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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and in pursuance of the powers and authori-
ties conferred on me by sections one hundred and
twenty-two, one hundred and twenty-three, one
hundred and twenty-four, and one hundred and
twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and
in exercise of every other power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the middle line of the said portion of
the said railway shall be from a point situate in Block
seven, Waipahi District, distant about four chains in
a southerly direction from the south-western corner
of Block nine, Waipahi Township, to a point in
Section four, Block four, Township of Kelso, all within
the Provincial District of Otago, Colony of New
Zealand, as defined, and set forth in the Sche-
dule hereto. The said middle line and the land
through which the same passes are set forth in the
map and plan marked P.W.D. 7251, and authen-
ticated for the purposes of this Proclamation by
the signature of the Honorable Richard Oliver,
Minister for Public Works, and which said map and
plan is deposited in the office of the Registrar of
the Supreme Court at Dunedin, in the Provincial
District of Otago.

SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point situate in Block VII., Wai-
pahi District, the said point being the termination
of a portion of the railway from Mataura to Clutha,
as described in a Proclamation dated the 16th October,
1874, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No.
55, of the 22nd October, 1874, proceeding thence in a
generally northerly direction for a distance of 15
miles or thereabouts, and passing in, into, through,
or over the following lands, &c.: Railway Reserve,
Waipahi Township, extension Block X.; Waipahi
Township, Block VIII., VII., IV.; Waipahi Survey
District, Block VIII., pre-emptive right, Railway
Reserve, Sections 9, 8: Glenkenich Survey District,
Block XII., Section 4; Block XI., Sections 54, 53,
50, 46, 1, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, and 32;
Block XIV., Sections 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and
5; Block XIII., Sections 60, 59, 55, 54, 53, and 1;
Block XV., Sections 6, 4, and 2; Greenvale Survey
District, Block I., Section 32: Township of Kelso,
Block VI., Sections 4, 3, 2, 1; Block V., Sections
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1; Block IV., Sec-
tions 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5; and terminating at a point
in Section 4, Block IV., Township of Kelso afore-
said; all within the Provincial District of Otago,
Colony of New Zealand; and including all adjoining
and intervening places, lands, roads, reserves, streams,
rivers, and watercourses; in the manner delineated
on the plan marked P.W.D. 7251, signed by the
Honorable Richard Oliver, Minister for Public Works,
and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the
Supreme Court at Dunedin, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.

JOHN HALL,
(Minister acting for Minister for
Public Works.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

[No. 15

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of February, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS 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 at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Matata, in the District of Bay of
Plenty, in the Provincial District of Auckland, on
the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, the claim of Rawiri
Parakiri and others, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, to a piece of land called Kaingaroa number
one, situate at Kaingaroa, in the said district, was
heard and decided, and a certain order was there-
upon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the twenty-fourth day
of November, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine, an application 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 Excelleney the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-receited 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 Rawiri Parakiri
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 one year from
the said twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of February, 1880.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W
HEREAS 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