MAY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 687

The Schedule hereinbefore referred to.

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

Names of dead Natives who have signed the said conveyance—
Karauria Pahura. Probable successor, Arapera Pahura, Tolago Bay.
Raniere Turoa. Probable successors—Mira 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,
HOLDEN 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 hereinafter 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 admeasurement 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 executed 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:—

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 executed 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:—

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 conveyances 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 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 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 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 conveyances of their interests in the Wharekaka Block—
Hami Rakaitapu, Tolago Bay; Pere Rakaitapu, Tolago Bay; Henare Puhipuhi, Tolago Bay; Watarawi Rangi, Tolago Bay; Arapeta Rangiuiua, Tolago Bay; Honiana Tautau, Tolago Bay; Hare Huatau, Tolago Bay.

Names of dead Natives who have signed the said conveyances—
Reweti Rangi. Probable successors—Piri Rangi, Tolago Bay; Renata Rangi, Tolago Bay; Henare Rangi, Tolago Bay.
Raniera Turoa. Probable successors—Mauhana Turoa, Muriwai; Mira Turoa, Te Arai Bridge.
Mokena Huatau. Probable successors—Ropihana, Huatau's child; Hare Huatau, trustee, Tolago Bay.
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 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-farmer, 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 purchased 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 interests in the said Whangara Block from the Native owners thereof whose names appear in the first column of the Sche-