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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53
March, 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 and
a right of succession to the said estate, for a rehear-
ing 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 Hori Raerena to the
real estate of Raniera Raerena aforesaid shall be re-
heard as and in the manner provided by "The Native
Land Act, 1873;" and doth also order that such re-
hearing shall take place within twelve months from
the date hereof.
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
eighteenth day of May, 1880.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 owner-
ship 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 pro-
vided 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 at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Shortland, in the District of
Thames, in the County of Thames and the Provincial
District of Auckland, on the twenty-third day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight,
the claim of Hoera te Mimiha and others, aboriginal
natives of New Zealand to a piece of land called "Te
Waka a Tiki te Aroha," situate at Ohinemuri, in the
said district, was heard and decided, and a certain
judgment was thereupon made by the said Court;
and at further sittings of the said Native Land
Court of New Zealand, held also at Shortland afore-
said, on the twenty-eighth day of August, on the sixth
day of September, and on the twelfth day of Septem-
ber in the same year, the claims following, that is to
say, the claim of Meha te Moananui and others to a
piece of land called Otamaurunganui, the claim of
Timiuha Taiwhakaea and others to a piece of land
called Takapau, and the claim of Hoera te Mimiha
aforesaid and others to a piece of land called Manuka
number three, all the said pieces of land being situ-
ate at Ohinemuri aforesaid, were heard and decided,
and certain judgments were thereupon made by the
said Court:
And whereas on or about the first day of August,
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 first above-recited land, and, again on or about the
twentieth day of September, in the same year, a
further application was in like manner made, by and
on behalf of certain aboriginal natives claiming to
have an interest in all the above-recited lands, for a
rehearing of the said claim and claims; and it is ex-
pedient that the whole of the said claims 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 Execu-
tive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order and
direct that the said claims—that is to say, the claim of
Hoera te Mimiha and others to the piece of land
called "Te Waka a Tiki te Aroha," the claim of Meha
te Moananui and others to the piece of land called
Otamaurunganui, the claim of Timiuha Taiwha-
kaea and others to the piece of land called Taka-
pau, and the claim of Hoera te Mimiha afore-
said to the piece of land called Manuka number
three—shall be reheard as and in the manner pro-
vided by "The Native Land Act, 1873;" and doth
further order that such rehearings shall take place
within one year from the date hereof.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of May, 1880.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto was reserved for the uses of the Pro-
vincial Government of Canterbury and other public
purposes, particularly for the depasturing of stock
when travelling: And whereas by an Order in
Council, dated the thirteenth day of April, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty, the purpose of the
said reserve was changed to ferry purposes: And
whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is ex-
pedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman,
Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Selwyn:
Now, therefore, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby declare that,
from and after the thirteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said reserve
shall become vested in the said Chairman, Councillors,
and Inhabitants of the County of Selwyn, for ferry
purposes.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Bealey Survey District,
Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 18 acres
2 roods 11 perches. Bounded—Northward by the
River Waimakariri; Westward by the western boun-
dary of Reserve 394 (in red); Southward by the
southern boundary of the same reserve, 1320 links;
and Eastward by a line bearing 208° 52′ 30″ true;
excepting thereout the West Coast Road, 100 links
wide: and numbered 2461 (in red) on the official
map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.