MAY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 799

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELD AT GISBORNE.

In the matter of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893”; and in the matter of the Tuawhatu No. 1A Block.

a. PERCIVAL BARKER, of Whataupoko, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-mentioned Act for the validation of his interests in the above block, containing 456 acres, more or less, situate in the Native Land Court District of Gisborne.

b. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation Court on Tuesday, the 31st day of July, 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 entered into and made by the several Native transferors to Michael Mullooly, upon the dates and for the several considerations shown hereunder:—

d. The land the estates and interests in which were intended to be alienated is all that block known as Tuawhatu No. 1A, situate in the District of Poverty Bay; and the title of the said block at the time of the several alienations claimed to be validated was certificate of title dated the 30th day of June, 1881.

e. The estate or interest which the applicant seeks to obtain through the aid of the Court in the several estates and interests claimed is a freehold.

f. The manner in which he came to be invested with the title he now holds, and the dates and particulars of each conveyance or instrument, are as follows:—

1. Agreement for sale and purchase of (inter alia) Tuawhatu No. 1A Block, dated the 7th day of May, 1885, Michael Mullooly, with Percival Barker, the applicant.

2. Conveyance, dated the 12th day of October, 1885, Michael Mullooly to Percival Barker, of the shares and interests acquired by him in (inter alia) Tuawhatu No. 1A Block.

g. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of Gisborne is at the office of Cecil Albert de Lautour, solicitor.

h. The applicant desires that the estates and interests of the Native persons aforesaid, who executed the deed of conveyance set out under the letter c of this application, shall be bound by the decree of the Court, and for that purpose requires that copies of this application shall be served upon them 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 also be treated as parties to these proceedings, but the applicant is unable, except as hereinafter mentioned, to specify any names as those of persons entitled to object to the validation applied for.

The applicant is not aware of any other aboriginal native, nor of any European, who may properly claim to be an objector.

Dated this 5th day of May, 1894.

Signed by the applicant, Percival Barker, in the presence of C. A. de Lautour, solicitor, Gisborne.

P. BARKER.

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne.

The Schedule hereinbefore referred to.

1. Certified surviving owners—
   Tiopira Potango, Tolago Bay; Ruta Hape, Pakarae.

2. Certified owners who are dead, successors appointed; successors to be served—
   Taopoaka, dead. 'Successor, Ruta Hape, of Pakarae.

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELD AT GISBORNE.

In the matter of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893”; and in the matter of the Tuawhatu No. 4 Block.

a. PERCIVAL BARKER, of Whataupoko, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-mentioned Act for the validation of his interests in the above block, containing 2,135 acres, more or less, situate in the Native Land Court District of Gisborne.

b. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation Court on Tuesday, the 31st day of July, 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 entered into and made by the several Native transferors to Michael Mullooly, of Tolago Bay, settler, upon the dates and for the several considerations shown hereunder:—