June 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 953

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,
HOLDEN 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

Rainfall Return for 1894.

| Station. | Total Fall, | Number of | Maximum Fall and Date in any Twenty- |
| | in Inches, | Days of Rain | four Hours in Year. |
| | in Year. | in Year. | |

NORTH ISLAND.

(A.) North-east Aspect—North Cape to East Cape.

Pakaraka .. .. .. .. | 71·00 | 133 | 6·30 on 19th September.
Auckland .. .. .. .. | 41·11 | 180 | 3·15 on 17th November.
Cuvier Island* .. .. .. | .. | .. | ..
Te Aroha† .. .. .. .. | 47·94 | 117 | 2·50 on 19th November.
Rotorua .. .. .. .. | 51·31 | 139 | 2·11 on 3rd February.
Tauranga .. .. .. .. | 43·32 | 122 | 2·33 on 1st February.

(B.) North-west Aspect—Cape Maria van Diemen to Cape Egmont.

Kaitaia .. .. .. .. | 60·40 | 174 | 3·15 on 19th September.
New Plymouth .. .. .. | 63·12 | 153 | 3·16 on 3rd January.
Inglewood .. .. .. .. | 94·84 | 187 | 3·57 on 19th January.
Ngatimaru .. .. .. .. | 70·38 | 165 | 3·18 on 3rd January.

(C.) South-west Aspect—Cape Egmont to Cape Terawhiti.

Opuhi .. .. .. .. | 36·40 | 140 | 1·41 on 2nd January.
Upper Waitotara .. .. .. | 56·99 | 188 | 2·60 on 26th February.
Stratford .. .. .. .. | 65·82 | 183 | 3·68 on 4th May.
Opunake .. .. .. .. | 32·27 | 169 | 1·21 on 19th November.
Manai'a .. .. .. .. | 36·64 | 130 | 3·50 on 10th July.
Hawera .. .. .. .. | 37·62 | 143 | 2·33 on 10th July.
Kaponga .. .. .. .. | 47·87 | 135 | 1·60 on 2nd February and 9th July.
Wanganui .. .. .. .. | 33·93 | 132 | 2·34 on 30th May.
Kaitoke .. .. .. .. | 27·49 | 143 | 2·33 on 30th May.
No. 2 Line, Wanganui .. .. | 36·08 | 121 | 3·00 on 30th May.
Campbelltown North .. .. | 30·60 | 102 | 1·41 on 25th February.
Feilding .. .. .. .. | 30·25 | 154 | 2·25 on 30th May.
Colyton .. .. .. .. | 34·94 | 153 | 2·33 on 30th May.
Ashurst .. .. .. .. | 38·59 | 163 | 4·98 on 29th May.
Palmerston North .. .. | 37·30 | 160 | 2·50 on 29th May.
Otaki .. .. .. .. | 32·64 | 146 | 2·66 on 3rd May.
Kereru .. .. .. .. | 44·51 | 82 | 3·66 on 31st July.
Pukerua .. .. .. .. | 37·01 | 161 | 3·25 on 25th February.

• Incomplete.
  † Eleven months only.