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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 921

reproducing sound, in devices used in and in connection with | south-western boundary of the Tarere Block to its southern-
such apparatus, and in phonogram blanks or surfaces for
receiving the sound-records, and in methods of making and
using such surfaces.
No. 3896.—ALFRED WILLIAM ENSOR, of Winchester, Can-
terbury, New Zealand, Woolbroker, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for a simple heating
apparatus, applicable to any shed or building for drying
wool, grain, flax, &c., and to be called "Ensor's Patent
Simple Heating Apparatus for drying Wool, Grain, Flax, &c."
No. 3897.—JAMES JOHN WOOD, of Brooklyn, New York,
United States of America, Electrical Engineer, has deposited
at this office a specification of an invention for improvements
in dynamo-electric machines, in part applicable to electro-
motors.
And I have appointed Thursday, the 21st day of November
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear
the said applications and all objections thereto; and I require
all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 6th day of
November next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to any of the said applications, otherwise they will
be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Native Land Court Notices.
"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and
"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amend-
ment Act, 1888."

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1889.

N OTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will,
under the authority and for the purposes of the said
Acts, hold a Court at the Native Land Court Office, Wel-
lington, on Saturday, the 31st day of August, 1889, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, for investigating the cases mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder; at which time and place all persons
interested in the said cases, and having objections to any
of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.
ROTOWHAKAHOKIRIRI.
89-128. TRANSFER dated the 2nd August, 1889, from Patihona
to Hakaraia te Whena.
ROTOWHAKAHOKIRIRI.
89-129. Transfer dated the 27th July, 1889, from Hunia
te Hana to Hakaraia te Whena.
PAREMATA NO. 1, SECTION 12.
89-130. Transfer dated the 11th July, 1889, from Hoani
Taipua to Hakaraia te Whena.
HAKUAI OR WAIARIKI, SECTION 14.
89-131. Transfer dated the 2nd August, 1889, from Mate-
nga Moroati and others to Hakaraia te Whena.
HAKUAI OR WAIARIKI, SECTION 13.
89-132. Transfer dated the 1st August, 1889, from Mate-
nga te Hiko and another to Hakaraia te Whena.

Application for Determination of Interests in Poukawa
Native Reserve.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 9th August, 1889.

N OTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of the Court,
to be held at Hastings, Hawke's Bay, on the 16th
day of September, 1889, will be heard the application of
R. C. Hamerton, the Public Trustee, for an order of the
Court defining the persons who are beneficially interested
in the Native reserve situate at Poukawa, in the Provincial
District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 668
acres, more or less, the boundaries whereof are set out in
the Schedule hereunder.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situated at Poukawa, in
the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of
New Zealand, containing by admeasurement 3,668 acres,
more or less. Bounded as follows: Commencing at an
angle on the western side of the Te Aute Road near Hapu-
ku's pa, crossing the road, and following along the southern
boundary of Te Aute No. 5 Block, a distance altogether of
376 links; thence following along the south-eastern boundary
of Te Aute No. 5 Block, a distance of 4350 links, to the
eastern corner of that block; thence along the southern
boundary of the Koparakore Block to its south-eastern
corner, a distance of 6720 links; thence following along the
most corner on Poukawa Creek; from thence following along
the eastern side of Poukawa Lake to the north-eastern
corner of Pukekura Block West; thence along the northern
and western boundaries of that block to Tukituki, distances
respectively of 4680 links and 7250 links; thence along the
north-eastern, northern, north-western, western, and south-
western boundaries of Pukerowhitu Block, distances respec-
tively of 4080 links, 2200 links, 1000 links, 985 links, 610
links, 270 links, 770 links, 1750 links, 515 links, 1630 links,
450 links, and 2890 links, to the western boundary of Puke-
kura Block West; thence southerly along that boundary,
distances respectively of 1332 links and 619 links, to the
north-eastern corner of Te Aute Block No. 2; thence along
the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of that
block, distances of 1047 links and 3850 links respectively,
to the easternmost corner of Whakawiringa Block; from
thence following along the north-eastern boundary of that
block and of Te Aute Blocks 3 and 4, the eastern boun-
dary-line of Raukawa Block No. 1, and the south-eastern
boundary-lines of Raukawa Block No. 2, Te Whareate Ata-
puru Block, and Te Pukehou Block, distances respectively of
6610 links, 1316 links, 283 links, 206 links, 900 links, 379
links, 466 links, 886 links, 500 links, 811 links, 660 links, 360
links, 311 links, 940 links, 1500 links, 4873 links, and 2880
links, to the eastern corner of Pukehou Block; thence along
the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of Te Kena
Block, distances of 2425 links, 1055 links, 1720 links, and
330 links respectively, to the south-eastern corner of said
block on the eastern side of Te Aute Road; thence along
the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Te Kena Block,
distances of about 1050 links and 650 links respectively, to
the north-eastern corner of the said block; thence following
along the northern boundary of said block, distances of 1960
links, 540 links, and 1840 links, to the Mangawehi Stream,
following southerly along that stream to the north-eastern
boundary of Pukehou Block; thence along that boundary,
distances of 2450 links and 4200 links, to the south-eastern
boundary of Raukawa Block East; thence following north-
easterly along that boundary and the south-eastern boundary
of Mangaroa Block, distances respectively of 8170 links,
5950 links, and 1300 links, to the westernmost corner of
Koparakore Block; from thence along the south-western
boundary of that block, distances of 700 links and 4610
links, to the northernmost corner of Te Aute Block No. 6;
thence following along the north-western, south-western,
and southern boundaries of that block, distances of 1304
links, 947 links, 1633 links, and 2396 links, to the southern
boundary of the Koparakore Block, following along that
boundary, a distance of 280 links, to the western side of the
Te Aute Road; and from thence following southerly along
that road, a distance of 4860 links, to the commencing-point
at the angle of the road opposite the south-western corner
of Te Aute Block No. 5: excepting always the two small
blocks of land called or known by the names of Koroki No. 1
and Koroki No. 2.

Sitting of the Native Land Court for determining Com-
pensation for Land taken, &c.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 9th August, 1889.

N OTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native
Land Court will be held at Hastings, on Monday, the
16th day of September, 1889, for the purpose of ascertaining
what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native
owners of the several portions of land set out in the Schedule
hereunder written, taken under a Proclamation issued under
the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond
Jervois, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, on the 19th
day of February, 1889, for the purposes of the Wellington-
Napier Railway; and also for the purpose of ascertaining who
are the proper persons entitled to receive such compensation,
and what land is affected by the said Proclamation.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

| Approximate Area of each of the
Parcels of Land
required to be
taken. | Being Portion of
Section No. | Situated
in
Block
No. | Situated
in the
Survey
District of |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 9 1 13.1 | 200 (Native reserve) | VIII. | Woodville. |
| 1 2 39.4 | -200 (Native reserve) | VIII. | Woodville. |

In the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay; as the said
parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 16152, deposited in the office of the Minister
for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District
of Wellington, and thereon coloured red, sepia, and neutral
tint.