THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

measurement one hundred and seventy-five (175)
acres, more or less, situate at Kaikohe, in the district
of Bay of Islands, County of Hokianga, being called
or known by the name of Tokakopuru, and numbered
five hundred and twenty-nine N (529N). Bounded
towards the East and South-east by the Waiotuhi
Creek and the Tokakopuru Creek; towards the South
by the aforesaid Tokakopuru Creek; towards the
South-west by a line one thousand six hundred and
eighty-four (1684) links; towards the North-west by
Te Waitekaraka Stream; towards the North-east by
a line one thousand six hundred and twelve (1612)
links; again towards the North-west by the Pehi-
punga Creek, the Otauramokako Creek, and a line
two thousand nine hundred and two (2902) links;
and again towards the North-east by a line two
thousand one hundred and sixty-three (2163) links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Hare Puhikura Trustee under "The
Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of May, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867," it is enacted, that if any
title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue
to any Maoris, who or any of whom shall be infants,
lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or
interest therein as shall to the Governor in Council
be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
person under legal disability, shall be vested in
trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:

And whereas by virtue of a Crown grant bearing
date the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Makareta and others, their heirs
and assigns, of the District of Bay of Islands, in the
Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand:

And whereas the said Makareta died intestate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Te Kawakawa, in the said district and
province, on the fifth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five, Hoana Tiraroa claimed
to succeed to the interest and share of the said
Makareta in the parcel of land described in the said
Schedule:

And it was ordered by the said Court that Hoana
Tiraroa and Huna Tanatiu should succeed, according
to Native custom, to the interest of the aforesaid
Makareta in the hereditaments aforesaid, equally
share and share alike:

And whereas the said Hoana Tiraroa died in-
testate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Ohaeawai, in the Northern District, in the
province aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, Hare
Puhikura claimed to succeed to the interest and
share of the said Hoana Tiraroa in the parcel of land
described in the said Schedule:

And it was ordered by the said Court that Maraea
Peia and Mereana Peia, infants under the age of
twenty-one years, should succeed to the interest and
share of the said Hoana Tiraroa in the hereditaments
aforesaid:

And it is expedient that Hare Puhikura be ap-
pointed trustee under the said Act on behalf of the
said Maraea Peia and Mereana Peia:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, in exercise and in
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the said Act, doth hereby order that the
interests and shares of the said Maraea Peia and
Mereana Peia in the land described in the Schedule
hereto shall be and remain vested in

HARE PUHIKURA,
as Trustee within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Maraea Peia and Mereana
Peia during their minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland,
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by ad-
measurement sixty-six (66) acres, more or less,
situate at Te Kawakawa, in the Bay of Islands
District, County of Hokianga, being called or known
by the name of "Te Raupo," and numbered two
hundred and sixty-seven N (267N). Bounded
towards the North by the Whangae River and a
mangrove swamp; towards the East by the mangrove
swamp aforesaid and the Kawakawa Block seven
hundred and fifty-five (755) links; towards the South
by the Kawakawa Block aforesaid eight hundred
and eighty (880) links, two thousand and fifty-two
(2052) links, and six hundred and eighty-nine (689)
links; and towards the West by the Whangae River
aforesaid.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Maika Arapiro and Mere Haku Trustees
under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act,
1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of May, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867," it is enacted, that if any title
to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue to
any Maoris, who or any of whom shall be infants,
lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order
that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or
interest therein as shall to the Governor in Council
be shown to belong to such infant, lunatic, or other
person under legal disability, shall be vested in
trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:

And whereas by virtue of a Crown grant bearing
date the twentieth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, the parcel of land
and hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Werahiko and others, their heirs
and assigns, of the District of Bay of Islands, in the
Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand:

And whereas the said Werahiko died intestate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Ohaeawai, in the Northern District, in the
province aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, Riria
Maika claimed to succeed to the interest and share
of the said Werahiko in the parcel of land described
in the said Schedule: