk of Executive Council
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1863, No 9