New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 71

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

Sitting of Commissioners’ Court.

In the matter of “The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889,” and “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1890.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court of Inquiry appointed and gazetted by the Commissioners appointed under the twentieth section of “The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889,” to be held at the Native Land Court offices in the City of Auckland, on Tuesday, the 16th day of December, 1890, will not be held; and notice is hereby further given that the Commissioners appointed under the twentieth section of “The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889,” will, pursuant to the said Act, hold an open Court of Inquiry at their Courthouse, in the Native Land Court offices, at Customs Street, at the City of Auckland, on Wednesday, the 4th day of March, 1891, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon; and notice is hereby further given that, at such Court of Inquiry, the said Commissioners will inquire into all the circumstances attending the alleged alienations and acquisitions of land, or of any interest therein, which are specified in the Schedule hereto, and in respect of which applications for inquiry have been duly made to the said Commissioners pursuant to the above-mentioned Acts and to the rules made thereunder.

Dated at the City of Wellington, this 8th day of December, 1890.

EDMOND T. SAYERS,
Secretary to the said Commissioners.

SCHEDULE.

Applicants’ Names, Occupations, and Residences, and their Addresses for Service. Blocks affected. Nature of Claims. Names of Natives whose Interests are affected.
Edwin Barnes Walker, of Mona Vale, Cambridge, in the District of Waikato, Settler, whose address for service is at the office of Messrs. Hesketh and Richmond, Solicitors, Bank Buildings, Wyndham Street, in the City of Auckland Puahue .. Claimant claims to have purchased the shares or interests in the block mentioned in the second column of the Natives whose names are mentioned in the fourth column Aremete te Wahaora and Tarika te Hura.
Edwin Barnes Walker, of Mona Vale, Cambridge, in the District of Waikato, Settler, whose address for service is at the office of Messrs. Hesketh and Richmond, Solicitors, Bank Buildings, Wyndham Street, in the City of Auckland Pukekura .. Claimant claims to have purchased the shares or interests in the block mentioned in the second column of the Natives whose names are mentioned in the fourth column Wiremu te Whitu, Harete Tamihana, and Tu Reremai Maraeariki.

Population of the Colony.

RETURN of the Estimated Population (inclusive and exclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1890.

Males. Females. Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th June, 1890 332,704 290,432 623,136
Increase during the September Quarter, 1890,—
By excess of births over deaths 1,505 1,652 3,157
Deduct excess of departures over arrivals 291 220 511
1,214 1,432 2,646
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th September, 1890 333,918 291,864 625,782
Maori population, Census, March, 1886* 22,840 19,129 41,969
Total estimated population on 30th September, 1890 356,758 310,993 667,751
  • No more recent information is obtainable, as births and deaths of Maoris are not recorded.

NOTE.—The estimated populations (exclusive of aborigines) of the Australian Colonies on the 31st December, 1889, were as under:—

Males. Females. Total.
Queensland 235,607 171,051 406,658
New South Wales 618,300 503,900 1,122,200
Victoria 593,798 524,230 1,118,028
South Australia 163,277 155,889 319,166
Western Australia 25,066 18,632 43,698
Tasmania 80,811 70,661 151,472

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1890.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.



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🪶 Notice of Court of Inquiry for Maori Land Claims (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
8 December 1890
Court of Inquiry, Land Claims, Auckland, Native Land Court
6 names identified
  • Edwin Barnes Walker, Claimant in land purchase
  • Aremete te Wahaora, Native whose interests are affected
  • Tarika te Hura, Native whose interests are affected
  • Wiremu te Whitu, Native whose interests are affected
  • Harete Tamihana, Native whose interests are affected
  • Tu Reremai Maraeariki, Native whose interests are affected

  • Edmond T. Sayers, Secretary to the Commissioners

🎓 Population Statistics of New Zealand

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
10 December 1890
Population, Statistics, Census, Maori, Non-Maori
  • WM. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General