Sept. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1489

*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 Umumango No. 2
Block.

A. JAMES CATTELL, of Wellington, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, Hotelkeeper, applies under
the above-mentioned Act for the validation of the estates and
interests, purchased and acquired as hereinafter mentioned,
of Keita Kenana and Tamati Maire, in all that parcel of
land situate in the Gisborne Native Land Court District,
containing 700 acres, more or less, being the land known as
the Umumango No. 2 Block.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court at Gisborne, on Monday, the 12th day of November,
1894, at the hour of 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon
thereafter as he may be heard.

c. The natures of the transactions proposed for validation
are,--

1. Conveyance, dated the 30th day of August, 1883, from
   Tamati Maire to Daniel Page, for the consideration
   of £50, of his share and interest in the said Umu-
   mango No. 2 Block.
2. Conveyance, dated the 22nd day of September, 1884,
   from Keita Kenana to Herewaka Poata, for the
   consideration of £122 10s., of her share and interest
   in the said Umumango No. 2 Block.

d. The estates and interests in the said Umumango No. 2
Block intended to be alienated by the aforesaid conveyances
are the whole of the estates and interests of the said Tamati
Maire and Keita Kenana in the said Umumango No. 2 Block.
The title to the said Umumango No. 2 Block at the time the
said conveyances were executed was a certificate of title,
issued by the Native Land Court of New Zealand, in favour
of the said Tamati Maire and Keita Kenana, and dated the
29th day of August, 1883.

e. The estate or interest in the said Umumango No. 2
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
are as follows :--

1. The conveyances Nos. 1 and 2 mentioned in paragraph
   c hereof.
2. Conveyance, dated the 31st day of December, 1890,
   from Herewaka Poata and Thomas William Porter
   to James Cattell.
3. Conveyance, dated the 7th day of July, 1891, from
   Daniel Page to James Cattell.

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 said Tamati Maire and Keita
Kenana bound by the decrees of the Court, and for that
purpose requires that copies of this application shall be served
on them.

Dated at Gisborne, this 10th day of September, 1894.
JAMES CATTELL
(by his Solicitors and Agents,
NOLAN AND SKEET).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne. 504

*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 Pouawa No. 4
Block.

A. THE Bank of New South Wales, duly incorporated in
New Zealand under the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Bank of
New South Wales Act, 1861," applies under the above-men-
tioned Act for the validation of the estates and interests,
purchased and acquired as hereinafter mentioned, of Hunia
Kehukehu, Hone Takina, Ruihi Mautatua, Paora Pahoe,
Rutu Ruru, and Tapita Iretoro, as six of the successors of
Hare Wahie, and of Maraea Wharekino, the successor to Mita
Wharekino, one of the successors of the said Hare Wahie, in
all that parcel of land situate in the Gisborne Native Land
Court District, containing 142 acres, more or less, being the
land called or known as the Pouawa No. 4 Block.

b. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court at Gisborne on Tuesday, the 13th day of November,
1894, at the hour of 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, or so soon
thereafter as the said applicant can be heard.

c. The natures of the transactions proposed for validation
are,--

1. Conveyance, dated the 13th day of November, 1883,
   from Hunia Kehukehu, Hone Takina, Ruihi Mau-
   tatua, Paora Pahoe, Rutu Ruru, and Tapita Iretoro,
   as six of the successors to Hare Wahie, deceased, to
   Edward Francis Harris, for the consideration of
   £140, of all their shares and interests in the said
   Pouawa No. 4 Block.
2. Conveyance, dated the 21st day of May, 1891, from
   Maraea Wharekino, the successor of Mita Whare-
   kino, one of the successors of Hare Wahie, to the
   said bank, for the consideration of £45, of all her
   estate and interest in the said Pouawa No. 4 Block.

d. The estates and interests in the said Pouawa No. 4
Block intended to be alienated by the aforesaid conveyances
are the whole of the estates and interests of the said Natives,
representing the whole of the estate and interest of the said
Hare Wahie, deceased, in the said Pouawa No. 4 Block.
The title to the said Pouawa No. 4 Block at the time the
said conveyances were executed was a certificate of title,
issued by the Native Land Court of New Zealand, in favour
of the said Hare Wahie, and dated the 15th day of June,
1882.
e. The estate or interest in the said Pouawa No. 4 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 the
applicant now holds, and the dates and particulars of each
conveyance, are as follows :--

1. The conveyances numbered 1 and 2 mentioned in
   paragraph c hereof.
2. Conveyance, dated the 24th day of June, 1885, from
   Edward Francis Harris to the New Zealand Native
   Land Settlement Company (Limited).
3. Conveyance, dated the 10th day of April, 1889, from
   the New Zealand Native Land Settlement Company
   (Limited) to the Bank of New South Wales.

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

h. The applicant desires the said above-named Natives
and their successors (if any) bound by the decrees of this
honourable Court, and for that purpose requires that copies
of this application shall be served on them.

Dated at Gisborne, this 11th day of September, 1894.

THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES
(By their Solicitors and Agents,
NOLAN AND SKEET).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne. 508

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.