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known as "Rawhitiroa;" and in the matter of the applica-
tion of Taiwiri te Wheteke 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 25th day of April, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
WHANGANUI DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a
session opened at Whanganui, in the said district, on the
22nd day of April, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim for
investigation of a title of land situate in the said district, and
known as "Rawhitiroa;" and in the matter of the applica-
tion of Te Katoroto Hamuera and another 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 25th day of April, 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 Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, in the said
district, on the 6th day of November, 1884, upon the hearing
of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the
said district, and known as "Puketauhinu;" and in the
matter of the application of Paratene Ngata 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 25th day of April, 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 21st day of April, 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
31st day of May, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Omarukaipua Nos. 1, 2, 3
and 5. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Roto-
rua. Area: Not determined.

Dated this 24th day of April, 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 24th day of April,
1885, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule herein
became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained;
and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to
be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 3rd
day of June, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Omarukaipua No. 4. Native
Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: Not
determined.

Dated this 24th day of April, 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 25th day of April, 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 4th
day of June, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Puketauhinu. Native Land
Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty. Area:
5,735 acres.

Name by which land is known: Puketauhinu No. 1.
Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty.
Area: 39,067 acres.

Name by which land is known: Puketauhinu No. 2.
Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty.
Area: 8,000 acres.

Name by which land is known: Puketauhinu No. 2A.
Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty.
Area: 1,500 acres.

Name by which land is known: Puketauhinu No. 2B.
Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty.
Area: 500 acres.

Dated this 25th day of April, 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 23rd day of April,
1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule
herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascer-
tained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will
cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on
the 2nd day of June, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Ohau Taupiri. Native Land
Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: 114 acres.

Name by which land is known: Rawhitiroa. Native Land
Court District wherein situate: Whanganui. Area:
42,560 acres.

Dated this 24th day of April, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations made under
that Act for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes,
it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease of
Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant
specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged
with the Warden at Stafford on or before the 7th day of May,
1884.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Stafford.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Francis Day Lockwood. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "The Tasman Gold-
Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, at the head-
waters of the Taipo River, 110 chains north-east from
Browning's Pass, in the Waimea Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

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

Gold-Mining Lease.—Notice of Withdrawal of Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 16th April, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned application
for a gold-mining lease has been withdrawn, and that
the ground is now open for application as if a lease of the
same had never been applied for, viz.:—

Folio 151. W. Burns and E. Carton; Lyell Gold-Mining
Company; 10 acres, Lyell Creek. Dated 2nd January, 1885.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Holding delegated powers.