May 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 743

Appointing Trustee under Maori Real Estate Management Acts, 1867 and 1877.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of April, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Maori Real Estate Management 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 hereditaments, 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 “The Maori Real Estate Management Act Amendment Act, 1877,” it is provided that, in all cases in which no trustee of such estate of any infant Maori prior to the passing of the said last recited Act has been appointed, the Governor may appoint such trustee only on the recommendation of a Judge of the Native Land Court:

And whereas, in pursuance of an order bearing date as contained in the first column of the Schedule hereto, made by the Judge named in the second column thereof, the person named in the third column was recommended to the Governor as trustee under the said Acts on behalf of the person named and under the disability described in the fourth column, in respect of the land described or referred to in the fifth column:

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 Acts, doth hereby order that the interest and share of the person under disability named in the Schedule hereto in the block of land referred to therein shall be and remain vested in the person named in the third column thereof as trustee within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Acts for the said person respectively during the term of his minority or other disability; the said parcel of land having the area and boundaries set forth in the Crown grant certificate of title, and memorial of ownership affecting the same, and in the record map in the office of the Surveyor-General.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notification that Her Majesty has ceased to have any Interest in certain Native Lands in the North Island.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

THE Native Land Court, under the powers conferred by “The Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1877,” having ascertained and determined the interest which has been acquired by or on behalf of Her Majesty in the several blocks of Native land described in the Schedule hereto, it is hereby notified that Her Majesty has ceased to have any interest in the said blocks of Native land, except where otherwise specified in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

WAHOU WEST NO. 1.

ALL that parcel of land in the District of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Waihou West No. 1, containing by admeasurement 1,716 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Native land, 2112 links; towards the East by the River Waihou to the Ngahinapouri Reserve, by the Ngahinapouri Reserve 2000 links, 5056 links, 666 links, and 2424 links, by Te Koutu Block 531 links; thence by the River Waihou to Wairakau; thence by a Native reserve, 566 links, 801 links, 1770 links, 1043 links, 592 links, 564 links, 949 links, 1642 links, and 631 links to Ngarararahi; thence by the River Waihou to Tuawhati; towards the South by the Waihou West Nos. 3 and 2 Blocks, 7000 links; and towards the West by Native land, 9470 links, 1360 links, 3230 links, and 10543 links: save and excepting the portion known as Waihou West No. 1A, containing by admeasurement 1,211 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

KAINGAROA.

All that parcel of land in the District of Matata, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Kaingaroa, containing by estimation 300,000 acres or thereabouts. Bounded on the East by the Rangataiki River; on the South by the Kaingaroa No. 1 Block; on the West by the Paeroa and Rotomahana Blocks, the Tarawera Lake, and the Haehaenga Block; and on the North by the Opotiki Confiscation Block: save and excepting the areas following, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown: Pokohu Block, parts of, 750 acres and 500 acres; Matahina Block, part of, 8,500 acres; Putauaki No. 1 Block, 5,243 acres; and Rerewhakaitu No. 2 Block, 9,000 acres; each respectively more or less.

PUKEAMARU.

All that parcel of land in the District of Waiapu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Pukeamaru, containing by estimation 5,000 acres or thereabouts, Boundaries: Commencing at Tatau-o-Rangiriri; thence runs into the Karakatuwhero River; thence outwards by Te Ratatepiko, Tawaroa, Mokota, Te Rueke, Te Waiwhero, Taniwhanui, Pureotuhitahi, Te Horoa, Te Aokirimanga, Waiorakai, Parinui, Oruatahania, Matapu, Mangatarata, Kotare, Taketake, Pakarae, Moanakarapu, Maihitukua, Otawhao, Wairenga, Otahuuma, Te Reretotara, Ouhenga, Makariki, Te Pukemauri, Tamanuhiri, Okea, Hokiang a, Te Whakatuaika, Te Waiaraho, Te Kakamaurea, Te Mai; thence to Tatau-o-Rangiriri, the starting-point: save and excepting 1,740 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

TAITAI.

All that parcel of land in the District of Waiapu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Taitai, containing by admeasurement 3,059 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by surveyed lines from Pukutautau, Taumata-o-whetu, Taumatataua, and to the Mangapeka peka Creek; thence on the West by Mangapeka peka Creek and surveyed lines to Ahomatariki Creek; thence on the South by the Ahomatariki Creek and the Mangaohewa Creek; thence on the East by the Mata River and Wairangi Block to the starting-point: save and excepting 1,150 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

PUA TE ROKU.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Pua te Roku, containing by admeasurement 3,428 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Pouturu Block; on the East by the Mata River; on the South by the Mata River and the Whakaowai Stream; and on the West by the Wetea and Waitahaia Blocks: save and excepting the portions now known as Tatarikirau, Puketuaho, and Pua te Roku, containing 1,130 acres, 356 acres, and 1,822 acres each respectively, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

PIRAUAU.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Pirauau, containing by admeasurement 3,833 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Wharehapua, Paparoa, and Ruangarehu Blocks; on the East by the Pirauau-Tuakau No. 1 Block; on the South by the Mangatarata,