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thence falls into the Uriwiri Stream, thence into | special settlements, or for the purpose of railway
Mangaroau, and by course of same until it falls into | construction :

the Mangatarata, and by course of same until it falls | And by the said Act it is also provided that it
into Te Mata, thence ascending the Te Mata to its | shall be lawful for the Governor, whenever he shall
source, thence to Mangamatukutuku, thence to | have determined to enter into negotiations for the
Tutamoa, thence to Haupatua, thence to Taumata-o- | purchase of such land, to insert a notice in the New
te-Popo to Hinetore, to Tawhaporoporo, to Rimu, | Zealand Gazette that it is his intention to enter into
to Whakatauranga Rahui, to Rimututahi, to Momo- | such negotiations, and after such notice is inserted,
natewai, to Karangatara, to Naereo Kaura, to Taka- | it shall not be lawful for any one to purchase or
pauaka, to Waiotauetura, to Te Whitiarakae, to | acquire from the Native owners any right, title, or
Hinake, to Te Upokopopo, to the Hikuae River, and | interest, or contract for the purchase or acquisition
ascending the same to the first point. | from the Native owners of any right, title, or in-

ARAKIHI. | terest, in the lands specified in such notice, unless

All that block or parcel of land in the Poverty Bay | the notice be cancelled by the Governor: Provided
District, Province of Auckland, containing twenty- | that no such notice shall have longer operation than
three thousand seven hundred and five (23705) acres | for the period of two years :

or thereabouts. Bounded on the East by a line | Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
from Toritoria to Te Whakauranga, by the boundary | Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of Mangaheia No. 1, thence by the same boundary to | of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of
Pakarae Stream; thence on the South it ascends | the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and in exercise
Mangarara to its source, thence by Puharariki it falls | of the powers thereby vested in me, do hereby give
into the source of Hinakiwawahia Stream, thence | notice that it is my intention forthwith to enter into
by Te Matae, thence to Taumata-a-te-Aorora by | negotiations for the purchase from the Native owners
Whangai-a-Tangaroa, and by a line to Mahakakaha- | of the blocks or parcels of land situate in the Province
ngarara Stream, thence by said stream to its source, | of Wellington, and described in the Schedule hereto.
thence by a line to the first point.

PARARIKI.

All that block or parcel of land in the Poverty Bay | SCHEDULE.
District, Province of Auckland, containing twenty | TAWHITO-ARIKI BLOCK.
thousand five hundred and seventy (20570) acres or | BOUNDED towards the North by the Makara Stream ;
the reabouts. Bounded on the East by a line from | towards the North-east by unsurveyed Native land,
Tangihanga to Karangapaku; thence to Parakeka on | one thousand four hundred and twenty-five (1425)
the South by the course of the Mahakakangarara | links; towards the East by unsurveyed Native land,
Stream from its rise to its junction with Wainga- | four thousand nine hundred and twenty (4920) links ;
romia River; on the West by Waingaromia from | towards the South-east by unsurveyed Native land,
the last-named point to its source in Mangatuamaru | sixteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five
Stream at Tutamoe; on the North by a line from | (16375) links; towards the South by unsurveyed Na-
Tutamoe to Pukahu, through Taumata-o-popo, to | tive land, five thousand one hundred and eighty-five
Hinetore, to Tawhaporoporo, to Rimu, to Whakatau- | (5185) links, by the Te Horoweka Stream, by lines
ranga Rahui, thence to first point.

one thousand and eighty-six (1086) links, and thirty

Given under the hand of His Excellency the | (30) links by the Mangahowhi Stream, and by a line
Most Honorable George Augustus Con- | three thousand one hundred and sixty-six (3166) links;
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of | towards the West by the Mangawhero River; and
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and | towards the North-west by the said Mangawhero
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the | River.
County of York, in the Peerage of the | RETARUKE.
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave | Bounded towards the North by the Tutaeahua
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, | Stream, by the Kirikau Block, three thousand five
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of | hundred and two (3502) links, one thousand five
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy | hundred and thirty-five (1535) links, five thousand
Council; Knight Commander of the Most | one hundred and seventy-six (5176) links, ten
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael | thousand eight hundred and forty-one (10841) links,
and Saint George; Governor and Com- | two thousand five hundred and sixty-two (2562) links,
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Ma- | three thousand four hundred and eighty-three (3483)
jesty's Colony of New Zealand and its | links, five hundred and twenty-one (521) links, twenty
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the | thousand four hundred and forty-eight (20,448) links,
same; and issued under the Seal of the | and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-
said Colony, at Auckland, this eighteenth | three (27623) links, by the Kawautahi Stream and by
day of April, in the year of our Lord | Native land seven thousand two hundred and thirty-
one thousand eight hundred and seventy- | five (7235) links; towards the East and South-east by
six.
unsurveyed Native land, thirteen thousand two
H. A. ATKINSON.
| hundred and sixty-nine (13269) links, nine thousand

Notice of intention to Purchase Native Lands in | hundred and twenty-two (9622) links, sixteen
the Province of Wellington.
| thousand five hundred and forty-seven (16,547) links,

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor. | and eleven thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven

WHEREAS by "The Immigration and Public | (11877) links; towards the South by unsurveyed Na-
Works Act Amendment Act, 1871," the | tive land, twenty-two thousand and seventy-eight
Governor is, among other things, empowered to | (22,078) links, sixteen thousand five hundred and
enter into arrangements for the acquisition of par- | forty-seven (16547) links, six thousand seven hundred
ticular portions of land in the North Island for the | and ninety-four (6794) links, ten thousand eight
purpose of mining for gold, for the establishment of | hundred and seventy-four (10874) links, and five
| thousand five hundred and seventy-four (5574) links;
| and towards the West by the Whanganui River to
| the commencing point.

TOKAMARU.

Commencing on the North-west at a hill called