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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1870.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-sixth day of September, 1870.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Greytown, in the District
of Wairarapa, Province of Wellington, on the twenty-
seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, the claim of Matire Piripi, an aboriginal
native of New Zealand residing at Greytown, to a
piece of land called Papawai South, situate at Grey-
town in the district aforesaid, was heard, and a certain
order was thereupon made by the Court aforesaid:
And whereas it is enacted by "The Native Lands Act,
1865," "The Native Lands Act, 1867," and "The
Native Lands Act, 1870," that the Governor in
Council may order a rehearing of any matter judi-
cially heard before the Court aforesaid, and before
one or more Judges of the Court and one or more
Assessors, as may be specified in the Order in Council
ordering such rehearing, and within such period of
time as may be limited in such order, provided that
no such order for rehearing shall be made after six
months shall have elapsed from the date of the
original decision: And whereas it is expedient that
the said claim shall be reheard before the said Court:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the above
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claim of Matire Piripi to the aforesaid
piece of land shall be reheard before one Judge of the
said Court and two Assessors thereof:
And doth order that such rehearing shall take
place before the twenty-fifth day of September next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-sixth day of September, 1870.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Greytown, in the District
of Wairarapa, Province of Wellington on the twenty-
seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy, the claim of Matiaha Mokai and others,
aboriginal natives of New Zealand residing at Waira-
rapa, to a piece of land called Ahikouka, situate at
Greytown, in the district aforesaid, was heard, and a
certain order was thereupon made by the Court
aforesaid: And whereas it is enacted by "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," "The Native Lands Act,
1867," and "The Native Lands Act, 1870," that the
Governor in Council may order a rehearing of any
matter judicially heard before the Court aforesaid,
and before one or more Judges of the Court and one
or more Assessors, as may be specified in the Order
in Council ordering such rehearing, and within such
period of time as may be limited in such order,
provided that no such order for rehearing shall be
made after six months shall have elapsed from the
date of the original decision: And whereas it is
expedient that the said claim shall be reheard before
the said Court:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the above
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claim of Matiaha Mokai and others to
the aforesaid piece of land shall be reheard before one
Judge of the said Court and two Assessors thereof:
And doth order that such rehearing shall take
place before the twenty-fifth day of September next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.