MAY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 735

Lease of Pastoral Land, Nelson and Marlborough, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 28th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land,
known as the Tophouse Run, containing 28,748 acres,
will be offered for lease by public auction for the term of
twenty-one years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th May,
1895, at 11 a.m.

Sections 4 and 7, Motupiko and Rintoul Survey District,
24,400 acres.

Sections 3 and 6, Motupiko and Rintoul Survey District,
1,250 acres.

Part of Reserve D, 1,098 acres.

Part of Reserve D, 2,000 acres.

Upset rental, £60 per annum. Weighted with valuation
for improvements, to be specified before the sale.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

JOHN S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 24th April, 1895.

In the matter of the will of MOHI TE KARA, of Kaitangata,
-deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Heni Hura Kukutai
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.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.

*Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS Eruera Whakaahu, of Whanganui, a person
claiming to have purchased from Maata Ropihia, one
of the Native owners, her share or interest in Subdivision
No. 1 of Pokowharo No. 2 Block, and to have been prior to
the date of the passing of "The Native Land Court Act,
1894," in negotiation for the purchase of the remaining
share or interest in the said block, has notified such claim
to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, and to the
Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington District,
and has requested that an inquiry into the circumstances
thereof may be held as provided by section 118 of the said
Act: And whereas the Chief Judge has referred the said
claim to a Judge of the Native Land Court, for inquiry
as aforesaid: I hereby give notice that such inquiry will
be held at the Native Land Court House, Whanganui, on
the 18th day of May, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of April, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

*Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS Alexander Brookie, of Waipu, a person
claiming to have leased from certain of the Native
owners shares or interests in the Waipu Nos. 1B, 1C, 1D, 2B,
2A, and 3 Blocks, and to have been prior to the date of
the passing of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in nego-
tiation for the lease of certain other shares or interests therein,
has notified such claim to the Chief Judge of the Native Land
Court, and to the Commissioner of Crown Lands
for the Wellington District, and has requested that an in-
quiry into the circumstances thereof may be held as provided
by section 118 of the said Act: And whereas the Chief
Judge has referred the said claim to a Judge of the Native
Land Court for inquiry as aforesaid: I hereby give notice
that such inquiry will be held at the Native Land Court
House, Whanganui, on the 18th day of May, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of April, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN 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 Kerepe, 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 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 Karepa, 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
Cummin, 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 Karepa, Turuhira Kena, Maraea Kena, successors
to Manihera Makoare, deceased; Piripi Ihimaera, Hemi
Parata, Eramiha Paikea, Kira Kerepe, Matiu Tuturu,
Riwa Hikuwai, Heta Paikea, successors to Ereatara te
Tarehu; Rakapa Pairama, Paraone Pairama, Wiremu
Tipene Moetara, Ngahiraka Moetara, Mihi Papahia,
Amiia Paikea, Wiremu Parata, Kerenapu, successors to
Atareta 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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