THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 553

"The Native Lands Act, 1865," and the Acts amend-
ing 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
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 appli-
cable, shall extend to any rehearing 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 Hawke's Bay
District, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, on the
eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five, the claim of Riperata Kahutia and
others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a piece
of land called Te Awapuni, situate at Poverty Bay,
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 fifth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, an applica-
tion was made 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 Exe-
cutive 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 two years and
six months from the said eighteenth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Crown Grants Cancelled.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers vested in me by the second
section of "Waiuku Native Grants Act, 1876,"
I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Nor-
manby, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, do hereby order that
from and after the first day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven, the Crown grants
specified in the First Schedule to the said Act shall
be cancelled and be of no effect.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules under "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876.

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 nineteenth section of "The
Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876," it is,
among other things, enacted that the Governor in
Council, with the concurrence of at least two of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, may frame rules for
the purposes therein particularly set forth: And
whereas by the twentieth section of the said Act it is
further enacted that any of such rules may in like
manner be repealed, varied, or altered:

And whereas under the hereinbefore recited section
of the said Act certain rules were framed and
prescribed by an Order in Council made on the
seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the ninth day of December last, and
it is expedient that certain of the rules so framed
should be revoked, and that other rules should be
made for the purpose hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him by the said Act, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony of New Zealand, and with the concurrence of
James Prendergast and Christopher William Rich-
mond, Esquires, two Judges of the Supreme Court of
the said Colony, doth hereby revoke the rules num-
bered eleven, nineteen, and twenty-five framed and
prescribed by the Order in Council hereinbefore
mentioned, and by and with the like advice and
consent, and with the concurrence of the said two
Judges, doth hereby frame and prescribe the rules
hereinafter set forth, and doth declare that the same
shall come into operation on the first day of June
next.

RULES.

1. The Registrar or Taxing Officer shall in his taxa-
   tion be guided by the scale of charges, fees, allow-
   ances to witnesses and otherwise, and disbursements
   allowed upon taxation in bankruptcy in England, so
   far as the same may be suitable to the circumstances
   of this colony; and where the same may be unsuitable,
   by the scale of costs, charges, fees, and disbursements
   allowed upon taxation in civil proceedings in the
   Supreme Court; but all Court fees paid under the
   Act or the rules shall be allowed on taxation.

2. Until the election or appointment of a Creditors'
   Trustee, the time and place of meetings of creditors
   shall be those fixed by the Registrar. After the
   election or appointment of a Creditors' Trustee, any
   meetings of creditors may be adjourned to such time
   and place as a majority of creditors at such meeting
   may, by resolution, determine.

3. Any meeting of creditors may be adjourned
   from time to time.

4. Any place at which meetings are held in the
   manner provided by the Act or these rules, shall be
   deemed to be the "prescribed place" for the purposes
   of the Act.

5. No business shall be transacted at any meeting
   unless there shall be present, either personally or by
   proxy, at least three creditors, or all the creditors if
   the number does not exceed three.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Persons entitled to Land under "The Immigrants
Land Act, 1875."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Immigrants Land Act
Amendment Act, 1875," it is enacted that