156

Natiue Land Court Notices.

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

In the Valuation Court,
HOLDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the matter of "The Natives 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,
skeep-farmer,
applies under the above-men-tioned Act for the validation of the interests hereinafter
mentioned in those parcels or blocks of land situate at Te
Makia, 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
Hoh. James
Carroll and Wite
Pare,
and
desires to appear before the Valuation 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 Thakara 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
ma
debetween the said George Canning Ormond
of the one part and the said Thakara W aipakiaka
of the other part, wherehy the said George
Canning Ormond covenanted (inter alia) for pay-ment to the said Thakara W aipakiaka of £1 for
every
acres over and above 70
acres allotted in
respe
ct of the said interest on partiton.

(2.) Deed of
conveyance,
bearing date the 11th day of
Mar
ch, 1889, and made between Heta Kau of
the one part and the said George Canning Ormond
of the other part. The
con
sideration agreed upon
be
tween the said parties was the sum of £40, and
suc
h further sum as should be found
payable by
vi
rtue of a certain deed of covenant,
bearing
date the said 11th day of March, 1889, and made
be
tween the said George Canning Ormond of the
one part and the said Heta Kau of the other
part, wherehy the said George Canning Ormond
covenanted (inter alia) for payment to the said
Heta Kau of £1 for every
acres over and above
70
acres allotted in respect of the said interest on
partiton.

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 Kau of
the one part and the said George Canning Ormond
of the other part. The
con
sideration agreed upon
be
tween 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 Kau of the other part, wherehy the
said George Canning Ormond covenanted (inter
al
ia) for payment to the said Heta Kau of £1
for every
acres over and above 70
acres allotted in
respe
ct of the said interest on partiton.

D. The lands which were intended to be
alienated are the
interests and shares of the Natives before mentioned in the
t
w
o blocks of land before mentioned. The areas of the said
b
locks, and the titles thereto of the
respective
aliens 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
a
pplicant
se
eks to obtain by the aid of the Court are estates
or interests of freehold.

F. The manner in which the
a
pplicant came to be
i
nvested
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
G
overnor,
dated the 24th day of December, 1886, purporting
to remove from the said Nukutaurua Block and

the said Moutere No. 1 Block the restrietions
a
g
ainst aliensation.

(2.) The deeds of
conveyance
a
bo
ve specified.

G. The address for service of the
a
pplicant in the Town of
Gis
b
orn
e, 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
Dou
g
las Lysnar, Esq.,
solicitor,
s
ituated
in Gis
b
orn
e.

H. The
a
pplicant
desires the estates and interests of the
t
w
o Natives mentioned in paragraph C of this
a
pplica-t
ion, and all persons
claiming through them, bound by the
decree of the Court, and for that purpose requires that
c
op
ies of this
a
pplication should be served on them. The
names of the persons upon whom the
a
pplicant requires
that
c
op
ies of this
a
pplication should be served are, the said
Heta Kau and Marara Kivi,
residing at Whangawei;
M
a
hia, who appears to be
entitled to
represent the said
Thakara W aipakiaka (he being now
dead); and the
H
on.
J
a
m
es
C
arroll, M.H.R., Gis
b
orn
e, and W
iremu
Pere, M.H.R.,
Gis
b
orn
e. The
a
pplicant
desires that all other persons who
m
ay claim to be interested in the validation applied for shall
be treated as parties to these
proceedings, but the
a
pplicant
is unable to specify any names of persons other than those
set forth in the list hereto annexed.

Dated at Napi
e
r, this 7th day of January, 1895.

GEORGE CANNING OR
M
OND
(By his
S
olicitors and
A
g
en
t
s,
C
ARLILE
AND
M
c
L
EAN,
Solicitors,
Napier).

To the
R
egistrar of the Valuation Court, Gis
b
orn
e. 24

Bankeuptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court,
holden at Auck-land.

N OTICE is her
e
by given that
A
L
F
R
ED C
H
A
R
L
ES W
A
R
D,
of Auckland,
Fancy
G
oods
Dealer, was this day ad-j
udged
ba
nkrupt; and I her
e
by
s
ummon a meeting of
c
r
editors, to be holden at my office, on the 26th day of
J
anuary, 1895, at 11 o'clock.

J. L
A
W
S
O
N,
O
fficial
A
ssignee.

19th January, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court,
holden at Christ-church.

N OTICE is her
e
by given that
W
A
L
T
E
R J
A
M
E
S J
A
C
K
S
O
N,
of Papanui, Butcher, was this day
ad
j
udged bank-rupt; and I her
e
by
s
ummon a meeting of
c
r
editors, to be
holden at my office, on the 24th day of January, 1895, at
11 o'clock.

G. L. G
R
E
E
N
W
O
O
D,
O
fficial
A
ssignee.

Ch
r
istchurch, 17th January, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timar
u and
Oamaru, holden at Timar
u.

N OTICE is her
e
by given that
G
E
O
R
G
E
E
M
E
R
Y, of St.
A
ndrew's, Sailm
a
k
e
r, was this day
ad
j
udged bank-rupt; and I her
e
by
s
ummon a meeting of
c
r
editors, to be
holden at my office, at Arcade, Timar
u, on Monday, the
21st day of January, 1895, at 11 o'clock.

A
L
E
X.
M
O
N
T
G
O
M
E
R
Y,
Deput
y O
fficial
A
ssignee.

T
i
m
a
r
u, 14th January, 1895.

N.B.—All
proofs of debt must be filed not later than two
months from the date of
ad
j
udic
a
t
ion, and, if possible,
before the first meeting of
c
r
editors.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of J
A
M
E
S A
N
D
R
E
W
S, of Makikih
i,
F
armer.

A FIRST and final
div
id
end, of 8s. 5d. per
pound, on all
a
ccepted prov
ed claims is now
p
ayable at my office,
Arcade Chambers, Timar
u.

A
L
E
X.
M
O
N
T
G
O
M
E
R
Y,
Deput
y O
fficial
A
ssignee.

T
i
m
a
r
u, 17th January, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timar
u and
Oamaru, holden at Oamaru.

In re JAC
O
B L
O
N
D
O
N.

N OTICE is her
e
by given that, a creditor's
petition having
b
e
en
l
od
g
ed by a creditor to have the above-named
J
a
c
ob London
a
d
j
udicated a
ba
nkrupt, the above-mentioned
C
o
u
r
t has granted an order appointing
E
dward
A
lfred
A
tkin-