Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Rehearing of Claim granted.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WHANGANUI.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given at Whanganui, in the said district, on the 11th day of June, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim to succeed to the interest of Te Retimana Hawea in a block of land in the said district, known as "Otamakapua No. 2;" and in the matter of an application made to this Court in writing, within three months after such decision was given, by a Native named Renata Kawepo, thinking himself aggrieved thereby, for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby order that a rehearing upon such claim be had on the 19th day of May next, at a sitting of the Court to be then holden at Hastings, in the District of Gisborne.

Dated this 7th day of October, 1884.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim granted.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given during a session opened at Hastings, on the 8th day of July, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim for the investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as "Nuhaka No. 2;" and in the matter of several applications for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim, made to this Court in writing, within three months after such decision, by Natives thinking themselves aggrieved thereby:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby order that a rehearing as to the title to such part of the said land as is situate to the westward of the Pohatunui and Makarai Streams, and also to determine what title (if any) in the said land generally is possessed by Mita Puku and other persons of the Ngatitamanuwhiri, be had on the 19th day of May next, at a sitting of the Court to be then holden at Hastings aforesaid.

Dated this 9th day of February, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Ohinemutu, in the said district, on the 5th day of March, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as "Harakeroa;" and in the matter of the application of Te Kotuhi Taiapo and others for a rehearing upon such claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.

Dated this 4th day of March, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under "Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883," give notice that on the 26th day of February, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 7th day of April, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

Name by which land is known: Tapuae D and Tapuae E. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: Not determined.

Name by which land is known: Punawhakareia No. 1 and Punawhakareia No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: Not determined.

Name by which land is known: Putoetoe No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: Not determined.

Dated this 28th day of February, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under "Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883," give notice that on the 27th day of February, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 8th day of April, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

Name by which land is known: Harakekeroa C No. 1, Harakekeroa C No. 2, and Harakekeroa C No. 3. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: 1 acre 2 roods 14 perches.

Name by which land is known: Waikite No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: Not determined.

Name by which land is known: Putoetoe No. 1. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: Not determined.

Dated this 28th day of February, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Gold Fields Notices.

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th March, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to pronounce the undermentioned special claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:

George Matfin and others; 10 acres, Section 16, Block II., Waitakere District, Nelson South-West Mining District. No. 1329.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned gold-mining lease, issued under "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and amendments thereof, has been declared cancelled; and that the land is now open to holders of miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:

172c. William Gaffin and others; Section 2, Block I., Blackstone, containing 4 acres 2 roods 24 perches, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twentyseventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Holding delegated powers.

Gold-Mining Lease Certificates declared void.

IN pursuance of the 23rd and 24th of the regulations made under "The Mines Act, 1877," relating to gold-mining leases, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned certificates of application have been declared void and the leases forfeited; and that the land in each case is now open to holders of miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:

121c. George Lythgoe; Section 40, Block II., Cairn Hill, containing 16 acres 1 rood 1 perch, in the Dunstan Mining District.

857c. Joshua Copley and others; Section 14, Block VII., Skipper's Creek, containing 3 acres, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twentyseventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)