Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1543

after six months shall have elapsed from the time of such publication:

And whereas by the tenth section of “The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1878 (No. 2),” the time for making application for rehearing is further limited to three months:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, held at Whanganui, in the District of Whanganui, in the County of the same name, and the Provincial District of Wellington, on the fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the claim of Himī Materoa and others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a parcel of land called Mangapukatea, situate on the upper portion of the Waitotara River, in the County of Whanganui aforesaid, and the claim of Te Rangihuatau and others, also aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a parcel of land called Raoraomoku, situate at the place and in the county afore recited, were heard and decided, and certain judgments were thereupon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, an application was made by or on behalf of certain aboriginal natives claiming to have an interest or interests in the said lands for a rehearing of the said claims, and it is expedient that the said claims should be reheard before the said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, in exercise and pursuance of the said recited power, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order and direct that the said claims, that is to say, the claims of Himī Materoa and others to the parcel of land called Mangapukatea, and the claim of Te Rangihuatau and others to the parcel of land called Raoraomoku shall be reheard as and in the manner provided by “The Native Land Act, 1873;” and doth further order that such rehearing shall take place within one year from the date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Claim under Native Land Act.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of October, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT 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 decision 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 application 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 tenth section of “The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1878 (No. 2),” the time for making such application for rehearing is limited to three months:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, held at Helensville, in the District of Kaipara, in the County of Waitemata, and in the Provincial District of Auckland, on the sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the claim of Te Hemara Tauhia and others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a parcel of land called Hauturu, being the island commonly called or known by the name of the Little Barrier, situate over against Cape Rodney, in the northernmost part of Hauraki Gulf, was heard and decided, and a certain judgment was thereupon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, an application was made by or 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 Administrator of the Government, in exercise and pursuance of the said recited power, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order and direct that the said claim of Te Hemara Tauhia and others to the parcel 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 one year from the date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Acts; 1867 and 1877.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of October, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867” (hereinafter called “the said Act), 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, or lunatic, or other person under legal disability, shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit: