Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1341
the Native Land Court set forth in the Schedule hereto. All
persons interested in the said application are requested to
attend at the time and place aforesaid.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.
SCHEDULE.

1. DECISION, dated the 18th day of September, 1893, upon
   the investigation of the title to Tauakira. (Application by
   Hori Pukehika and another.)
   Application for Probate.
   Native Land Court Office,
   Wellington, 17th August, 1894.
   In the matter of the will of AMAPIRIA WAIHO, of Kereru,
   deceased.
   A PPLICATION having been made by Karaitiana te Ahu
   that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:
   It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such appli-
   cation must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within two
   calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
   this notice.
   H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
   Registrar.
   Application to the Validation Court under "The Native
   Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893."
   IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
   HOLDEN AT GISBORNE.
   In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
   Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Kowhai Block.
   A. LLAN McLEAN, of Te Rahui, in the District of
   Poverty Bay, sheep-farmer, applies under the
   above-mentioned Act for the validation of the estates and
   interests purchased and acquired, as hereinafter mentioned,
   of thirty-two Natives, in all that parcel of land situated in the
   Gisborne Native Land Court District, containing 277 acres,
   more or less, being the land known as Te Kowhai Block.
   B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
   Court at Gisborne on Wednesday, the 19th day of Septem-
   ber, 1894, at the hour of 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, or so
   soon thereafter as he may be heard.
   C. The nature of the transactions proposed for validation
   are,
2. Conveyance, dated the 22nd day of September, 1877,
   from the Natives hereinafter named to Duncan
   Fraser, for the total consideration of £173, of their
   shares and interests in the said Te Kowhai Block.
   The Natives executing such conveyance are: Rutene
   te Eke, Hirini Haereone, Kerei Motihe, Ka Mapura,
   Paora Kate, Hirini Tipare, Ereatara Rangiwhaitiri,
   Tame Hone, Waaka Kuhukuhu, Hera Mataira,
   Poha, Ani Patene, Miriama Hiramangaere, Keita
   Waere, Hirini te Kani, Anaru Ratapu, Eruera
   Takihi, Tamihana Ruatapu, Maaka te Rangitautini.
3. Conveyance, dated 30th September, 1880, from Otene
   Pitau and Mere Pitau to Charles Westrup, of their
   estates and interests in the said block, for the sum
   of £35.
4. Conveyance, dated 25th March, 1881, from Amiria
   Tipoki and Mihi Pahura or Mihi Hetekia to Charles
   Westrup, of their estates and interests in the said
   Te Kowhai Block, for the sum of £30.
5. Memorandum of Transfer, dated 14th October, 1886,
   from Eruera Harete, in his own right, and as suc-
   cessor duly appointed to Henare Harete, deceased,
   to Allan McLean, for the sum of £35, of his estate
   and interest as aforesaid in the Te Kowhai No. 3
   Block, which block is a portion of the said Te
   Kowhai Block.
6. 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.
7. Memorandum of Transfer, dated the 24th day of
   November, 1886, from Pouri Mahanga, Noko Maha-
   ga, Karaitiana Ruru, and Heni Heuheu, for the
   total sum of £38, 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.
8. 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:-
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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:-
13. The conveyances and transfers numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
    6, and 7 in paragraph c hereof.
14. 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.
15. Conveyance, dated the 24th day of November, 1885,
    John Gibson Kinross and Andrew Graham to Allan
    McLean.
16. 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.
    Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke's
    Bay.
    TWO scholarships, of the yearly value of £35, tenable for
    two years, are offered for competition. These two
    scholarships are junior scholarships, and are open to all
    Maoris under fifteen years of age at the end of the month
    preceding the date of the examination who have not been
    pupils at Te Aute or St. Stephen's, and whose attendance
    at school during the previous year is considered by the
    Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory.
    Candidates for these scholarships will be examined in the
    subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools
    Code, 1893. The questions will, however, be more difficult
    than those set for the standard examinations. The examina-
    tion will be held at convenient centres on the 17th and 18th
    December, 1894.
    Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
    send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
    Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
    selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
    later than the 31st October next.
    Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be
    obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding
    institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the
    Secretary for Education.
    JAMES H. POPE,
    Inspector of Native Schools.
    Wellington, 1st June, 1894.