664
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

a. The address for service of the applicant in the City of Auckland, where notices, orders, or other documents may be
served, is at the offices of Russell and Campbell, solicitors, situated in Wyndham Street, Auckland.
b. The applicant desires that all persons claiming to be interested in the said lands, and all persons claiming through
them, shall be bound by the decree of this Court, and requires that copies of this application shall be served upon the said
Hamiora Mangakahia, residing at Whangapoua, who claims to be entitled to succeed to the interest of Pane Tarore, now
deceased; Peneamene Tanui, of Mercury Bay; Hamiora Whakakoro and Tahere Ramui, both of Whangapoua; Frederick
Earl, of Auckland, solicitor, who claims to be a purchaser of the interest originally awarded to the said Mangakahia; the
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited), at Auckland, the mortgagee of the interest of Hamiora Mangakahia, claiming
to have been acquired by the said Frederick Earl; the District Land Registrar at Auckland; and the Kauri Timber
Company (Limited), a company registered and incorporated in the Colony of Victoria under "The Companies Statute,
1864," whose chief office in New Zealand is situated in Customs Street West, in the City of Auckland.
Dated at Auckland, this 29th day of March, 1895.
THE TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, AND AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED)
(By their Solicitors and Agents,
RUSSELL AND CAMPBELL).
To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Auckland.

Application to the Validation Court under "The Native
*Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893."

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HOLDEN AT AUCKLAND.
In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of a block of land situ-
ated in the District of Kaipara, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, and known by the name of Pouto No. 2, or
Ripiro.
A. EDWARD KLINGENDER, of Melbourne, in the
Colony of Victoria, solicitor, is the applicant.
b. The applicant desires to have himself found entitled
to relief in respect of the said Pouto No. 2, or Ripiro, Block,
and desires to appear before the Validation Court, at Auck-
land, on Monday, the 13th day of May, 1895, at the hour of
10 o'clock in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court
thereafter.
c. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation
is as follows: Deed of conveyance bearing date the 11th day
of October, 1878, and made between Pairama Ngutahi,
Hone Waiti, Arama Karaka Haututu, Netana Kariera, Tio-
pera Kinaki, Mihaka Makoare, Te Hemara Tauhia, Paora
Tuhaere, Hemana Whiti, Reihana Kena, Henare Rawhiti,
Paraone Ngaweke, Manihera Makoare, Piripi Ihimaera,
Hemi Parata, Eramiha Paikea, Kera Kereepe, and Ereatara
te Tarehu, of the one part, and the applicant of the other
part. The consideration agreed upon between the said
parties was the sum of £1,000.
d. The land which was intended to be alienated was that
portion of the said block commonly known at the time of
such alienation as Pouto No. 2A. The area of the Pouto
No. 2, or Ripiro, Block was 50,649 acres, and the area of the
portion known as Pouto No. 2A, and intended to be alien-
ated by the aforesaid deed of conveyance, was 2,200 acres.
The title thereto of the Maori alienors at the time of the
said alienation was memorial of ownership under "The
Native Land Act, 1873," bearing date the 5th day of July,
1878.
e. The estate or interest which the applicant seeks to
obtain in the said land by the aid of the Court is an estate
of freehold of the said 2,200 acres.
f. The manner in which the applicant came to be in-
vested with the title he now holds to the said land is as
follows: The deed of conveyance above specified.
g. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Auckland, where notices and other documents may be
served upon him by leaving the same at such place for him,
is at the office of Edmund Thomas Dufaur, solicitor, situ-
ated in Queen Street, Auckland.
h. The applicant desires the estates and interests of the
Native persons mentioned in paragraph c of this applica-
tion, and all persons claiming through them, to be bound
by the decree of the Court, and for that purpose re-
quires that copies of this application should be served on
them. The names of the persons upon whom the applicant
requires that copies of this application should be served
are: Paraone Pairama, Rakapa Pairama, Atareta Pairama,
successors to Pairama Ngutahi, deceased; Matene Ruta-
waiti, Te Rina Waiti, Hera Waiti, Hohai'a Waiti, Rihipeti
Waiti, Karaipu Waiti, Huihana Waiti, Waata Waiti, Ripeka
Waiti, successors to Hone Waiti, deceased; Mihaka Ma-
koare, Heta Paikea, Keepa te Awe, Tahena Karena, Tipene
Makoare, Wi Aperahama, Henare Wharara Toka, Matene
Waiti, successors to Arama Karaka Haututu, deceased;
Hori Manukau, Heretini Manukau, Mereri Manukau, Te
Taana Manukau, Patitiri Manukau, successors to Netana
Kariera, or Netana Ngakara, deceased; Rewira Tiopira,
Hiria Paraone, Aramaera Himiona, Iha Kereama, Pipi
Cumin, successors to Tiopira Kinaki, deceased; Mihaki
Makoare, Te Hemara te Huia, who is the nearest known
relative of Te Hemara Tauhia, deceased; Meri Paora
Tuhaere, successor to Paora Tuhaere, deceased; George
Brown, of Auckland, interpreter, and Harata Tuhaere, of
Orakei, as trustees for the said Meri Paora Tuhaere, Para-
one Hemana, Paratene Hemana, Wikiriwhi Hemana,
Tatana Hemana, Kataraina Hemana, successors to He-
mana Whiti, deceased; Reihana Kena, Henare Rawhiti,
Paraone Ngaweke, Mihaka Makoare, Mereana Hirini,
Tahana Karena, Turuhira Kena, Maraea Kena, successors
to Manihera Makoare, deceased; Piripi Ihimaera, Hemi
Parata, Eramiha Paikea, Kira Kereepe, Matiu Tuturu, a,
Riwia Hikuwai, Heta Paikea, successors to Ereatara te
Tarehu; Rakapa Pairama, Paraone Pairama, Wiremu
Tipene Moetara, Ngahiraka Moetara, Mihi Papahia,
Amiria Paikea, Wiremu Parata, Keranapu, successors to
Atereta Pairama, deceased; the Rev. William Gittos, of
Ponsonby, Auckland, Wesleyan minister, as trustee for
certain successors of Hone Waiti, deceased. The said Te
Hemara te Huia resides at Puhoi, near Auckland; the
said Meri Paora Tuhaere resides at Orakei, near Auckland;
all the other Native persons above mentioned are resident
in the Kaipara District. The applicant desires that all
other persons who may claim to be interested in the vali-
dation applied for shall be treated as parties to these pro-
ceedings; but the applicant is unable to specify any names
of persons other than those set forth herein.
Dated at Auckland, this 29th day of March, 1895.
EDWARD KLINGENDER
(By his Solicitor and Agent,
E. T. DUFAUR).
To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Auckland.
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