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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 applica-
tion 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 Porangahau, in the District of
Hawke's Bay, in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, on the second day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, the claim of Renata
Kawepo and others, aboriginal natives of New Zea-
land, to a piece of land called Owhaoko, situate at
Patea, in the said district, was heard and decided, and
a certain order was, on the thirty-first day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, there-
upon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the thirty-first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight, 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 Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby
order and direct the said claim of Renata Kawepo
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 three years
from the said thirty-first day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Incorporation of Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral
Association.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Agricultural and Pastoral
Societies Act, 1877," it is, among other
things, enacted that whenever any number of persons,
not being less than fifty, shall have associated them-
selves together into a society for any of the purposes
therein recited, it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, on the petition of not fewer than two-
thirds of such persons, to incorporate the said peti-
tioners, and the whole other persons at that time
being members of the said society, and such persons
as shall thereafter be admitted members thereof agree-
ably to the rules of the said society and the provi-
sions of the aforesaid Act, into a body corporate, by
a style and title to be named in the Order in Council
incorporating the same:

And whereas a number of persons exceeding fifty
have associated themselves together into a society for
the purpose of promoting the advancement of agri-
culture, the improvement of stock, and the different
branches of rural industry, and the arts therewith
connected:

And whereas not fewer than two-thirds of such
persons have presented a petition to the Governor in
Council, praying for incorporation under the pro-
visions of the said Act, as in the said petition more
particularly mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in compliance with the
terms of the said petition, in pursuance and exercise
of the power and authority contained in the said
Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
incorporate the said petitioners, and the whole other
persons now being members of the said society, and
such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members
thereof agreeably to the rules of the said society and
the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate,
by the style and title of "The Ashburton Agri-
cultural and Pastoral Association."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing William Frederick Hale, Esq., Trustee
under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act,
1867."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment 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 here-
ditaments, 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:

And whereas by an order bearing date the tenth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven, under the hand of John Rogan, Esquire,
Judge of the Native Land Court, under the seal
of the said Court, it was ordered that a memorial
of the ownership of Te Retimana Heera and others
to the land and hereditaments described in the
Schedule hereto be inscribed on the Court rolls:

And whereas the said Te Retimana Heera is an
infant under the age of twenty-one years, and it is
expedient that William Frederick Hale, Esquire, be
appointed trustee under the said Act, on behalf of
the said Te Retimana Heera:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the colony, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the said Act, doth hereby order that the interest
and share of the said Te Retimana Heera in the land
described in the Schedule hereto shall be and remain
vested in

WILLIAM FREDERICK HALE, Esquire,
as Trustee, within the meaning and for the purposes
of the said Act, for the said Te Retimana Heera
during his minority.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, containing by admeasurement 1,085 acres,
more or less, situate at Reporua, in the District of
Hawke's Bay, being called or known by the name of
Reporua. Bounded towards the North by the Ahi