April 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

Reserve for leasing under "The Public Reserves Act,
1881,"—

Hundalee Survey District, Section 31, Block XXI. ;
20 acres; term, one year, from 1st March, 1896; upset
annual rental, £5.

Description of land: Good soil, about half in grass, re-
mainer covered with light bush and scrub (ngai, mahoe,
&c.), well watered, about 12 chains of wire and stake fence
dividing section into two paddocks; value, £8; distant
seventeen miles and a half from Kaikoura by track.

The teams of settlers travelling to and using the reserve
as a landing-place, and the horses of bonâ fide travellers, to be
accommodated free of charge.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on
the fall of the hammer.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Sale of Kauri Timber in Waitawheta Bush, Auckland.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri
timber, situated on the Waitawheta River, within
Blocks VI., VII., and X., Te Aroha Survey District, and
Blocks III. and XI., Katikati Survey District, will be offered
for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 15th
May, 1896:—

17,500,000 feet kauri timber. Upset price, £8,750.

This timber can be easily got into the Waitawheta River
and floated down to Franklin's Flat.

Conditions of sale: One-fourth of the purchase-money to
be paid on the fall of the hammer; one-fourth on the 1st
January, 1898; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1900; and
the balance on the 1st January, 1902. Timber to be removed
within seven years from date of sale.

Plans, &c., can be seen at this office, and at the Post-
offices at Thames, Paeroa, Waihi, Te Aroha, and Tauranga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

IN the matter of the land in the Waikato District known
as Opuatia No. 5A, heretofore held under a Crown grant
dated the 14th June, 1866, containing 2,634 acres.
Boundaries commence at a point on the northern boundary-
line of the block, being the peg on the dividing-line between
Sections Nos. 133 and 130, Onewhero; thence by a straight
line to the northern boundary of No. 5c; thence in a
westerly direction, at right angles to the last-mentioned line,
to the eastern boundary of the said No. 5B Block; thence in
a northerly direction by the eastern boundary of the said
No. 5B Block to the northern boundary of the Opuatia
Block; thence by the northern boundary of the said Opuatia
Block to the point of commencement.

At a sitting of the Court held at Waiuku on the 3rd day
of March, 1896, before William Gilbert Mair, Esq., Judge,
and Nikorima Poutotara, Assessor:

It having been ascertained and decided that the majority
of the owners of the said land consent to be incorporated as
proprietors, and that the same is for their advantage:

It is hereby ordered and declared that the Natives whose
names are set out in the first column of the Schedule
indorsed hereon, and numbered respectively from 1 to 9,
both inclusive, be a body corporate, known by the name
of "The Opuatia No. 5A Corporation."

It is further ordered that the general meeting of the pro-
prietors be held at Waiuku on the 1st day of April, 1896, for
the purpose of nominating a Committee and fixing the
number of its members.

As witness my hand and the seal of the Court, this
3rd day of March, 1896.

W. G. MAIR,
Judge.

SCHEDULE.

1 | Hamareta Hira te Aho .. | .. | F., a. | 1 share.
2 | Hone Hira te Aho .. | .. | M., a. | 1 share.
3 | Meretini Hira te Aho | .. | F., a. | 1 share.
4 | Mutu Mere Ponamu | .. | F., a. | 1 share.
5 | Paora Pomare .. | .. | M., a. | 1 share.
6 | Pare Tohe .. | .. | F., 12 | ¾ share.
7 | Tuhi Hira te Aho | .. | F., 9 | ¾ share.
8 | Te Haupa te Aho | .. | M., 5 | ¾ share.
9 | Te Ewe Hohua | .. | M., a. | 1 share.

List of Candidates proposed for Nomination as a Commit-
tee under Section 123 of "The Native Land Court Act,
1894."

In the matter of the land known as Opuatia No. 5A Block,
and of an order of the Court, dated the 3rd day of March,
1896, constituting the owners of the said land a body
corporate in pursuance of the provisions of section 122 of
"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

NOTICE is hereby given that the following candidates
have been proposed for nomination as a Committee,
under section 123 of the said Act, viz.:—

HANARETA HIRA TE AHO,
PAORA POMARE,
TE EWE HOHUA,
HIRA TE AHO,
HENARE KAIHAU.

Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of March, 1896.
JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

IN the matter of the land in the Waikato District known
as Opuatia No. 3, heretofore held under a Crown grant
dated 14th June, 1866, containing 2,602 acres. The bound-
aries commence at the Opuatia River, thence following the
western boundary of the Opuatia No. 2 Block, awarded to
the Crown, to the Churchill-Onewhero Road, and by that
road to point A; thence in a westerly direction by the
southern boundary-line of Opuatia No. 2 aforesaid to point B,
at which point the boundary of the Opuatia Block turns and
goes towards the north; thence due south by a straight line,
being the western boundary of the said No. 2 Block pro-
duced until it strikes the Opuatia River; thence by that
river to the point of commencement.

At a sitting of the Court held at Waiuku on the 3rd day
of March, 1896, before William Gilbert Mair, Esq., Judge,
and Nikorima Poutotara, Assessor:

It having been ascertained and decided that the majority
of the owners of the said land consent to be incorporated as
proprietors, and that the same is for their advantage:

It is hereby ordered and declared that the Natives whose
names are set out in the first column of the Schedule
indorsed hereon, and numbered respectively from 1 to 8,
both inclusive, be a body corporate, known by the name
of "The Opuatia No. 3 Corporation."

It is further ordered that the general meeting of the pro-
prietors be held at Waiuku on the 1st day of April, 1896, for
the purpose of nominating a Committee and fixing the
number of its members.

As witness my hand and the seal of the Court, this 3rd
day of March, 1896.

W. G. MAIR,
Judge.

SCHEDULE.

1 | Ani Tanikana .. | .. | .. | F., a. | 1½ shares.
2 | Areka Tanikana .. | .. | .. | M., 19 | 1½ shares.
3 | John Duncan .. | .. | .. | M., a. | 20 shares.
4 | Karewa Tanikana | .. | .. | F., a. | 1¼ shares.
5 | Katerina Tanikana | .. | .. | F., 17 | 1¼ shares.
6 | Mutu Tarao .. | .. | .. | F., a. | 2 shares.
7 | Mereri Parenoke.. | .. | .. | F., a. | 3 shares.
8 | Rameka Tarao .. | .. | .. | M., a. | 10 shares.

List of Candidates proposed for Nomination as a Commit-
tee under Section 123 of "The Native Land Court Act,
1894."

In the matter of the land known as Opuatia No. 3 Block,
and of an order of the Court, dated the 3rd day of March,
1896, constituting the owners of the said land a body
corporate in pursuance of the provisions of section 122 of
"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

NOTICE is hereby given that the following candidates
have been proposed for nomination as a Committee
under section 123 of the said Act, viz.:—

JOHN DUNCAN,
RAMEKA TE RAO,
MUTU TE RAO,
AREKA DUNCAN.

Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of March, 1896.
JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.