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
15th day of October, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Tahamata. Native Land
Court District wherein situate: Otaki. Area: 450 acres.
Name by which land is known: Otaki, Sections Nos. 130,
131, 132, 133. Native Land Court District wherein situate:
Otaki. Area: 4 roods 16 perches (sic).

Dated this 8th day of September, 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 6th day of September,
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 16th
day of October, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Otaki, Sections Nos. 146,
151, 134, 135, Native Land Court District wherein situate:
Otaki. Area: ½-acre sections.

Dated this 8th day of September, 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 5th day of September,
1885, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule
herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascer-
tained; and, further, that dealings with the said land will
cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on
the 15th day of October, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Wairere No. 2. Native
Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Area: 6
acres 2 roods.

Dated this 5th day of September, 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 4th day of September,
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 14th
day of October, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Awakahawai No. 2. Native
Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Estimated
area: 29 acres.

Name by which land is known: Awakahawai No. 3. Native
Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Estimated
area: 86 acres.

Dated this 4th day of September, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a
session opened at Otaki, in the said district, on the
22nd day of May, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for the
subdivision of land situate in the said district, and known
as "Manawatu Kukutauaki No. 7D, Section 2;" and in the
matter of the application of Hapi te Rangitewhata and
others for a hearing 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 at Wellington, this 11th day of September, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a
session opened at Otaki, in the said district, on the
22nd day of May 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for
investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and
known as "Katihiku;" and in the matter of the application
of Te Rangitawhia 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 at Wellington, this 11th day of September, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a
session opened at Otaki, in the said district, on the
22nd day of May, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for
investigation of title to land situate in the said district,
and known as "Te Rewarewa;" and in the matter of the
application of Hanita te Aweawe 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 applications.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of September, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Sittings of the Native Land Court further adjourned.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of this Court
at Waimate, Bay of Islands, at present standing
adjourned to Thursday, the 24th day of September instant,
is further adjourned to Thursday, the 8th day of October,
1885.

Also that the sitting of this Court at Herd's Point,
Hokianga, at present standing adjourned to Thursday, the
1st day of October next, is further adjourned to Thursday,
the 22nd day of October, 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 Reefton on or before the 30th day of
September, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: James Adams. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: "The General Gordon Gold-Mining
Company (Limited)." 15 acres 3 roods 14 perches, being
Section 8, Block II., Waitahu, Devil's Creek, in the Nelson
South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eighth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
five.

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