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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS James Bull, of Bull’s, a person claiming to have purchased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in Part 2 of Section 143, Township of Sandon, 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 share or interest of Rawiri te Tehi, alias Heremia, 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 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, Levin, on the 22nd day of May, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS George Beetham, of Wellington, a person claiming to have purchased the share or interest of Hare Parata, one of the Native owners in Lot 3, Pipitea Pa, 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 share or interest of Ani Enoka 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 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, Levin, on the 22nd day of May, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS John Davies, of Otaki, a person claiming to have leased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in part Subdivision No. 5, Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 7D, Section 1, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in negotiation 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 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, Levin, on the 22nd day of May, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS William Lawler, of Otaki, a person claiming to have leased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Paruauku No. 1B Block, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in negotiation 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 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, Levin, on the 22nd day of May, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1895.

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 Rahokapua Block, Cook County.

A. JAMES EAST, of Gisborne, merchant, as trustee in the bankruptcy of Sydney Josias Bromley, of Gisborne, a debtor, applies for the validation of his interests in the above block, containing 691 acres or thereby, situate in the Native Land District of Gisborne.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Court on Monday, the 10th day of June, 1895, at 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: A purchase by, and deed of conveyance from five of the six Native owners thereof to, one Peter Cooper, of Poverty Bay, settler—viz., from Eru Pohatu, Wi Kaipuke, Rawinia Apatu, Mere Pohatu, and Karauria te Pei—for a consideration of £58 paid to them, and which conveyance is dated the 10th day of February, 1882. The transaction was inquired into, and the deed certified by the Trust Commissioner of the district, on the 1st day of November, 1886.

D. The interests acquired and intended to be alienated by the said conveyance are estates or interests of the five Native owners above named; and the title of the said alienors was a certificate of title, dated the 8th day of May, 1882, from the Native Land Court to them and one Kaita Pongarau, a non-seller, to the said Rahokapua Block.

E. The applicant seeks to obtain the shares or interests of the said five sellers to Peter Cooper in freehold title, but not the share or interest of the non-seller (Kaita Pongarau), whose share was subdivided out and allocated to her by the Native Land Court on the 27th day of February, 1889, as Rahokapua No. 2, estimated to contain 114 acres.

F. The estate and interest of Peter Cooper in the said land and conveyance was acquired under a conveyance, dated the 27th day of May, 1886, from the Sheriff of Poverty Bay District to the applicant, as the purchaser at a sale by the Sheriff under writ of sale in action No. 232 (Northern Judicial District, Gisborne Office), by the applicant, as trustee aforesaid, against the said Peter Cooper.

G. The address for service of the applicant, as trustee aforesaid, is at the office of William Sievwright, of Gladstone Road, Gisborne, solicitor.

H. The applicant desires that the said five persons who signed the deed of conveyance to Peter Cooper, and also Kaita Pongarau, shall be served with copies of the application, in order that they may appear and object if they see proper; further, that Edward Patrick Joyce, of Gisborne, land agent, shall be served in like manner, in respect that he claims to be entitled to the said Peter Cooper’s interests under the conveyance of the 10th day of February, 1882, which is in his possession, but which he declines to deliver up to the applicant. The applicant is not aware of any other Maori or European who may properly claim to be an objector, but he wishes all persons interested, if any, although unknown to him, to be treated as parties to the proceedings herein.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1895.

JAMES EAST,
(By his Agent, W. SIEVWRIGHT,
Solicitor, Gisborne).

Signed by the applicant James East, by his agent, in the presence of—Lincoln Rees, Solicitor, Gisborne.

To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne.

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“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Otorohanga on the 14th day of May, 1895, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 26th April, 1895.

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.