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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

3. A Conveyance, bearing date the 8th day of January,
   1886, from Tamati Hautapu to the said Andrew
   Reeves, for the total consideration of £80, of all
   the estate and interest of the said Tamati
   Hautapu in the said Wharekaka Block.

D. The estates and interests in land by the said convey-
ances 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 conveyances in the land
known as the Wharekaka Block (hereinbefore described),
and the title to which said Wharekaka Block at the time
the said conveyances were executed by the said Natives was
a Memorial of Ownership, bearing date the 21st day of July,
1876, issued by the Native Land Court of New Zealand in
favour of eighteen owners.

E. The estate or interest in the said Wharekaka 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 dates and particulars of the conveyances
under which the said applicant came to be invested with the
said title or right, are as follows:—

The conveyances (previously described in paragraph C
hereof), bearing date respectively the 26th day of May, 1879,
the 5th day of July, 1881, and the 8th day of January, 1886,
from the said Natives whose names are previously men-
tioned 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 Wharekaka Block of the said Natives
whose names are set forth in paragraph C hereof, being
the persons who executed the said conveyances (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-
veyances of their interests in the Wharekaka Block—
Hami Rakaitapu, Tolago Bay; Pere Rakaitapu, Tolago
Bay; Henare Puhipuhi, Tolago Bay; Watarawi
Rangi, Tolago Bay; Arapeta Rangiura, Tolago Bay;
Honiana Tautau, Tolago Bay; Hare Huatau, Tolago
Bay.

Names of dead Natives who have signed the said convey-
ances—
Reweti Rangi. Probable successors—Piri Rangi, Tolago
Bay; Renata Rangi, Tolago Bay; Henare Rangi,
Tolago Bay.
Raniera Turoa. Probable successors—Mauhana Turoa,
Muriwai; Miria Turoa, Te Arai Bridge.
Mokena Huatau. Probable successors—Ropihana,
Huatau's child; Hare Huatau, trustee, Tolago Bay.
Tamati Hautapu. Probable successor—Hoana Hau-
tapu, Tolago Bay.

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
GISBORNE DISTRICT.

In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Whangara Block.
A. CHARLES SEYMOUR, of Whangara, in the District of
Poverty Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, sheep-
farmers, hereby applies, under the provisions of the above Act,
to the Validation Court for the Gisborne District for the
validation of all those the undivided shares or interests pur-
chased by him in the above block, and also to inquire into,
settle, and determine finally and conclusively all his claims,
rights, and interests against the Native owners thereof.
B. He desires to appear before the said Validation Court
at Gisborne, on Saturday, the 26th day of May, 1894, at the
hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or so soon thereafter as
he may be heard, in support of this application, and to ask
for relief.
C. The nature of the transactions proposed for validation
is the purchase by him of fifty-eight undivided shares or in-
terests in the said Whangara Block from the Native owners
thereof whose names appear in the first column of the Sche-

dule hereunder written, on the date set opposite the name
of such vendor in the second column, and for the considera-
tion agreed upon and paid set opposite such name in the
third column of the said Schedule, namely:—

The Schedule hereinbefore referred to.

1. Rawiri Maki .. | 29 May, 1883.. | £ s. d.
2. Hori Peita .. | 29 May, 1883.. | 20 0 0
3. Hira Punua .. | 11 June, 1883.. | 20 0 0
4. Pipi Haokai .. | 26 June, 1883.. | 50 0 0
5. Pipi Haokai, as successor to Paratene Tototahi | 26 June, 1883.. | 50 0 0
6. Pipi Haokai, as devisee under the will and as successor to Paora Hokotaro | 27 Aug., 1883.. | 50 0 0
7. Henare Pei, as successor to Pera Puhipuhi | 3 July, 1883.. | 10 0 0
8. Komari Puhipuhi, as successor to Pera Puhipuhi | 4 July, 1883.. | 10 0 0
9. Rawiri Karaha .. | 18 Aug., 1883.. | 20 0 0
10. Rawiri Karaha, as successor to Torotia Kanapa | 28 Aug., 1883.. | 10 0 0
11. Pera Whatatete .. | 8 Sept., 1883.. | 41 10 0
12. Tiopira Kaitara .. | 28 Sept., 1883.. | 24 0 0
13. Taopoaka .. | 19 Oct., 1883.. | 20 0 0
14. Hoani Poihipi .. | 17 Dec., 1883.. | 20 0 0
15. Pera Whatatete, as successor to Epiniha Whatatete | 6 Feb., 1884.. | 12 10 0
16. Pera Whatatete, as successor to Marara te Rama | 6 Feb., 1884.. | 12 10 0
17. Heni Rakaha, as successor to Karanama Keke | 6 Feb., 1884.. | 26 0 0
18. Tiopira Potanga, as successor to Torotia Kanapa | 7 Feb., 1884.. | 14 0 0
19. Hemi Tawhitawhi .. | 7 Feb., 1884.. | 26 0 0
20. Ramari Pukehuia .. | 18 Feb., 1884.. | 26 0 0
21. Henare Pei .. | 21 Feb., 1884.. | 26 0 0
22. Heni Hinaki .. | 21 Feb., 1884.. | 26 0 0
23. Miriama te Akipare .. | 25 Feb., 1884.. | 23 0 0
24. Rahera te Kakahu .. | 25 Feb., 1884.. | 23 0 0
25. Hare Nahonaho .. | 1 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
26. Tiriura Taruke .. | 5 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
27. Heta Mangungu .. | 5 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
28. Nikorima te Pahu .. | 6 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
29. Taraipene Taiki .. | 10 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
30. Epiha Parau, as successor to Raniera Kauheke | 10 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
31. Hami Kairoiroi .. | 11 March, 1884.. | 26 0 0
32. Ruta Hape .. | 18 March, 1884.. | 40 0 0
33. Akinini Weku .. | 18 March, 1884.. | 30 0 0
34. Raihania Karaka .. | 21 March, 1884.. | 30 0 0
35. Enoka Whatatete, as successor to Epiniha Whatatete | 24 April, 1884.. | 13 0 0
36. Enoka Whatatete, as successor to Marara te Rama | 24 April, 1884.. | 13 0 0
37. Enoka Karoro .. | 25 April, 1884.. | 26 0 0
38. Wi Wharekino .. | 8 July, 1884.. | 30 0 0
39. Maihi Akurangi .. | 15 Sept., 1884.. | 25 0 0
40. Rapata Taita .. | 19 Nov., 1884.. | 35 0 0
41. Karauria Huatahi, as successor to Paora Kahekahe | 13 Feb., 1885.. | 30 0 0
42. Tamati te Ota .. | 9 July, 1885.. | 30 0 0
43. Heni Mohi .. | 7 Nov., 1885.. | 30 0 0
44. Apiata te Hame, as successor to Natenehira | 9 Dec., 1885.. | 45 0 0
45. Mere Karaka .. | 19 Feb., 1886.. | 30 0 0
46. Te Hapi Kutia, as successor to Karaitiana Hapi | 23 Feb., 1886.. | 35 0 0
47. Rawiri Karaha, as successor to Mihaka Ngahue | 22 March, 1886.. | 6 0 0
48. Arapeta Ranginia, as successor to Mihaka Ngahue | 20 April, 1886.. | 3 10 0