New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 103

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Ko te ingoa o te tangata e ki ana kia taka mai ki a ia te whenua.	Ko te ingoa o te tangata i mate.	Ko te ingoa o te whenua.
Te Wiremu Hoera	Mere Potangaroa	Mataikona Nama 2.
Erina Heta	Hakaraia Ihaia	Mataikona Nama 2.
Hoani W. Pohotu	Pirihira Tamoe	Te Waihinga West.
Hoani W. Pohotu	Pirihira Tamoe	Moiki.
Paiura Watarauihi	Heni Rangitakaiwaho	Maramamau East.
Mere Rikiriki	Mere Rikiriki	Hokowhitu Nama 2.
Ngatuere Tawhao	Hapakuku	Te Waihinga, Middle.
Hori Taha	Matire Piripi	Tahorahina.
Hori Taha	Riria Waka	Mangatawari.
Hori Taha	Matire Piripi	Mangatawari.
Meihana Te Rangi	Matiu Te Rangi	Te Hokowhitu Nama 3.
Paiura Watarauhi, Paraone Pahoro	Matire Piripi	Maramamau West.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, October 4th, 1878.

WHEREAS it is provided by "The Native Land Act, 1873," that it shall be lawful for the Native Land Court, either in the claim of any Native claiming to be interested in any land on account of which money has been paid by officers duly authorized to obtain the cession of Native land to Her Majesty, or on the claim of the Governor, to investigate the title to and the interest in such land, in the manner prescribed in the said Act, and the Court shall make such order either for the completion of the agreement upon such terms and conditions as the Court shall think fit, or for the apportionment of the land between the parties interested therein, in such manner as the Court shall think equitable; or for the repayment by the Natives who shall be found to have received such money as aforesaid of the same, or any part thereof to Her Majesty; or it may by such order declare that such land or any part thereof has been duly ceded to Her Majesty, and all such orders shall be good and effectual; and any order declaring that the land or any part thereof has been duly ceded to Her Majesty shall vest the same in Her Majesty, and her successors, absolutely as demesne lands of the Crown, freed and discharged from all Native title, custom and usage:

And whereas it is enacted by "The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1877," that the Native Minister may at any time cause application to be made to the Native Land Court to ascertain and determine what interest in any block of land has been acquired by or on behalf of Her Majesty, and the Court shall hear such applications, and generally shall have all such powers and authorities in respect of any such application as it would have in any matter in its ordinary jurisdiction; and after hearing all such evidence as shall be thought necessary, or may be produced by or on behalf of any person interested in any such application, the Court may grant such order as to it shall seem fit; and all lands declared in such order to be the property of, or to have been acquired by or on behalf of Her Majesty, shall from the date of such order be deemed to be absolutely vested in Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, for such estate or interest (if any) as in the said order may be declared:

And whereas in pursuance of the above-recited provisions, application has been duly made to me by the Native Minister to cause a sitting of the Native Land Court to be holden for the purpose aforesaid with respect to the block of land hereunder mentioned and described:

Now I, Francis Dart Fenton, Esquire, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby give notice that such sitting will be held at Tauranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, on the 12th day of November, to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

F. D. FENTON,
Chief Judge.

Name of Claimant.	Name and Locality of Block.	Boundaries.	Place where Plan will be deposited for public inspection.
The Governor.	Te Puke, near Maketu	Commences at Otumatawhero (Survey Station 17), and goes on to Te Kopua, and the Kaituna River, goes along in that river to the Waiari River, and along in that river to Te Puke, and thence to the Oturuturu River, goes along in that river to the Mangatoi River at Waitakahi, then goes inland to Otanewainuku (Survey Station 15), then goes towards the North to the Government boundary at Otara (Survey Station No. 1), goes along on that boundary to Waitakei (Survey Station No. 16), thence by the coast to the commencement	The map of this land can be seen at the Government Survey Office, Tauranga.

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