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ing what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native owners of the land known as portions of Hutt Sections Nos. 2 and 3, subdivision 9 of Hutt Sections Nos. 2 and 3, and subdivision 10 of Hutt Section No. 3, in respect of those portions of the land taken under Orders in Council dated respectively the 15th day of August, 1887, the 3rd day of June, 1887, and the 9th day of January, 1888, for the purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway; and also for the purpose of ascertaining who are the persons entitled to be paid such compensation, and what land is affected by the said Orders in Council.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE OF LAND TAKEN.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 2 roods 38·5 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being portion of Section No. 2, Hutt District, in the Belmont Survey District, Town District of Petone. Bounded on the north by the Wellington-Woodville Railway, 260 links; on the east by a road, 305·3 links; on the south by the high road from Wellington to Wairarapa, 263·4 links; and on the west by part of Subdivision No. 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 289 links: as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14257, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured neutral tint.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 5 acres and 5 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being portion of Section No. 2, Hutt District, in the Survey District of Belmont. Bounded as follows: On the north-west by other part of Section No. 2, Hutt, 570 links; on the north-west by other part of Subdivision 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 702 and 100 links; on the south-east by the Wellington-Napier Railway, 1105 links; and on the south-west by Subdivision 13 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 568 links: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 12726, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 8·2 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being Subdivision 9 of Sections Nos. 2 and 3, Hutt District, in the Survey District of Belmont. Bounded as follows: On the north-west by other part of Subdivision 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 943·5 links; on the north-east by other portion of Subdivision 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 159 links; on the south-east by the Wellington-Napier Railway, 831·1 links; and on the south-west by part of Subdivision 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 100 and 78·1 links: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15453, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 1 rood 21 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being Subdivision 10 of Section No. 3, Hutt District, in the Survey District of Belmont. Bounded as follows: On the north-west by other portion of Subdivision 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 251·8 links; on the east by part of Section No. 3, 118·4 links; on the south-east by the Wellington-Napier Railway, 256·9 links; and on the south-west by other part of Subdivision 9 of Section No. 2, Hutt, 159 links: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15453, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Reserves referred to the Native Land Court under Clause 16 of “The Native Reserves Act, 1882.”

A PPLICATION having been made by the Public Trustee, under clause 16 of “The Native Reserves Act, 1882,” to investigate and determine the persons beneficially entitled to the Native Reserve sections, situated in the City of Wellington, set forth in the Schedule hereto, notice is hereby given that, at a sitting of the Native Land Court, to be held at Wellington, on the 24th day of February and following days, an inquiry will be held for the aforesaid purpose, at which time and place all persons interested therein are requested to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PART of Sections numbered 543, 864, 893, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 989, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1,000, 1,001, 1,002, 1,003, 1,004, 1,005, 1,081, 1,082, 1,098, 1,099, and 1,100.

Lands referred to the Native Land Court under Clause 51 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

IN pursuance with an Order in Council dated the 31st day of January, 1888, it is hereby notified that, at a sitting of the Native Land Court, to be held at Wellington, on the 22nd February and following days, the Court will proceed to inquire into the several matters thereby brought within its jurisdiction with respect to the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Partition of Lands under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 25th January, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, to be held at Tauranga, in the District of Bay of Plenty, on the 8th day of March, 1888, will be heard the applications of the persons whose names appear in the first column of the Schedule hereunder for the partition of the lands the names of which appear in the second column, and which are situate in the respective districts named in the third column.

EDW. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.