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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

under the seal of the said Court, it was ordered that
a memorial of the ownership of Matinia Tikopo
Murupaenga to the land and hereditaments described
in the Schedule hereto be inscribed on the Court
rolls:

And whereas the said Matinia Tikopo Murupaenga
is an infant under the age of twenty-one years, and
it is expedient that Paora Tuhaere and Te Otene
Kikokiko be appointed trustees under the said Act
on behalf of the said Matinia Tikopo Murupaenga:

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
land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and
remain vested in

PAORA TUHAERE and TE OTENE KIKOKIKO,
as Trustees within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Matinia Tikopo Muru-
paenga during her minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Auckland, containing by admeasurement two
hundred and fifty-three (253) acres and two (2)
roods, more or less, situate at Kaipara, in the District
of Kaipara, being called or known by the name of
Ruarangihaerere No. 1. Bounded towards the North
by the Kaipara River; towards the South-east by the
Buarangihaerere No. 2 Block 10000 links; towards
the South-west by the Sand-hills, the Buarangihaerere
Lake, and again by the Sand-hills; and towards the
North-west by the Waitotara Block 6966 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Timoti Puhipi 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
te 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 twenty-second day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the parcel of land
and hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Hohepa Poutama and others, their
heirs and assigns, of the District of Mangonui, in the
Province of Auckland, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand:

And whereas the said Hohepa Poutama died in-
testate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court held at Herds Point, Hokianga, in the
Northern District, in the province aforesaid, on
the thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, Timoti Puhipi claimed to
succeed to the interest and share of the said Hohepa
Poutama in the parcel of land described in the said
Schedule:

And it was ordered by the said Court that
Riopo Puhipi, Poroa Puhipi, Neri Puhipi, and Te
Wiki Puhipi, infants under the age of twenty-one
years, should succeed to the interest of the said
Hohepa Poutama in the hereditaments aforesaid :

And it is expedient that Timoti Puhipi be ap-
pointed trustee under the said Act on behalf of the
said Riopo Puhipi, Poroa Puhipi, Neri Puhipi, and
Te Wiki Puhipi:

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 Riopo Puhipi, Poroa
Puhipi, Neri Puhipi, and Te Wiki Puhipi in the
land described in the Schedule hereto shall be and
remain vested in

TIMOTI PUHIPI,
as Trustee within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act for the said Riopo Puhipi, Poroa
Puhipi, Neri Puhipi, and Te Wiki Puhipi during
their minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland,
in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by ad-
measurement eight (8) acres, more or less, situate at
Ahipara, in the District of Mangonui, County of
Mangonui, being called or known by the name of
Moringai, and numbered five hundred and sixty-seven
N. (567N). Bounded towards the North-east and
East by a line two hundred and eighty-six (286) links,
and by the Moringai Creek; towards the South by a
line three hundred and eighty-two (382) links; to-
wards the South-west by a line one thousand three
hundred and seventy-four (1374) links; and towards
the North-west by highwater line on the shore of
Ahipara Bay.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

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 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 de-
cision 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 appli-
cation 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
referred 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