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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership, in manner in the said Act required, as may
be limited in such order; and upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by the
Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the case
shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in man-
ner provided by the said Act: Provided that no
application for a rehearing shall be entertained if it
be made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas by the eighth section of "The Native
Land Act Amendment Act, 1874," (hereinafter re-
ferred to as "the said amendment Act,") it is enacted
that in any case where an application for a rehearing
of any matter heard and decided under "The Native
Lands Act, 1865," and the Acts amending the same,
shall have been made subsequently to the first day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three, the Governor in Council may, in the manner
provided by the fifty-eighth section of the said Act,
order a rehearing of any such matter so heard and
decided as aforesaid, and all the provisions of the
said Act respecting rehearings, so far as applicable,
shall extend to any rehearing ordered under the said
Amendment Act: Provided that such application
shall in each case have been made within six months
from the date of the decision of the Court in such
case;

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand at Haruru, Waitangi, in the Bay of
Islands District, in the Province of Auckland, held
on the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, the claim of Wiremu
Hongi Te Ripi and others, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, to a piece of land called "Parahirahi," situ-
ate at Kaikohe, in the said district, was heard and
decided, and a certain order was thereupon made by
the said Court:

And whereas on or about the twenty-fifth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three, an application was made to the said Court, by
and on behalf of certain aboriginal natives claiming
to have an interest in the said land, for a rehearing
of the said claim, and it is expedient that the said
claim should be reheard before the said Court:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Ex-
ecutive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order
and direct that the said claim of Wiremu Hongi Te
Ripi and others to the piece of land aforesaid shall
be reheard as and in the manner provided by "The
Native Land Act, 1873;" and doth also order that
such rehearing shall take place within twenty-four
months from the said fifteenth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of September, 1874.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the fifty-eighth section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873," (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act,") it is enacted that upon the
application of any persons interested in any Native
and who may feel themselves aggrieved by the

decision of the Native Land Court in respect thereof,
the Governor in Council may order a rehearing of
any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership, in manner in the said Act required, as may
be limited in such order; and upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by
the Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the
case shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in
manner provided by the said Act: Provided that no
application for a rehearing shall be entertained, if it
be made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas by the eighth section of "The Native
Land Act Amendment Act, 1874," (hereinafter re-
ferred to as "the said Amendment Act,") it is enacted
that in any case where an application for a rehearing
of any matter heard and decided under "The Native
Lands Act, 1865," and the Acts amending the same,
shall have been made subsequently to the first day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three, the Governor in Council may, in the manner
provided by the fifty-eighth section of the said Act,
order a rehearing of any such matter so heard and
decided as aforesaid, and all the provisions of the
said Act respecting rehearings, so far as applicable,
shall extend to any rehearing ordered under the said
Amendment Act: Provided that such application
shall in each case have been made within six months
from the date of the decision of the Court in such
case:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand at Whangape, in the District of
Hokianga, in the Province of Auckland, held on the
twentieth day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, the claim of Hera Waiti
and another, aboriginal natives of New Zealand,
to a piece of land called "Te Pipipi No. 1," situate
at Whangape, in the said district, was heard and
decided, and a certain order was thereupon made by
the said Court:

And whereas on or about the thirteenth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, an application was made to the said Court, by
and on behalf of certain aboriginal natives claiming
to have an interest in the said land, for a rehearing
of the said claim, and it is expedient that the said
claim should be reheard before the said Court:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby
order and direct that the said claim of Hera Waiti
and another to the piece of land aforesaid shall be
reheard as and in the manner provided by "The
Native Land Act, 1873;" and doth also order that
such rehearing shall take place within eighteen
months from the said twentieth November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of September, 1874.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the fifty-eighth section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873," (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act,") it is enacted that upon the