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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Rehearing of Native Land Claims.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of September, 1875.

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
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, commenced on
the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five, and ended the seventeenth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five, the claim of certain aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, to a piece of land called "Takopa," 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 twelfth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, 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 certain aboriginal
natives 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 twelve months from the said
twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Purchase of Horses by the Indian Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1875.

THE following notification, received from the Go-
vernment of India, in reference to the purchase
of remounts for the Indian Army, is published for
general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

No. 125.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Military Department,
Fort William, the 5th August, 1875.

To the Honorable the CHIEF SECRETARY, Victoria,
Melbourne.

SIR,-I am directed to acknowledge you letter
No. 949, dated 19th March, 1875, soliciting certain
information on the subject of the supply of remounts
for the army in India, and, in reply to the inquiries
therein made, to convey to you, for the information
of His Excellency the Governor, the following
answers by the President, Special Stud Commission,
which are accepted by the Government of India :-

Questions.

(a.) Whether it is proposed
to purchase mares as well as
geldings.

(6.) The regulation heights
for horses purchased, and the
heights preferred.

(e.) The ages to which pur-
chases will be restricted.

(d.) Whether broken as well
as unbroken horses will be
taken, and the difference of
price between the two.

(e.) The weights which troop
horses in India are required to
carry.

(f.) The distances which it
is expected troop horses will be
able to march in a week, carry-
ing the weight referred to.

(g.) Whether it is contem-
plated to purchase direct from
the breeders in this country,
and, if so, at what times, places,
and prices.

Answers.

Mares as well as geldings-
preference given to mares.

Not less than 14 hands 3
inches, and up to 15 hands 3
inches in height-mean pre-
ferred.

Four-year olds-not over
seven.

Unbroken preferred, if not
above five years old.

To carry about 18 stones for
Horse Artillery and Medium
Cavalry-17 to 18 stones for
Hussars.

The usual marches in India
average 14 miles a day-forced
marches double that, even in
the height of a tropical summer
with the thermometer at 120
degrees under canvas, and pro-
portionately warm nights. The
periods for which ordinary and
forced marches may be kept
up may be from a week to a
month or more; but well-bred
horses only will do this work,
and only such should be sent
for army purposes. Indeed, the
Remount Agent will be direc-
ted to refuse 'any underbred
horse.

It is not contemplated to buy
direct from the breeders; the
latter would insure larger profit
if they imported their own
horses. The principle that
obtains in Calcutta and other
metropolitan markets in India,
and sanctioned by the Govern-
ment of India, is to buy suitable
horses in those markets from
the shippers and dealers.
Government does not intend
to import themselves, as long
as they can obtain horses of the
above description in the man-
ner described.

I am, &c.,

B. E. BACON, Colonel,
Offg. Secy. to the Govt. of India.

No. 135.

COPY of the above forwarded to the Colonial
Secretary, New Zealand, for the information of His