APRIL 25.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 449

Wellington, 12th April, 1881.

WHEREAS by a Royal Commission under the hand of His Excellency the Governor in Council, dated
the 29th day of March, 1881, the undersigned Charles Heaphy, Esq., V.C., was appointed a Com-
missioner to inquire respecting the claims of all or any aboriginal natives claiming to be owners or other-
wise beneficially interested in the lands in the Provincial District of Wellington known as the Native
Reserved "Tenths," or into the purposes and objects for which such lands respectively may have been
intended, or to which their rents and profits should be applied; and, in pursuance of such inquiry, to take
euidence on oath or otherwise, and to report to the Governor on the same:

Now, therefore, in pursuanae of such Commission and directions, I do hereby give notice that I shall,
on Monday, the 23rd of May, 1881, and the following days, at the Maori Hostelry, Wellington, proceed to
inquire into the claims of the said Natives to the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, and
into the proper manner in which the rents and profits derivable from such lands should be applied; and do
call on all such Natives claiming ownership or beneficial interest in such lands, and on all other persons
claiming interests therein, to appear at the above-mentioned time and place to prove their claims and
interests,

CHARLES HEAPHY,
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Land.
Name of Claimant.

Wellington City—
Town Sections No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, and 25
Hon. Wi Tako Ngatata, Waaka Houtipu, Marangai,
Apikaira, and others

Wellington Town Belt—
Part of Block XV., containing 4 acres 35 perches;
part of Block XVA., containing 35 acres 1 rood
24 perches; and part of Block XVB., containing
18 acres 35 perches
Hon. Wi Tako Ngatata, Waaka Houtipu, Marangai,
Apikaira, and others

Hutt District—
Reserve near Pitoone, called Pokaiwhanga
Mawene Hohua, Henare Te Puni, and others.

Section 2, Petone, Subdivision containing 2 roods
11 perches
Haana Te Puni and Henare Te Puni.

Section 16, Pitoone, Subdivision containing 5 acres
3 roods 31 perches
Mawene Hohua.

Section 57, said to contain 66 acres
Karena Porutu and Huhana Taukare.

Section No. 1, Korokoro, Subdivision (area not
given) at Wolland's Dan
Ngapaki Te Puni.

Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Subdivision near railway
crossing
Ngapaki Te Puni.

Section No. 3, Pitoone, Subdivision No. 7 on plan
Subdivision No. 8 on plan.
Ngapaki Te Puni and Matene Tauwhare.
Henare Te Puni and Matene Tauwhare.

Waiwhetu District—
Section 19, Subdivision No.
Tini.

PANUITANGA.

NOTEMEA i runga i tetahi Komihana i raro i te ringa o te Kawana i roto i te Kaunihera i i tuhia i te 29
o nga ra o Mache, 1881, i whakaturia te tangata kei raro iho nei tona ingoa, ara, a te Hiwhi (Charles
Heaphy, Esq., V.C.), hei Komihana uiui i nga take o nga tangata Maori, o etahi tangata Maori ranei, e ki ana
e whai take ana ratou e whiwhi ana ranei ratou i te painga i runga i nga whenua i te Takiwa Porowinitanga
o Poneke e mohiotia nei ko nga whenua rahui Maori o te Kamupene o Niu Tireni, ki te uiui ano hoki i nga
take i rahuitia ai aua whenua pera, ki te whakahaere i nga reti me nga moni koha e puta ake ana i runga i
aua tu whenua kia tika ai te whakatau; a i runga i taua uiuinga ka ahei ia te whakarongo korero i runga
i te oati, kore oati ranei, a ki te tuku i tona pukapuka whakaatu ki a te Kawana.

No reira i runga i taua Komihana me nga kupu tohutohu mai ki a au, ka panuitia e ahau, tera ahau e
nohoki te Tari Maori i Poneke, a te Mane te 23 nga ra o Mei, 1881, me nga ra i muri atu, ki reira uiui ai
i nga take o aua Maori ki nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i te Kupu Apiti i raro iho nei, a ki te titiro
hoki i te whakahaere tika mo nga reti me nga moni koha e puta ake ana i runga i aua whenua, a he tono
tenei ki nga tangata Maori e ki ana e whai take ana ratou, e whiwhi ana ranei i te painga i runga i aua
whenua pera, ki era atu tangata hoki e ki ana he take o ratou ki aua whenua, kia haere ake ratou ki taku
aroaro i te ra me te kainga kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei, ki te whakatuturu i o ratou take me o ratou
paanga ki aua whenua.

Poneke, Aperira 12, 1881.

TE HIWHI,
(CHARLES HEAPHY),
Komihana.