Numb. 111.
1701

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1881.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1881.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1881.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 12th day of January, 1867, and made in pursuance of
"The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and the Acts amending the same, a certain district
called the Mohaka and Waikare District was declared to be a district within the provisions of "The New
Zealand Settlements Act, 1863:"

And whereas after the late rebellion a certain agreement was entered into by or on behalf of the
Government of the colony of the one part, and the loyal claimants to land within such district of the other
part, for the settlement of the claims of such persons to land within such district, and such agreement is
deposited in the office of the Secretary for Crown Lands:

And whereas by "The Mohaka and Waikare District Act, 1870," the said agreement was declared to
be and to have been valid since the 13th day of June, 1870, and to be binding on the Government of New
Zealand and all the persons whose names are stated in the said agreement, and in the Schedule thereto:

And whereas in pursuance of the said Act the Governor has caused the pieces of land mentioned in
the said agreement and in the Schedule thereto to be defined, and the boundaries thereof to be ascertained
by survey, and marked on a plan now deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Napier:

And whereas it was further provided by the said "Mohaka and Waikare District Act, 1870," that such
of the said pieces of land so defined as are mentioned in the several paragraphs of the said agreement
numbered respectively first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, should, upon the Governor declaring by notice
in The New Zealand Gazette, that such survey was completed, be deemed to be vested absolutely in Her
Majesty, and should be dealt with in the same manner in all respects as other lands taken under the
provisions of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and its amendments, and such declaration has duly
appeared in the Gazette:

And whereas the said "Mohaka and Waikare District Act, 1870," has been repealed, and whereas an
Act was passed at the last session of the General Assembly called "The Native Land Act Amendment Act,
1881," whereby it is provided that on the application of the Native Minister, the Native Land Court may,
in its ordinary form of procedure, inquire and determine who are the persons entitled to those portions of
the land in the Mohaka and Waikare District mentioned in the said agreement, other than those mentioned
in the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs of such agreement, and it may issue certificates in
accordance with such determinations:

And whereas the Honorable William Rolleston, a member of the Executive Council, acting as Native
Minister, by writing under his hand, dated the 23rd day of November, 1881, has applied to the Native Land
Court to inquire and determine who are the persons entitled as aforesaid:

Now, I, Francis Dart Fenton, Esquire, the Chief Judge of the said Court, do hereby appoint a Court
to be holden at Te Wairoa, in the Hawke's Bay District, on the 1st day of May next, for the purposes
aforesaid.

As witness my hand this 8th day of December, 1881.

F. D. FENTON,
Chief Judge.