July 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1175

4. A Conveyance, bearing date the 26th day of January,
   1881, from Hoana Kautuku to Michael Mullooly, for
   the total consideration of £25, of all the estate and
   interest of the said Hoana Kautuku in the said
   Wharekaka No. 1 Block.

D. The estates and interests in land by the said convey-
ances 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 conveyances described in
paragraph c hereof in the land known as the Wharekaka
No. 1 Block (hereinbefore described); and the title to which
said Wharekaka No. 1 Block at the time the said conveyances
were executed by the said Natives was a memorial of owner-
ship, bearing date the 21st day of July, 1876, issued by the
Native Land Court of New Zealand in favour of thirty
owners.

E. The estate or interest in the said Wharekaka No. 1
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 (or claims to hold), and the date and particulars
of the conveyances under which the said applicant came to
be invested with the said title or right, are as follows:—

1. The conveyances (previously described in paragraph c
   hereof), bearing date respectively the 17th day of
   November, 1879, the 4th day of September, 1880,
   the 25th day of September, 1880, and the 26th day
   of January, 1881.

2. The applicant desires, in this application for cross-
   relief as against the above-mentioned Andrew Reeves,
   to deny the validity of the mortgage from Michael
   Mullooly to George Burgoyne Owen, dated the 19th
   day of March, 1883, and referred to in paragraph F
   of the application of the said Andrew Reeves to this
   Court, and also the validity of all conveyances
   made under or by virtue of any power in such
   mortgage, and says that such mortgage was satisfied.

G. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Gisborne is at the office of Edmund James Chrisp, solicitor,
Gladstone Road, Gisborne.

H. The applicant desires the said estates and interests in
fee-simple in the said Wharekaka No. 1 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 decree of the Court,
and for that purpose requires that copies of this application
shall be served on the said Natives or their representatives
and upon the said Andrew Reeves.

The applicant desires that all others who may claim to be
interested in the cross-relief or validation applied for shall
be treated as parties to these proceedings; but the applicant
is unable to further specify any names.

Dated at Gisborne, this 22nd day of June, 1894.

MICHAEL MULLOOLY
(By his Solicitor and Agent,
EDMUND JAMES CHRISP).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne. 409

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 Taoroa Block.

A. WILLIAM FOWNES SOMERVILLE, of Gisborne,
in the District of Poverty Bay, Sheepfarmer, and
Arthur Fownes Somerville, of Wells, Somerset, England,
Gentleman, apply under the above-mentioned Act for the
validation of the estates and interests purchased, as appears
from the conveyances hereinafter mentioned, from seventy-
two Natives, in all that parcel of land situated in the Dis-
trict of Poverty Bay, containing by admeasurement 4,330
acres, more or less, being the land called or known as the
Taoroa Block.

B. The applicants desire to appear before the Validation
Court on Thursday, the 30th day of August, 1894, at the
hour of 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, or so soon thereafter
as the applicants can be heard.

C. The natures of the transactions proposed for validation
are,—

1. A Conveyance, bearing date the 3rd day of August,
   1882, from the Natives hereinafter mentioned to
   the said William Fownes Somerville and William
   Sydney Harrington Haig (therein described), for
   the total consideration of £188, of all their estates
   and interests in the said Taoroa Block, which con-
   veyance was executed by the several Natives
   named, as follows:—

Horiana Auriri, Honiana Auriri, Mere Taihi,
Popata Pikiuha, Tamati Tawhiri, Tuihana Kaporu,
Erueti Hauraki, Henare Turiri, Harata Kauki, Te
Rana te Ao, Mere Karaka, Te Au, Mereana Niho-
niho, Peta Hori, Mere te Moana, Riwai Tauranga,
Harete Whakauru, Raha Kaiwaru, Erueti Whare-
kura, Te Hira Waikapakapa, Mere Waimanuka,
Paratene Tatai, Irihapeti Ru, Te Pora Panuku,
Riria Pirikowhai, Kararaina Ketua, Anaru te
Kahaki, Peta Kaware, Nopera Rongo, Hoani te
Kahaki, Mere Karaka Rena, Tamati Ngakaho,
Hera Ngakaho, Karauria Kauri, Wiremu Turehu,
Rena-ta Nuke, Winiata Taniwha, Hori Tuhere,
Wi Pahau, Eruera Ariari, Reupena Turiri, Iehu
Haki, Wiki Topa, Hamiora Ngarimu, Mere Taiuwi,
Renata Mauhana, Reupena Torea.

2. A Conveyance, bearing date the 4th day of April,
   1883, from the Natives hereinafter mentioned to
   the said William Fownes Somerville and William
   Sydney Harrington Haig (therein described), for
   the total sum of £111, of all their estates and
   interests in the said Taoroa Block, which convey-
   ance was executed by the several Natives named,
   as follows:—

Ritihia Patupona, Raiha Putoto, Perenata Kaiwi,
Mere Kopua, Tuihana Hapai, Horomona te Hui,
Pita Horuhoru, Katarina Hutia, Rora Hori, Pe-
kama Tuha, Mokena Romio, Te Koro te Wai, Raiha
Kahu, Roka te Whataaruhe, Wi Pewhairangi, Peti
Wahakino, Maraki Tautuhi, Marara Poki, Harata
Taheke, Eruera Kauri, Rawiri Waikare, Te Rina
Kauri, Apirana Tatua, Hare Maruata, Hirini Teneti,
Iritana Iriwaho.

D. The estates and interests in land by the said convey-
ances 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 conveyances of their
interests in the said Taoroa Block; and the title to the said
Taoroa Block at the time the said conveyances were ex-
ecuted by the said Natives was and still is a memorial of
ownership, bearing date the 12th day of June, 1876, issued
in favour of 197 owners.

E. The estate or interest in the said Taoroa Block which
the applicants seek 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 applicants came to be invested with the title or right
they now hold, and the dates and particulars of the convey-
ances under which the said applicants came to be invested
with the said title or right they now hold, are as follows:—

1. The conveyance to the said William Fownes Somer-
   ville and William Sydney Harrington Haig, pre-
   viously described in paragraph c hereof as having
   been signed by Horiana Auriri and 45 others.

2. The conveyance to the said William Fownes Somer-
   ville and William Sydney Harrington Haig, pre-
   viously described in paragraph c hereof as having
   been signed by Ritihia Patupona and 25 others.

3. Assignment by way of mortgage, dated 20th June,
   1881, from William Sydney Harrington Haig (there-
   in described) to Frederick Allen Green (therein
   described).

4. Assignment, dated 9th February, 1885, from the said
   Frederick Allen Green to the New Zealand Native
   Land Settlement Company (Limited).

5. Assignment, dated 8th May, 1889, from the New
   Zealand Native Land Settlement Company (Limited)
   to the said Arthur Fownes Somerville.

G. The address for service of the applicants in the Town
of Gisborne is at the office of Messrs. Nolan and Skeet,
solicitors, off Gladstone Road, Gisborne, in the said Town
of Gisborne.

H. The applicants desire the said estates and interests in
fee-simple in the said Taoroa 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 require that copies of this application shall be
served on the said Natives or their representatives.

Dated at Gisborne, this 12th day of July, 1894.

W. F. SOMERVILLE,
A. F. SOMERVILLE
(By their Solicitors and Agents,
NOLAN AND SKEET).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne. 411