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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Applications for Rehearings.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 2nd May, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court will, with an Assessor, attend at Kihikihi, on Tuesday, the 29th day of May, 1894, and then and there inquire into and determine upon all applications for rehearing theretofore made upon the several decisions of the Native Land Court mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

All persons interested in the said applications are requested to attend at the time and place aforesaid.
J. A. WILSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

1. Decision made on the 26th day of September, 1892, partitioning Hauturu West No. 1A. (93-4016.)

2. Decision made on the 3rd day of October, 1892, partitioning Hauturu West (balance). (93-4018.)

3. Decision made on the 5th day of October, 1892, partitioning Hauturu East. (93-4054.)

4. Decision made on the 5th day of October, 1892, partitioning Hauturu East. (93-4056.)

5. Decision made on the 26th day of September, 1892, partitioning Hauturu West No. 1. (93-4154.)

6. Decision made on the 5th day of October, 1892, partitioning Hauturu East. (92-4268.)

*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 Tologa Bay, in the Provincial 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, 1882, for the consideration of £230; Arapeta Rangiua, signed on the 9th day of September, 1882, for the consideration of £170; and Himiona te Kani, signed on the 26th October, 1882, for the consideration of £30, to the applicant, Michael Mullooly.

d. The land which was by the said deed of conveyance intended to be alienated is all the undivided estates, shares, and interests of the above-named Native vendors in all that piece or parcel of land situate at Uawa, in the County of Cook, in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 9,022 acres and 23 perches, more or less, and known as Mangaheia No. 2 Block. The title to the said land at the date of the above alienation was a certificate of title under the 17th section of "The Native Land Court Act, 1867," and amendments thereof, bearing date the 2nd day of December, 1870, issued by the Native Land Court of New Zealand in favour of sixty-six owners.

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

f. The manner in which the said applicant came to be invested with the title to the said three shares or interests is by purchase direct from the said Native vendors, evidenced by deed of conveyance bearing date the 5th day of September, 1882, from Karauria Pahura, signed on the 5th day of September, 1882; Arapeta Rangiua, signed on the 9th September, 1882; and Himiona te Kani, signed on the 26th October, 1882, to the applicant, as set out in preceding paragraph c.

g. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of Gisborne is at the offices of William Douglas Lysnar, solicitor, situate in Customhouse-street, Gisborne.

h. The applicant desires the estates and interest of the three persons who executed the conveyance referred to in paragraph c bound by the decree of the Court, and for that purpose requires that copies of this application shall be served on Arapeta Rangiua, of Uawa; Himiona te Kani, of Uawa; and upon Arapera Pahura, of Uawa, who is the administratrix of Karauria Pahura, who is now deceased; and any other persons who may claim to be interested in the validation applied for.

Dated at Gisborne, this 19th day of April, 1894.
MICHAEL MULLOOLY,
By his Solicitor and Agent,
W. DOUGLAS LYSNAR.
To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne.

Tenders for Sleepers, New Zealand Railways.

New Zealand Government Railways (Head Office),
Wellington, 4th May, 1894.
By order of the Commissioners.
E. G. PILCHER, Secretary.

THE following list of successful tenders for the supply and delivery of sleepers for the New Zealand Railways is published for general information.