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

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Irepoama Rakatairi and Erieta Whakia, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Paramena te Oneone and Henare Tomoana, as trustees under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said land may be leased by the said trustees.

Dated at Wellington, this eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 10,908 acres, more or less, situate near Napier, in the District of Ahuriri, and called or known as the Petane Block, and numbered 24N; saving and excepting thereout a reserve of 600 acres or thereabouts, situate at Nukurangi.

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

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Niheta Timoti and Hami Timoti, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Timoti Puketutu, as trustee under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said trustees for a term of twenty-one years.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the District of Kaipara, containing 119 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being known by the name of Rarapuka No. 2. Bounded towards the East by a line, 1480 links; towards the South-east by the Kaituna Block, 5482 links; towards the South-west by lines, 1893 links and 483 links; and towards the North-west by the Pahunuhunu Block, 25 links, 2423 links, and 4500 links.

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

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Ani Ripiha and Akuhata Ripiha, half-caste Natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in George Lipsey and Ema Lipsey, as trustees under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said trustees.

Dated at Wellington, this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the Survey District of Te Aroha, containing 2 acres 1 rood 18 perches, be the same a little more or less, being part of Section 17 of Block IX. on

the map of the Te Aroha Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by other part of said Section 17, 766·4 links; towards the South-east by Emma Street, 488·9 links; towards the South by a road laid out on the bank of the Waihou River; and towards the North-west by other part of said Section 17, 41 and 332·2 links: be the said admeasurements a little more or less. And also all that strip of land situate in the said Te Aroha Survey District, containing 30·8 perches, be the same more or less, and being part of said Section 17 of Block IX., and being of the width of 15 links. Bounded towards the East by other part of said Section 17, Block IX. aforesaid, 40·7, 476·1, 211·3, and 560·7 links; and towards the West by other part of said Section 17, Block IX., aforesaid, 560, 209, 478, and 36 links: be the said admeasurements a little more or less; the said two pieces of land being part of the land comprised and described in Vol. xxiv., folio 166, of the Register-book of the District of Auckland.

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

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Tiaki Paora, Te Maenga Paora, and Rihi Paora, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Whakatere te Kaeoa and Wiremu Tama-hana, as trustees under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said trustees for twenty-one years from the 25th May, 1885.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land at Te Kaha, in the District of Bay of Plenty, in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 2 roods 14 perches, more or less, and known by the name of Waihirere.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1885.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Matakohe Road District, County of Hobson:

John Ovens.
Edwin Pheasant.
James Smith.
Richard Smith, jun.
John Isbister.

Whaingaroa Road District, County of Raglan:

Alexander Fergusson.

Alfredton Road District, County of Wairarapa East:

Eli Smith.

County Council Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1885.

THE following notices of elections of members of County Councils have been received at this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

County of Clifton:

Thomas Wilson, Mokau Riding.

County of Amuri:

John Coakley.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 32.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1885.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Offi-