612] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 30

| Name of Native who executed | Date of Execution of | Consideration paid to |
| said Conveyance. | said Conveyance. | Native who executed |
| | | said Conveyance. |
| | | £ |
| Karauria Pahura. | 10 Sept., 1881.. | 35 |
| Arapera Pahura.. | 10 Sept., 1881.. | 12 |
| Peere Rakaitapu | 11 Oct., 1881.. | 11 |
| Hami Rakaitapu | 14 Oct., 1881.. | 11 |
| Honiana Tautau | 21 Dec., 1881.. | 11 |
| Wiki Rangi .. | 21 Dec., 1881.. | 11 |
| Harata Makuru .. | 21 Dec., 1881.. | 11 |
| Henare Puhipuhi | 22 Dec., 1881.. | 11 |
| Raiha Kakahu- | 10 Jan., 1882.. | 11 |
| paea | | |
| Ka Tue .. | 10 Jan., 1882.. | 11 |
| Irihapeti Poia .. | 10 Jan., 1882.. | 11 |
| Keita Rakaitapu.. | 20 Mar., 1882.. | 11 |
| Heremia Taurewa | 20 April, 1882.. | 22 |
| Arapeta, or Peta | 22 April, 1882.. | 35 |
| Rangiua | | |
| Hare Huatau .. | 12 May, 1882.. | 11 |
| Mihaera Koura .. | 2 May, 1882.. | 11 |
| Tamati Tautau .. | 2 May, 1882.. | 7 |
| Taare Kirimana.. | 22 Aug., 1882.. | 11 |
| Ani Kirimana .. | 22 Aug., 1882.. | 11 |
| Hepeta Maitai .. | 23 Aug., 1882.. | 11 |
| Reweti Rangi .. | 28 Mar., 1883.. | 6 |
| Hami Kirimana.. | 20 April, 1883.. | 9 |
| Rawiri Tautau .. | 23 May, 1883.. | 11 |
| Pera Kapo .. | 1 June, 1883.. | 11 |
| Hirini te Kani .. | 12 June, 1883.. | 11 |
| Wi Kingi Hori .. | 22 Sept., 1883.. | 13 |
| Hare Hautapu .. | 29 Sept., 1883.. | 15 |
| Patara Rangi .. | 27 Mar., 1884.. | 20 |
| Eruera Harete .. | 9 April, 1884.. | 35 |
| Wiremu Konohi te | 2 Aug., 1886.. | 15 |
| Au, alias Wire- | | |
| mu te Au | | |

D. The estates and interests in land by the said conveyance
intended to be alienated are the whole of the estates and
interests in fee-simple of the Natives hereinbefore mentioned
as having executed the said conveyance in the land known
as the Uawa No. 2 Block (hereinbefore described), and the
title to which said Uawa No. 2 Block, at the time the said
conveyance was executed by the said Natives, was a Certifi-
cate of Title, No. 32, bearing date the 27th day of July, 1881,
issued by the Native Land Court of New Zealand in favour
of fifty-six owners.

E. The estate or interest in the said Uawa No. 2 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 30th 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, solicitors,
off Gladstone Road, in the Town of Gisborne.

H. The applicant desires the said estates and interests in
fee-simple in the said Uawa No. 2 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 31st day of March, 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 Uawa No. 2 Block—
Rawiri Karaha, Wainui; Hori Mokoera, Tolago Bay;
Hohepa Tue, Tolago Bay; Tame Kirimana, Tolago Bay;
Hami Puha, Tolago Bay; Ramari Puhipuhi, Tolago
Bay; Rawiri Kauere, Tolago Bay; Henry Glover, Tolago
Bay; Arapera Pahura, Tolago Bay; Peere Rakaitapu,
Tolago Bay; Hami Rakaitapu, Tolago Bay; Honiana
Tautau, Tolago Bay; Harata Makuru, Tolago Bay;
Henare Puhipuhi, Tolago Bay; Ka Tue, Tolago Bay;
Irihapeti Poia, Tolago Bay; Keita Rakaitaru, Tolago

Bay; Heremia Taurewa, Tolago Bay; Peta Rangiua,
Tolago Bay; Hare Huatau, Tolago Bay; Mihaera
Koura, Tolago Bay; Tamati Tautau, Tolago Bay;
Tare Kirimana, Opotiki; Ani Kirimana, Tolago Bay;
Hami Kirimana, Tolago Bay; Rawiri Tautau, Tolago
Bay; Pera Kapo, Tolago Bay; Hirini te Kani, Gis-
borne; Wi Kingi Hori, Tolago Bay; Hare Huatau,
Tolago Bay; Patara Rangi, Tolago Bay; Eruera
Harete, Gisborne; Wiremu Konohi te Au, alias
Wiremu te Au, Tolago Bay.

Names of dead Natives who have signed the said convey-
ance—
Raniera Turoa. Probable successors—Miria Turoa, Te
Arai Bridge; Mauhana Turoa, Muriwai.
Paora Tutu. Probable successor—Hirini Tautau,
Tolago Bay.
Karauria Pahura. Probable successor—Arapera Pahura,
Tolago Bay.
Wiki Rangi. Probable successor—Harata Makuru,
Tolago Bay.
Raiha Kakahupaea. Probable successors—Taare te
Rapu, Wainui; Kararaina te Kani, Tolago Bay.
Hepeta Maitai. Probable successor—Timoti Maitai,
Tolago Bay.
Reweti Rangi. Probable successors—Pire Rangi, Tolago
Bay; Renata Rangi, Tolago Bay; Henare Rangi,
Tolago Bay.
Peta Komaru. Probable successors—Hori Mokoera,
Tolago Bay; Komaru Tupara, Tolago Bay; Komaru
Keeti, Tolago Bay.
Hiria Riuhaunga. Probable successors—Miria Turoa,
Te Arai Bridge; Mauhana Turoa, Muriwai.
Nikorima. Probable successors—Tamihana Kataka,
Tolago Bay; Ani Piwaka, Tolago Bay.

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HOLDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Kourateuwhi No. 2
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 herein-
after mentioned, from sixteen Natives, in all that parcel of
land situated in the Gisborne Native Land Court District, in
the District of Poverty Bay, containing by admeasurement
851 acres, more or less, being the land called or known as
the Kourateuwhi No. 2 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 November,
   1882, from the Natives hereinafter mentioned to
   the said Andrew Reeves, for the total considera-
   tion of £67, of all their estates and interests in
   the said Kourateuwhi No. 2 Block, which convey-
   ance was executed by the several Natives whose
   names are hereunder immediately set forth, upon
   the several dates and for the several considera-
   tions set opposite to the respective names of the
   said Natives as follows:—

| Name of Native who | Date of Execution | Consideration |
| executed | of said | paid to |
| said Conveyance. | Conveyance. | Native who |
| | | executed |
| | | said |
| | | Conveyance. |
| | | £ |
| Hori Mokai .. | 29 Nov., 1882.. | 4 |
| Karauria Pahura | 29 Dec., 1882.. | 4 |
| Arapera Pahura, | 29 Dec., 1882.. | 4 |
| Ani Kirimana .. | 5 Jan., 1883.. | 4 |
| Kihi Tupara .. | 15 Jan., 1883.. | 4 |
| Hori Mokoera .. | 28 Mar., 1883.. | 4 |
| Hohepa Pere or | 20 April, 1883.. | 4 |
| Tue | | |
| Hiria Riuhaunga | 1 June, 1883.. | 4 |
| Raiha Kakahu- | 1 Aug., 1883.. | 4 |
| paea | | |
| Harata Makuru | 26 Dec., 1883.. | 4 |
| Aterea Mokai .. | 27 Mar., 1884.. | 4 |
| Hera Keru .. | 14 July, 1885.. | 4 |
| Pera Kapotaiaha | 14 July, 1885.. | 4 |
| Karina Haua .. | 17 Oct., 1885.. | 2 |
| Harawira Karaha | 26 Mar., 1886.. | 5 |
| Tamati Hautapu | 31 May, 1887.. | 8 |