JAN. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 103

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN AT GISBORNE.
In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893"; and in the matter of the Nukutaurua Block
and also of the Moutere No. 1 Block.
A. G EORGE CANNING ORMOND, of Mahia, in the
Provincial District of Hawke's Bay and Colony of
New Zealand, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-men-
tioned Act for the validation of the interests hereinafter
mentioned in those parcels or blocks of land situated at Te
Mahia, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, called or
known respectively by the names of the Nukutaurua Block
and the Moutere No. 1 Block.
B. The applicant desires to have himself found entitled to
relief in respect of the said Nukutaurua Block and the said
Moutere No. 1 Block, which are already the subject of an
application by the Hon. James Carroll and Wiremu Pere,
and desires to appear before the Validation Court on Monday,
the 18th day of February, 1895, at the hour of 10.30 o'clock
in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court there-
after.
C. The nature of the several transactions proposed for
validation are as follows:—
In the matter of the Nukutaurua Block,—
(1.) Deed of conveyance, bearing date the 23rd day of
February, 1889, and made between Ihakara Wai-
pakiaka of the one part and the said George
Canning Ormond of the other part. The con-
sideration agreed upon between the said parties
was £70, and such further sum as should be found
payable by virtue of a certain deed of covenant,
bearing date the 23rd day of February, 1889, and
made between the said George Canning Ormond
of the one part and the said Ihakara Waipakiaka
of the other part, whereby the said George
Canning Ormond covenanted (inter alia) for pay-
ment to the said Ihakara Waipakiaka of £1 for
every acre over and above 70 acres allotted in
respect of the said interest on partition.
(2.) Deed of conveyance, bearing date the 11th day of
March, 1889, and made between Heta Kanu of
the one part and the said George Canning Ormond
of the other part. The consideration agreed upon
between the said parties was the sum of £40, and
such further sum as should be found payable by
virtue of a certain deed of covenant, bearing
date the said 11th day of March, 1889, and made
between the said George Canning Ormond of the
one part and the said Heta Kanu of the other
part, whereby the said George Canning Ormond
covenanted (inter alia) for payment to the said
Heta Kanu of £1 for every acre over and above
70 acres allotted in respect of the said interest on
partition.
In the matter of the Moutere No. 1 Block,—
Deed of conveyance, bearing date the 2nd day of April,
1889, and made between the said Heta Kanu of
the one part and the said George Canning Ormond
of the other part. The consideration agreed upon
between the said parties was £25, and such further
sum as should be found payable by virtue of a
certain deed of covenant, bearing date the said
2nd day of April, 1889, and made between the said
George Canning Ormond of the one part and the
said Heta Kanu of the other part, whereby the
said George Canning Ormond covenanted (inter
alia) for payment to the said Heta Kanu of £1
for every acre over and above 70 acres allotted in
respect of the said interest on partition.

D. The lands which were intended to be alienated are the
interests and shares of the Natives before mentioned in the
two blocks of land before mentioned. The areas of the said
blocks, and the titles thereto of the respective alienors at the
time of the said alienations, were as follows:—
Nukutaurua Block, 3,452 acres. Title, grant from the
Crown, bearing date the 4th day of March, 1868.
Moutere No. 1 Block, 389 acres. Title, grant from the
Crown, bearing date the 9th day of February, 1871.
E. The estates or interests in the said blocks which the
applicant seeks to obtain by the aid of the Court are estates
or interests of freehold.
F. The manner in which the applicant came to be invested
with the titles he now holds to the lands before mentioned
is, in regard to each block, as follows:—
(1.) Proclamation by His Excellency the Governor,
dated the 24th day of December, 1886, purporting
to remove from the said Nukutaurua Block and
the said Moutere No. 1 Block the restrictions
against alienation.
(2.) The deeds of conveyance above specified.
G. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Gisborne, where notices and other documents may be served
upon him, by leaving the same at such place for him, is at
the office of William Douglas Lysnar, Esq., solicitor, situated
in Gisborne.
H. The applicant desires the estates and interests of the
two Native persons mentioned in paragraph c of this applica-
tion, and all persons claiming through them, 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 upon whom the applicant requires
that copies of this application should be served are, the said
Heta Kanu and Maraea Kiwi, residing at Whangawehi;
Mahia, who appears to be entitled to represent the said
Ihakara Waipakiaka (he being now deceased); and the Hon.
James Carroll, M.H.R., Gisborne, and Wiremu Pere, M.H.R.,
Gisborne. 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 in the list hereto annexed.
Dated at Napier, this 7th day of January, 1895.
GEORGE CANNING ORMOND
(By his Solicitors and Agents,
CARLILE AND McLEAN,
Solicitors, Napier).
To the Registrar of the Validation Court, Gisborne. 24

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."—Pukepoto C5A Block.

W HEREAS H. R. Cooke, of Whangarei, a person
claiming to have leased from certain of the Native
owners shares or interests in the Pukepoto C5A Block, and to
have been in negotiation prior to the passing of "The Native
Land Court Act, 1894," for the lease of other shares or
interests therein, has notified such claim to the Chief Judge
of the Native Land Court, and also to the Commissioner of
Crown Lands for the Auckland District, and has requested
that an inquiry may be held into the circumstances of the
said claim, as provided by section 118 of the said Act: And
whereas the Chief Judge has referred the said claim to
Walter Edward Gudgeon, Esq., 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, Whangarei, on the 8th day of February, 1895, at
10 a.m.
Dated at Auckland, this 28th day of December, 1894.
JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.