THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 621

application of any persons interested in any Native
land 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 Gisborne, in the Poverty Bay
District, in the Province of Auckland, held on the
twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, the claim of Riperata
Kahutia and others, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, to a piece of land called "Kaiti," situate
at Turanga-nui, 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 first day of Decem-
ber, 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 Riperata Kahutia
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 eighteen
months from the said twenty-seventh day of Novem-
ber, 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.

W
HEREAS 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
land 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 at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand at Otaki, in the Wellington Dis-
trict, in the Province of Wellington, held on the
fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four, the claim of Tiemi Ranapiri (James
Ransfield) to a piece of land called Tutangatakino
No. 4, in the said district, was held 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 by and on behalf of a certain
aboriginal native 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 Tiemi Rana-
piri 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
fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 24th day of October next.

MASTERTON. -Town Section "57," 1 acre.
Unoccupied. -JACOB MATTHEWS, of Masterton,
Farmer, Applicant. (B. Smith, Broker.) 535.

MASTERTON. -Town Section "61," 1 acre.
Unoccupied.-ALFRED MATTHEWS, of Welling-
ton, Applicant on behalf of Jacob Matthews. (B.
Smith, Broker.) 536.

MASTERTON. -Town Section "59," 1 acre.
Unoccupied.-CHARLES MATTHEWS, of Mas-
terton, Applicant on behalf of Jacob Matthews.
(B. Smith, Broker.) 537.

MOROA BLOCK.-Part Section "4," 1 rood
17 perches. Bounded-North, 180 links, by a public
road; South 180 links, East 200 links, and West
200 links, by other parts of Section 4, the north-east
corner whereof is distant 1166 links from the North-
east corner of said Section No. 4. -In occupation of
CHRISTOPHER POTTS, the Applicant. (J. H.
Wallace, Broker.) 548.

HARBOUR DISTRICT.----Section "57," 112
acres 2 roods. -In occupation of WILLIAM COCK-