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Collins Tussant Marie ; Sections 137, 138, and 139, Block II., 144 acres and 1 perch, Leaning Rock, Otago Mining District. No. 898.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Native Land Court Notices.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette, 18th March, 1887.]

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of March, 1887.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the ownership of the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto requires to be ascertained, and it is also necessary to determine to whom and in what manner Crown grants, if any, or other evidence of title should be issued in respect of the said lands: And whereas it is expedient that the said several matters and the determination of the titles to the said lands should be brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court, in order that the same may be finally decided and dealt with:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Native Land Court Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the investigation and determination of the ownership of the Native lands described in the Schedule hereto, and also the determination and individualization of titles to the said lands, and mode of granting the same as aforesaid, and all matters incidental thereto respectively, shall be and the same are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court established under the said Act:

And it is hereby further declared that this order shall take effect as from the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Sitting of the Native Land Court.—“Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Native Land Court Office,
Whanganui, 3rd May, 1887.

IN pursuance of the above-recited Order in Council, it is hereby notified that a sitting of the Native Land Court of New Zealand will be held at New Plymouth, on the 1st day of June, 1887; and that the Court will then proceed to inquire into the several matters thereby brought within its jurisdiction, with respect to the lands mentioned in the Schedule to the said Order in Council attached.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Registrar.

Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of Hereditaments.

Native Land Court Office,
Whanganui, 3rd May, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court to be held at New Plymouth, in the District of Taranaki, on the 1st day of June next, will be heard the applications of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the subdivision of the hereditaments comprised in the Crown grants of the pieces of land the names of which appear in the second column, situate in the district named in the third column.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Crown Lands Notices.

all Grazing Runs, Maungakaretu Block, and Pastoral Runs, Sea-coast, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the sections of land enumerated below will be open for application under the various systems noted in the Schedule, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on and after Friday, the 27th May, 1887, at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each run.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Sale of Crown Lands, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the sections of land as per Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale on the deferred-payment, perpetual-lease, and small grazing run systems, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885.”