April 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 609

5th day of April, 1882, and to hear any applica-
tion made or to be made by Natives interested in
the said block for a subdivision of the said block.
That the defendants, except the defendant Chief
Judge, be ordered to pay the costs of and inci-
dental to this action. That the plaintiffs and the
other Native owners of the said block of land
may have such other judgment or relief as this
honourable Court, after hearing the evidence,
may consider them entitled to.

Application to the Validation Court under "The Native
Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893."

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Ihunui Block.

A. ANDREW REEVES, of Tolago Bay, in the District of
Poverty Bay, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-
mentioned Act for the validation of the estates and interests,
purchased, as appears from the conveyance hereinafter men-
tioned, from five Natives, in all that parcel of land situated
in the Gisborne Native Land Court District, in the District
of Poverty Bay, containing by admeasurement 82 acres,
more or less, being the land called or known as the Ihunui
Block.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court on Monday, the 28th day of May, 1894, at the hour of
10 o'clock in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court
thereafter.

C. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation
is,--

1. A Conveyance, bearing date the 29th day of July, 1881,
   from the Natives hereinafter mentioned to the
   said Andrew Reeves, for the total consideration
   of £145, of all their estates and interests in the
   said Ihunui Block, which conveyance was exe-
   cuted by the several Natives whose names are
   hereunder immediately set forth, upon the several
   dates and for the several considerations set oppo-
   site to the respective names of the said Natives,
   as follows:--

D. The estates and interests in land by the said con-
veyance intended to be alienated are the whole of the estates
and interests in fee-simple of the Natives hereinbefore men-
tioned as having executed the said conveyance in the land
known as the Ihunui Block (hereinbefore described), and the
title to which said Ihunui Block at the time the said con-
veyance was executed by the said Natives was a certificate
of title bearing date the 27th day of July, 1881, issued by the
Native Land Court of New Zealand in favour of seven
owners.

E. The estate or interest in the said Ihunui Block which
the applicant seeks to obtain through the aid of the Court is
an estate in fee-simple.

F. The manner in which and the persons through whom
the applicant came to be invested with the title or right he
now holds, and the date and particulars of the conveyance
under which the said applicant came to be invested with
the said title or right, is as follows:--

The Conveyance (previously described in paragraph C
hereof), bearing date the 29th day of July, 1881, from the
said Natives whose names are previously mentioned in the
said paragraph C to the said Andrew Reeves.

G. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Gisborne is at the office of Messrs. Nolan and Skeet, soli-
citors, off Gladstone Road, in the Town of Gisborne.

H. The applicant desires the said estates and interests in
fee-simple in the said Ihunui Block of the said Natives
whose names are set forth in paragraph C hereof, being the
persons who executed the said conveyance (as previously
mentioned), bound by the decrees of the Court, and for that
purpose requires that copies of this application shall be
served on the said Natives or their representatives (according
to the list set forth in the Schedule hereto).

The applicant desires that all others who may claim to be
interested in the validation applied for shall be treated as
parties to these proceedings; but the applicant is unable
(except as hereinbefore mentioned) to specify any names.
Dated at Gisborne, this 11th day of April, 1894.
ANDREW REEVES,
By his Solicitors and Agents,
NOLAN AND SKEET.

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne.

The Schedule hereinbefore referred to.

Names of surviving Natives who have signed the said con-
veyance of their interests in the Ihunui Block—
Heremia Taurewa, Tolago Bay; Himiona te Kani,
Tolago Bay; Arapeta Rangiuiu, Tolago Bay.

Names of dead Natives who have signed the said con-
veyance—
Karauria Pahura. Probable successor, Arapera Pahura,
Tolago Bay.
Raniera Turoa. Probable successors—Miria Turoa, Te
Arai Bridge; Mauhana Turoa, Muriwai.

Application to the Validation Court under "The Native
Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893."

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Wharekaka Block.

A. ANDREW REEVES, of Tolago Bay, in the District
of Poverty Bay, sheep-farmer, applies under the
above-mentioned Act for the validation of the estates and
interests, purchased, as appears from the conveyances here-
inafter mentioned, from eleven Natives, in all that parcel of
land situated in the Gisborne Native Land Court District,
in the District of Poverty Bay, containing by admeasure-
ment 640 acres, more or less, being the land called or known
as the Wharekaka Block.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court on Monday, the 28th day of May, 1894, at the hour of
10 o'clock in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court
thereafter.

C. The natures of the transactions proposed for validation
are,--

1. A Conveyance, bearing date the 28th day of May, 1879,
   from the Natives hereinafter mentioned to the
   said Andrew Reeves, for the total consideration of
   £300, of all their estates and interests in the said
   Wharekaka Block, which conveyance was exe-
   cuted by the several Natives whose names are
   hereunder immediately set forth, upon the several
   dates and for the several considerations set oppo-
   site to the respective names of the said Natives,
   as follows:--

2. A Conveyance, bearing date the 5th day of July, 1881,
   from the Natives hereinafter mentioned to the
   said Andrew Reeves, for the total consideration of
   £561, of all their estates and interests in the said
   Wharekaka Block, which conveyance was exe-
   cuted by the several Natives whose names are
   hereunder immediately set forth, upon the several
   dates and for the several considerations set
   opposite to the respective names of the said
   Natives, as follows:--