Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 211

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

WHEREAS David Staig Fleming, of Flemington, Hawke’s Bay, sheep-farmer, a person claiming to have purchased and leased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Purimu 15N Block, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in negotiation for the purchase or 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 Napier 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 Herbert Frank Edger, 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, Hastings, on the 11th day of February, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

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

WHEREAS Laurence Higgins, of Moteo, Hawke’s Bay, sheep-farmer, a person claiming to have purchased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Pirau No. 1 Block, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in negotiation for the purchase 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 Napier 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 Herbert Frank Edger, 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, Hastings, on the 11th day of February, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

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

WHEREAS Laurence Higgins, of Moteo, Hawke’s Bay, sheep-farmer, a person claiming to have purchased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Pirau No. 2 Block, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in negotiation for the purchase 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 Napier 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 Herbert Frank Edger, 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, Hastings, on the 11th day of February, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1895.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

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

WHEREAS Thomas Waitt Balfour, of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, a person claiming to have leased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Wharetoto 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 Auckland, Wellington, and Napier Districts, 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 Herbert Frank Edger, 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, Hastings, on the 11th day of February, 1895, at 10 a.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 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 Paremata Block.

WE, James Carroll and Wiremu Pere, both of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland, members of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, apply under the above-mentioned Act for relief against Henri Loisel, of Waihau, in the County of Cook, in respect of mesne profits of the Paremata Block, situate within the Native Land Court District of Gisborne, since the 1st day of January, 1889.

B. We desire to appear before the Validation Court on Monday, the 11th day of March, 1895, at half-past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

C. The relief claimed by the applicants against the said Henri Loisel is the payment by the said Henri Loisel to the applicants of the sum of £500 per annum for the years 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, and up to the date of the said Henri Loisel giving up possession of the said land, or, in the alternative, that the said Henri Loisel be ordered and decreed by this honourable Court to account to the applicants for the use and occupation by him of the said land during the years before mentioned.

D. The manner in which the applicants came to be invested with the title of the said land is under and by virtue of an agreement bearing date the 17th day of February, 1892, made between the Bank of New Zealand Estates Company (Limited) of the first part, William Lee Rees of the second part, and the applicants of the third part, as trustees.

E. The address of the applicants for service in the Town of Gisborne is at the office of Messrs. Rees and Day, in the Gladstone Road.

F. We require a copy of this application to be served upon Henri Loisel, of Waihau, East Coast, sheep-farmer.

Dated at Gisborne, this 22nd day of January, 1895.

JAMES CARROLL,
WIREMU PERE
(By their Solicitor and Agent,
VICTOR GRACE DAY).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne. 91

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 Nukutaurua Block, and also of the Moutere No. 1 Block.

A. GEORGE CANNING ORMOND, of Mahia, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay and Colony of New Zealand, sheep-farmer, applies under the above-mentioned 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 thereafter.

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 Waipakiaka of the one part and the said George Canning Ormond of the other part. The consideration 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 payment 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