JULY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1061

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 Panikau No. 1 Block.

A. EDWARD MURPHY, of Te Arai, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-mentioned Act for the validation of his interests in the above block, containing 1,433 acres, more or less, situate in the Native Land Court District of Gisborne.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation Court on Monday, the 13th day of August, 1894, at 10 a.m., or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

C. The nature of the transactions proposed for validation is,—

1. Memorandum of Transfer, entered into and made by the several Native transferors to the applicant, upon the dates and for the several considerations shown hereunder:—

2. Memorandum of Transfer, dated the 23rd November, 1882, made by Huhana Whakarau, vendor, to Edward Murphy, in consideration of £25.

D. The land the estates and interests in which were intended to be alienated is all that block known as Panikau No. 1, 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 28th July, 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 applicant came to be invested with the title he now holds by direct purchase from the several vendors whose names are set out under c.

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 said memoranda of transfer 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.

At the hearing the applicant will further rely, in support of his application, upon the investigation into his title made by the Examiner of Titles appointed under "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," and upon the certificate of title, Vol. xxiii., folio 64, issued thereon.

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 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 13th day of June, 1894.

Signed by the applicant, Edward Murphy, by his agent, in the presence of A. McKay, law clerk, Gisborne.

EDWARD MURPHY
(By his agent, C. A. DE LAUTOUR, Solicitor,
Gisborne).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne.
C

The Schedule hereinbefore referred to.

1. Certificated surviving owners—
   Huhana Whakarau, Wairoa; Hare Noanoa, Whangara, Pakarae; Rapata Taita, Whangara, Pakarae; Hataraka Temepara, Tolago Bay; Hoana Angina, Whangara, Pakarae; Emi Miria Pu, Tolago Bay; Emere te Ngahue, Tolago Bay; Peta Kahure, Tolago Bay; Hataraka Temepara, Tolago Bay.

2. Certificated owners who are dead, and their successors,—
   Henare Ruru. Probable successors—Tepora Ruru, of Karaka, and Oriwira Ruru, of Tolago Bay.
   Katerina Wairoro. Probable successors—Karepa Kautuku, of Tolago Bay, and Huhana Whakarau, of Wairoa.

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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 Panikau No. 2 Block.

A. EDWARD MURPHY, of Te Arai, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-mentioned Act for the validation of his interests in the above block, containing 1,095 acres, more or less, situate in the Native Land Court District of Gisborne.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation Court on Monday, the 13th day of August, 1894, at 10 a.m., or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

C. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is,—

1. Memorandum of Transfer, entered into and made by the several Native transferors to the applicant 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 Panikau No. 2, 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 28th day of July, 1881.

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