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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

5. Memorandum of Transfer, dated the 11th day of
   November, 1886, from Kataraina Kahutia and
   Tamati Terangi Tuawaru, for the total sum of £16,
   of their estates and interests in the Te Kowhai
   No. 1 Block, which block is a portion of the said Te
   Kowhai Block.

6. Memorandum of Transfer, dated the 24th day of
   November, 1886, from Pouri Mahanga, Noko Maha-
   nga, Karaitiana Ruru, and Heni Heuheu, for the
   total sum of £33, of all their estates and interests in
   the block called in such transfer Te Kowhai, which
   block is a portion of the original Te Kowhai Block.

7. Memorandum of Transfer, dated the 20th day of
   December, 1893, in pursuance of an alienation of
   the share of Ropata Whakapuhia, for the sum of
   £40 (which includes the purchase-money for other
   lands), made on the 2nd August, 1892, by the Sheriff
   of Poverty Bay, of all the estate and interest of the
   said Ropata Whakapuhia in the Te Kowhai North
   No. 1 Block, which is a portion of the original Te
   Kowhai Block.

D. The estates and interests in the said block of land in-
tended to be alienated by the said conveyances and transfers
are the whole of the estates and interests of the Natives
before named. The title to the said Te Kowhai at the time
the conveyances numbered 1, 2, and 3 of paragraph c hereof
were executed was a memorial of ownership, dated the 29th
day of November, 1875, in favour of sixty-nine Natives.

Orders have been made by the Native Land Court in re-
spect of the said Te Kowhai Block as follows:—

1. Order of Partition, dated the 4th day of May, 1881,
   in favour of Paora Kate and thirty-four others, for
   a portion of the said Te Kowhai Block known as
   Kowhai No. 1, south portion.

2. Order of Partition, dated the 4th day of May, 1881,
   in favour of Hirini Tipara and forty-three others,
   for a portion of the said Te Kowhai Block known as
   Te Kowhai, north portion.

3. Order of Partition, dated the 14th day of September,
   1883, in favour of Thomas William Porter and
   Nikora Kiripaura, as trustees of Rapata Waka-
   puhia, for a portion of the said Te Kowhai Block
   known as Te Kowhai North No. 1.

4. Order of Partition, dated the 29th day of October,
   1883, in favour of Eruera Harete, for a portion of
   the said Te Kowhai Block known as Te Kowhai
   North No. 2.

The above-mentioned orders have not been completed.
The transfers numbered 4, 5, 6, and 7 in paragraph c hereof
refer to such orders as the title to the land at the time the
same were respectively executed.

E. The estate or interest in the said Te Kowhai 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 each conveyance or
transfer, are as follows:—

1. The conveyances and transfers numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
   6, and 7 in paragraph c hereof.

2. Conveyance, dated the 22nd day of March, 1883, from
   Charles Debenham Bennett, as creditors' trustee in
   the estate of Duncan Fraser, a debtor, to John
   Gibson Kinross and Andrew Graham.

3. Conveyance, dated the 24th day of November, 1885,
   John Gibson Kinross and Andrew Graham to Allan
   McLean.

4. Conveyance, dated the 25th day of August, 1886,
   Charles Westrup to Allan McLean.

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

H. The applicant desires the Natives whose names are set
forth in paragraph c hereof, and whose estates and in-
terests in the said Te Kowhai Block are claimed by the
applicant, bound by the decrees of the Court, and for that
purpose requires that copies of this application shall be
served on such Natives or their representatives.

Dated at Gisborne, this 1st day of August, 1894.
ALLAN McLEAN
(By his Solicitors and Agents, NOLAN and SKEET).
To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne.
452

"THE WEST COAST SETTLEMENT
RESERVES ACT, 1892."

NOTICE TO NATIVE OWNERS AND LESSEE OF A
MEETING to be held at the COURTHOUSE,
HAWERA, at 11 o'clock a.m. on TUESDAY, the
11th SEPTEMBER, 1894, to fix the Rent for a
NEW LEASE to ISABELLA DAVIDSON, of "TAI-
POROHENUI," part of the Whareorua Native Re-
serve, containing 486 acres (more or less), being
Land comprised in Confirmed Lease No. 26.

TO Tikapa Tamaohungia, Taringa Tamaohu-
ngia (trustees, Rangipikitea and Tikapa
Tamaohungia), Puiwaitaha, Tangiora, Tuaiwa,
Rahiri, Kunako, Te Ratoia, Wairaka, Te Nga-
ruru, Te Hau te Ki, Koheta, Panenui (trustee,
Pare Raukura), Kororo, Rangitupoki, Whero-
rangi, Taumaihiroa, Patutu (trustee, Te Ngaruru
Tuki), Mowhaturi (trustee, Te Ngaruru Tuki),
Taiteariki, Takirau, Marokopa, Kerei, Waipa-
kanga, Te Waka Taparuru, Tikapa, Te Hokio,
Kawarau, Papaka, Ngahau poroaki, Ratoia, Te
Awarua, Tamaka, Tutunui, Weurangi, Tama-
whero, Tamatauwhare, Ruarangi, Te Kokiri,
Pouri te Kokiri, Peata te Hirata, Hiromona te
Uamarangi, Haipene Iharaia, Pita Heremaia,
Puketehe Heremaia, Te Rangitoitu, Erana Ringa-
rau, Te Rangiwhetuki, Te Hikaka, Rongo te
Rawhiti (trustee, Te Ngaruru), Huatahi, Te Uru-
tonga, Tutu, Te Puamoewa, Te Rotimoerangi,
Roto Moerangi, Poki Mininiki (trustees, Mere
Mininiki and Mahuri), Hemi, Mere Ngapaku,
Rangiumu, Wi Poki, Haweturi, Maraea Haweturi
(trustee, Haweturi), Pokere Haweturi (trustee,
Haweturi), Taitihurikia Haweturi (trustee, Hawe-
turi), Pokai Whenua, Totara, Te Motunui, Tama-
hiri, Turiakina, Moutoko, Haipene, Tikapa,
Taringa (trustees, Rangipikitea and Tikapa Ta-
maohungia), Huritinipue, Te Pohaiatua, Te Waka,
Whanaupunga, Eruera Ratoia, Te Mutu, Te Oro,
Rangihina, Rangiwananga, Ko Heta (trustee, Te
Ngaruru), Waikauri Toroa, Terawha, Tihi rangi,
Te Rawaho, Te Kowhai, Te Pirihii, Te Rangii-
runga, Tuarea, Wharemate, Iwiaohia, Nihora,
Raukura, Ngatura, Te Rangihirama, Tukohu,
Ngataura, 'i e Muroa, Hemi Watea, Hema Wa- ene, Ngarangi, Mauriri, Ngatau, Onetu, Rangi-
taniwha, Tekenui, Pureraukawa, Komaka, Kaio,
Wairaka, Pua Raukatio, Puamoewa, Tapahi,
Puarauranga, Komako, Puunui, Te Weu, Mahara,
Koheta (trustee, Te Ngaruru), Panenui (trustee,
Te Ngaruru), Tawhiti, Tamaka, Te Urutahi,
Uruotonga, Kimirongo, Awarua, Te Rahurumai,
Urutahi, Tawhiti, Kimirongo, Heta, Tupotohaka,
Tamaohiroa, Te Onetu, Mihi, Ngawaka, Pinga,
Ngapeita, Te Kau, Tipirangi, Te Purei, Rangia-
mobia, Piki huia Toki, Kingi Tamakiterangi, Te
Toru (trustee, Nga Keapa Tamakiterangi), Hori
Tamakiterangi (trustee, Nga Keapa Tamakite-
rangi), Waina Tamakiterangi (trustee, Nga Keapa
Tamakiterangi), Te Rawhiti (trustee, Nga Keapa
Tamakiterangi), Rangiahuta, Rangipaki, Kura-
taumai, Kuraoroa, Mahuri, Te Pirihii, Tukawainga,
Ngaiwihau, Hinekete, Te Matehaere, Te Kiri,
Miriamo Hinekorangi, Mahuri, Raukura, Pehi-
pehi, Tuki, Roera, Te Kereama, Ngarewarewa,
Tukoku, Piki, Pua Mahurangi, Pahuru, Hineao,
Tukupoto, Rahiri Kau, Hinauri, Ngakawe, Te
Kehu, Tioko, Mereana Hawaiki, Waikatere,
Waiawa, Tutepurangi, and the other Native
owners of all that piece of land situate in
the County of Patea, being portion of the Whare-
orua Native Reserve, known as "Taiporohenui,"
and containing by admeasurement 486 acres
(more or less), being the land comprised in con-
firmed lease No. 26; and to Isabella Davidson, of
Hawera, lessee transferee.

Whereas the above-named Isabella Davidson
has given notice to me, under the provisions of
section 8 of "The West Coast Settlement Re-
serves Act, 1892," that she desires to obtain under
that section a new lease of the land above de-
scribed; and I consider her application ought to
be given effect to: Now, therefore, I do hereby
appoint a meeting to take place between the
said Isabella Davidson and all the Native owners
of the above-described land, for the purpose of
fixing the rent to be paid for the said land for
the first twenty-one years of the new lease; and
I fix the Courthouse, Hawera, as the place where,
and Tuesday, the 11th day of September, 1894, at
11 o'clock in the forenoon, as the time when,
such meeting shall take place.

Dated this 1st day of August, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee
No. 135.]