738 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 32

appear before the Validation Court at Auckland 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: Memorandum of transfer bearing date the 1st
day of March, 1886, and made between Reupena Tahura,
Rahera Tanui, Erana te Onerere, Wiremu te Huia, Eretara
Tinirau, Repiu Tokata, Waata Tiaia, Henare Whakarongo-
hau, Raima te Hemoata, and Hapimana Hikihiki, of the one
part, and the applicant of the other part. The consideration
agreed upon between the said parties was the sum of £60.

D. The land which was intended to be alienated is the
whole of the said Whakarupe Block. The area of such
block is 27 acres 1 rood. The title thereto of the Maori
alienors at the time of the said alienation was certificate
of title under "The Native Land Court Act, 1880," bearing
date the 12th day of March, 1886.

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 whole block.

F. The manner in which the applicant came to be invested
with the title she now holds to the said block is as follows:
The memorandum of transfer above specified.

G. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Auckland, where notices and other documents may be served

upon her by leaving the same at such place for her, is at the
office of Edmund Thomas Dufaur, solicitor, situated 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 requires that
copies of this application should be served on them. The
names of the persons on whom the applicant requires that
copies of this application should be served are the said
Reupena Tahura, Rahera Tanui, Erana te Onerere, Wiremu
te Huia, Eretara Tinirau, Repiu Tokata, Henare Whaka-
rongohau, Raima te Hemoata, and Hapimana Hikihiki, all
residing at Whitianga, and the said Waata Tiaia, residing
at Miranda. The applicant desires that all other persons
who may claim to be interested in the validation applied
for shall be treated as parties to these proceedings, 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.
RHODA HAMPTON DAVIS
(By her Solicitor and Agent, E. T. Dufaur).
To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Auckland.
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*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 its amendment; and in the matter of the
blocks of land situated at or near Whangapoua, in the District of Coromandel, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
and known respectively as Pungapunga No. 1, Pungapunga No. 2, and Pungapunga No. 3.

A. THE TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, AND AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED), being a company duly incorporated
under an Act of the Parliament of the Colony of Victoria known or cited as "The Companies Statute, 1864," is
the applicant.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation Court, Auckland, to ask for relief, on Monday, the 13th day
of May, 1895, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

C. The nature of the several transactions proposed for validation are—
An instrument or deed, bearing date the 12th day of December, 1879, made between Hamiora Mangakahia, Peneamene
Tanui, and Pane Tarori, of the one part, and Albert Walker and Robert Charles Greenwood of the other part; and an
instrument or deed bearing date the 7th day of September, 1880, and made between the said Hamiora Mangakahia (who
executes for himself and as trustee for Hamiora Whakakoro), Peneamene Tanui (who executes for himself and as trustee
for Tahere Ramui), and Pane Tarore, of the one part, and the said Robert Charles Greenwood of the other part; trans-
ferring and assigning kauri and other timber trees, timber, logs, forest, and bush, and granting for the term of twenty-one
years from the 12th day of December, 1879, rights to enter and cut down, remove and carry away, and dispose of kauri
and other things as aforesaid; and also rights to make, form, and erect paths, roads, tramways, buildings, pits, booms,
dams, bridges, and wharves; and to drive timber and divert streams and watercourses; and also other rights and powers
incidental to the enjoyment and use of the matters and things transferred, assigned, or granted, or intended so to be by
the said deeds, in consideration of the sum of £2,000.

D. The interests and rights and privileges which were intended to be alienated and granted were all the growing and
standing timber on the Pungapunga No. 1 Block, and the right of entry and other rights hereinbefore mentioned. The
titles under which the said lands were held at the time of the said alienation were orders for the issue of memorials of
ownership under "The Native Land Act, 1873."

E. The estates, interests, and rights in the said blocks which the applicant seeks to obtain by the aid of the Court are
the absolute right to all the timber growing and being upon Pungapunga No. 1, with the full right to cut down and remove
the same, together with the full and free right to exercise and enjoy the easements, rights, and privileges expressed to be
conferred and granted by the said instruments or deeds, for all the unexpired portion of the term of twenty-one years
created by the said instruments or deeds, and for such further period or term as will be equivalent to the period during
which the exercise of the interests, rights, and privileges intended to be alienated or granted was hindered or prevented.

F. The manner in which the persons through whom the applicant for validation came to be invested with the title it
now holds became entitled and the date and particulars of each transaction, are as follow:—

Table of Transactions:

• Registered No.: 86371 | Date: 12 December, 1879 | Instrument: Grant of timber | Parties: Mangakahia and others to Walker and another.
• Registered No.: 86593 | Date: 7 September, 1880 | Instrument: Grant of easements | Parties: Mangakahia and others to R. C. Greenwood.
• Registered No.: 86372 | Date: 18 December, 1879 | Instrument: Transfer of timber rights | Parties: Walker and another to B. Johnson.
• Registered No.: 86373 | Date: 18 December, 1879 | Instrument: Mortgage of timber rights | Parties: Johnson to Walker and another.
• Registered No.: 86374 | Date: 10 August, 1880 | Instrument: Transfer of moiety | Parties: A. Walker to R. C. Greenwood.
• Registered No.: 86375 | Date: 10 August, 1881 | Instrument: Transfer of moiety | Parties: A. Walker to R. C. Greenwood.
• Registered No.: 86376 | Date: 10 August, 1881 | Instrument: Assignment of equity of redemption | Parties: B. Johnson to R. C. Greenwood.
• Registered No.: 86377 | Date: 6 May, 1882 | Instrument: Transfer | Parties: Greenwood to the Auckland Timber Company (Limited).
• Registered No.: 110494 | Date: 15 October, 1888 | Instrument: Conveyance arrangement | Parties: Auckland Timber Company (Limited) to the Kauri Timber Company (Limited).
• Registered No.: 112368 | Date: 1 July, 1889 | Instrument: Mortgage | Parties: The Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company (Limited).
• Registered No.: 112367 | Date: 9 October, 1889 | Instrument: Further charge | Parties: The Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company (Limited).

G. 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.

H. 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.
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