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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Bay; Heremia Taurewa, Tolago Bay; Peta Rangiuria,
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 Huatapu,
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:—

D. The estates and interests in land by the said convey-
ance 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 Kourateuwhi No. 2 Block (hereinbefore de-
scribed), and the title to which said Kourateuwhi No. 2
Block, at the time the said conveyance was executed by the
said Natives, was a Certificate of Title bearing date the 21st
day of July, 1881, issued by the Native Land Court of New
Zealand in favour of ninety-two owners.

E. The estate or interest in the said Kourateuwhi 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 29th day of November, 1882, 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 Kourateuwhi 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 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 Kourateuwhi No. 2
Block—

Hori Mokai, Tolago Bay; Arapera Pahura, Tolago Bay;
Ani Kirimana, Tolago Bay; Hori Mokoera, Tolago
Bay; Hohepa Pere or Tue, Tolago Bay; Harata
Makuru, Tolago Bay; Aterea Mokai, Tolago Bay;
Pera Kapotaiaha, Tolago Bay; Karina Haua, Tolago
Bay.

Names of dead Natives who have signed the said convey-
ance—

Karauria Pahura. Probable successor, Arapera Pahura,
Tolago Bay.
Kihi Tupara. Probable successors—Heta Tupara, To-
lago Bay; Wahi te Reinga, Tolago Bay; Apikara
Tupara, Tolago Bay.
Hiria Riuhaunga. Probable successors—Mauhana Tu-
roa, Muriwai; Miria Turoa, Te Arai Bridge.
Raiha Kakahupaea. Probable successors—Taare te
Rapu, Wainui; Kararaina te Kani, Tolago Bay.
Hera Keru. Probable successor, Hori Mokoera, Tolago
Bay.
Harawira Karaha. Probable successor, Rawiri Karaha,
Wainui.
Tamati Hautapu. Probable successor, Hoana Hautapu,
Tolago Bay.

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

In the Validation Court,
GISBORNE.

In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Mangaheia No. 2
Block.

A. MICHAEL MULLOOLY, of Tolaga Bay, in the Pro-
vincial District of Auckland, and Colony of New
Zealand, Settler, applies under the provisions of the above-
mentioned Act for the validation of all those the undivided
shares or interests purchased by him in the above-mentioned
block, containing 9,022 acres and 23 perches, more or less,
situate in the Native Land Court District of Gisborne.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court on Thursday, the 31st day of May, 1894, at 10 a.m.,
or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

C. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is
a deed of conveyance, dated the 5th day of September, 1882,
from Karauria Pahura, signed on the 5th day of September,