922
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

(2.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 2A, Wi
Mahuika to the Assets Company, 19th November,
1886, consideration £70; Rapata Wahawaha to
Wi Mahuika, 29th November, 1886, consideration
£10; Wi Mahuika (share of Rapata Wahawaha)
to the Assets Company, 11th December, 1886,
consideration £70; Wi Mahuika, as successor to
Kihitu Mahuika, to the Assets Company, 24th
January, 1893, consideration £100.

(3.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 3A,
dated in or about the month of December, 1886,
Ka Pahoho, and Ka Pahoho as successor to
Matiu te Hemoaiahi, to the Assets Company;
consideration, £120.

(4.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 5A,
dated in or about the month of December, 1886,
Tipene Tutaki to the Assets Company; considera-
tion, £62 5s.

(5.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 6A, in
or about the month of December, 1886, Paora
Taniwha (or Whakaangi), £55; Arapeta Taniwha,
£60; and Eruera Taituha, £100, to the Assets
Company.

(6.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 8A,
dated 27th October, 1893, Wikitoria te Amo, as
successor to Paora Matuakore, to the Assets Com-
pany; consideration, £79, made up of £74 paid
upon agreement of sale, and £5 upon transfer.

(7.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 9A,
dated 11th February, 1891, Kereama Waihopi
to the Assets Company, in confirmation of deed
of conveyance of the 28th April, 1878; considera-
tion, £8 and £8.

(8.) Transfer of undivided interest in Koutu No. 9A,
2nd February, 1891, Hemi Whakarau to the
Assets Company, in confirmation of deed of con-
veyance, 28th April, 1878; consideration, £7 and
£7.

d. The land the estates and interests in which were in-
tended to be alienated is all those blocks known as Koutu
No. 1, Koutu No. 2A, Koutu No. 3A, Koutu No. 5A, Koutu
No. 6A, Koutu No. 8A, and Koutu No. 9A, situate in the
district of Poverty Bay; and the title to the said blocks at
the time of the several alienations claimed to be validated
was a memorial of ownership, or were orders for certificates
of title under the Land Transfer Act, dated the 6th of
December, 1886, being orders of partition of said memorial.

e. The estate or interest which the applicant seeks to
obtain through the aid of the Court in the several estates
and interests claimed is a freehold.

f. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Gisborne is at the office of Cecil Albert de Lautour, Solicitor,
Gisborne.

g. The applicant desires that the estates and interests of
the Native persons aforesaid who executed the deeds of
transfer set out under the letter c of this application shall
be bound by the decree of the Court, and for that purpose
requires that copies of this application shall be served upon
them or their representatives according to the list lodged
herewith.

The applicant desires that all other persons who claim to
be interested in the validation applied for shall also be
treated as parties to these proceedings, but the applicant is
unable, except as hereinafter mentioned, to specify any
names as those of persons entitled to object to the validation
applied for.

The applicant is not aware of any other aboriginal native
nor of any European who may properly claim to be an
objector.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1895.

THE ASSETS COMPANY (LIMITED)
(By its Solicitor and Agent,
C. A. DE LAUTOUR).

To the Registrar of the Validation
Court, Gisborne.
384

*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 Makauri, Taruheru,
and Tahoka Blocks.

A. WILLIAM HENRY TUCKER, of Makauri, in the
District of Poverty Bay, sheep-farmer, hereby
applies, under the provisions of the above Act, to the Valida-
tion Court for the Gisborne District for the validation of the
purchases made by him from the Sheriff of the District of
Poverty Bay of the right, title, and interest of Wiremu
Paraone in the Makauri, Taruheru, and Tahoka Blocks.

B. He desires to appear before the Validation Court on
Monday, the 8th day of July, 1895, at the hour of 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, or so soon thereafter as he may be heard in
support of this application, and to ask for relief.

c. The nature of the transactions proposed for validation
is the purchase by him, by deed of conveyance dated the
12th day of August, 1887, from the Sheriff of the District of
Poverty Bay, acting under a writ of sale issued by the
Supreme Court of New Zealand in Action No. 56, Gisborne
Registry, to him of all the estate, right, title, and interest of
Wiremu Paraone in the Makauri, Taruheru, and Tahoka
Blocks respectively, in consideration of the sum of £112.

d. All the estate, right, title, and interest of the said
Wiremu Paraone in the said Makauri, Taruheru, and Tahoka
Blocks as an original owner therein respectively, and as the
purchaser of the shares and interests of Tamati Tiwhatiwha
in the said blocks respectively, these latter shares being
subject to a certain annuity to the said Tamati Tiwhatiwha,
his assigns or appointees. The title of the said Wiremu
Paraone to the said blocks at the time of purchase was
Crown grant and conveyance from Tamati Tiwhatiwha.

e. An estate in fee-simple, free from encumbrances save
the said annuity.

f. The applicant came to be invested with the title he
now holds by deed of conveyance from the said Sheriff as
aforesaid.

The address for service of the applicant in Gisborne is at
the office of his solicitor, Hugh Joseph Finn, situate in Glad-
stone Road, Gisborne.

The applicant desires that the estates and interests of the
said Wiremu Paraone be bound by the decree of this Court,
and that all other persons whomsoever be bound by such
decree, and for that purpose requires that copies of this appli-
cation shall be served on Mereana Paraone, Wiremu Paraone,
and Mahaki Paraone, all of Makauri, aboriginal natives, and
on John Robert Hurrey, of Matoki, What aupoko, near Gis-
borne, and Percival Barker, of What aupoko, sheep-farmer.

Dated this 25th day of May, 1895.

WILLIAM HENRY TUCKER
(By his Solicitor and Agent,
HUGH J. FINN).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court
for the District of Gisborne.
385

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Registrar's Office,
Auckland, 23rd May, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native
Land Court at Shortland, Thames, which was
adjourned to the 7th day of June, 1895, will be further
adjourned to the 4th day of July, 1895.

JAS. W. BROWNE;
[Auckland, 95-35.] Registrar.

*Notice of Nomination of Committee under Section 122 of
"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS under the provisions of section 122 of "The
Native Land Court Act, 1894," the Court has, by an
order dated the 17th day of May, 1895, constituted the
owners of the land situated in the District of Kawhia, and
known as Mangaora Block, a body corporate by the name of
"The Proprietors of the Mangaora Block," and has directed
that a general meeting of the said proprietors be held at
Mangaohoi on the 15th day of June, 1895, for the purpose of
nominating a Committee and fixing the number of its mem-
bers :

Now, notice is hereby given that the following candidates
have been proposed for nomination as aforesaid, namely:—

1. NOKA HUKANUI,
2. KINGI KAPARA,
3. TE RANGIURA HENERIKO,
4. TUAHU HOU,
5. TE KATINGA MANA, and
6. PENETANA PUKEWHAU.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of June, 1895.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.