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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two, the claim of Te Karauna Hou and
others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a piece
of land called Hihi and Piraunui, situate at Shortland,
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," and "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 Te Karauna Hou and others
to the aforesaid piece of land shall be reheard before
one Judge of the said Court and one Assessor thereof:
And doth order that such rehearing shall take place
before the twenty-eighth day of February next.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Claim of Rapana Maunganoa appointed.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of February, 1873.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS at a sitting of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand, at Shortland, in the
District of the Thames, Province of Auckland, on
the fifth day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two, the claim of Rapana
Maunganoa, aboriginal native of New Zealand, to a
piece of land called Hape South No. 1, situate at
Shortland, 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," and "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, pro-
vided 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 Rapana Maunganoa to the
aforesaid piece of land shall be reheard before one
Judge of the said Court and one Assessor thereof :
And doth order that such rehearing shall take place
before the twenty-eighth day of February next.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE FREDERICK SOUTH, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Tapanui, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 25th day of June,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 35,
of 29th day of June, 1868.

WILLIAM FOX.

Tenders for Firewood.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon of Saturday, the 22nd instant, for furnish-
ing the Offices of the General Government with
seasoned Firewood (Rata or Manuka), in one or
two feet lengths, cut and split, at per cord, in such
quantities as may be required, for the Twelve Months
commencing 1st of April next; to be delivered at
the Public Offices, and stacked on delivery if required.

ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD,
(for the Under Secretary).

Tenders for Coal and Coke.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon of Saturday, the 22nd instant, for furnish-
ing the Offices of the General Government with
Coal and Coke, in such quantities as may be required,
for the Twelve Months commencing the 1st of April
next. The rates per ton to be specified for best
English Coal, screened and delivered at the Public
Offices in 1 cwt. bags; for the best Newcastle,
N.S.W., Coal, screened and delivered at the Public
Offices in 1 cwt. bags; for best New Zealand Coal,
screened and delivered at the Public Offices in 1 cwt.
bags; and for Coke, delivered at the Public Offices in
1 cwt. bags.

ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD,
(for the Under Secretary).

Tenders for Cartage.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon of Saturday, the 22nd instant, from persons
willing to contract for the Carting required by the
General Government at Wellington, for the Twelve
Months commencing the 1st April next, between
8 a.m and 5 p.m. The Tenders should specify the
price—
1st. At per day of eight working hours.
2nd. From the Queen's Wharf, or from any part
of Te Aro within half a mile of the Post Office,
to any of the General Government Offices
within half a mile of the General Assembly
Buildings at Thorndon, and vice versa, at per
load.
3rd. Between Rhodes' Wharf and the Magazine,
and vice versa, at per load.
4th. Between the Queen's Wharf and Mount
Cook Barracks, and vice versa, at per load.
5th. Between the Queen's Wharf and Thorndon
Barracks, and vice versa, at per load.
6th. Between Mount Cook Barracks and Thorndon
Barracks, and vice versa, at per load.