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c. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is
a deed of conveyance, dated the 12th day of April, 1886,
made between Watekina Tukuauru, Hohipene Riaki, Iritana
Tipuna, Whio, and Rawiri te Eke Tuoterangi, and Eru Takihi,
as the successors to Hana te Hemohaere, of the one part, and
James Nelson Williams, of Frimley, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Hawke's Bay, sheep-farmer, of the other part, in
consideration of the sum of £55 paid to the said vendors.

d. The land which was intended to be alienated by the
said deed was the undivided estates, shares, and interests of
the said vendors in the Hangaroa-Matawai No. 2 Block
aforesaid, the title to which said block is a memorial of
ownership dated the 25th day of August, 1880.

e. The estate or interest which I seek to obtain in the said
land through the aid of the Court is a freehold.

f. The manner in which I came to be invested with the
title or rights which I now claim to hold is—
(1.) Deed of conveyance, dated the 12th day of April,
1886, as hereinbefore set out;
(2.) Agreement, dated the 9th day of May, 1889, made
between the said James Nelson Williams and
myself.

g. My address for service is at the office of Messrs. Rees
and Day, solicitors, Gisborne.

h. I desire the estates and interests of the persons who
executed the said deed of conveyance referred to in para-
graph c hereof, and also of the said James Nelson
Williams, bound by the decree of the Court, and for that
purpose require that copies of this application be served on
them or their representatives according to the list herewith.
Dated this 14th day of July, 1896.

THOMAS WILLIAM PORTER,
Applicant
(by his Solicitor and Agent,
VICTOR GRACE DAY).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne.
723

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HOLDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the application of William John Brown for the validation
of interests claimed by him in the Mangaooae Block, situ-
ated in the County of Cook.

A. I, WILLIAM JOHN BROWN, of Rakai-kiteroa, in the
County of Cook, contractor, apply, under "The
Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893," for the vali-
dation of purchases claimed by me in the Mangaooae Block,
situated in the County of Cook, and containing 4,800 acres,
more or less.

B. I desire to appear before the Validation Court on Mon-
day, the 31st day of August, 1896, at 10 o'clock in the fore-
noon, or at the first sitting of the Court thereafter.

c. The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is
a deed of conveyance, dated the 1st day of March, 1878,
made by Pirihi Tutekohi, Mere Peka, Wiripo Warauri, Ata-
reta Ruru, Wi Mahuika, and Atiria Hauwaho, to Robert
Cooper, of Gisborne, settler, in consideration of the sum of
£10 4s., paid to each of the vendors.

d. The land which was, by the said deed of conveyance,
intended to be alienated was the undivided estates, shares,
and interests of the vendors aforesaid in the block of land
in the County of Cook known as the Mangaooae Block.

E. The estate or interest which I seek to obtain in the
said land through the aid of the Court is a freehold.

f. The manner in which I came to be invested with the
title or rights which I now claim to hold is as follows:—
(1.) Conveyance as aforesaid by the vendors.
(2.) Assignment from Robert Cooper to myself, made in
or about the year 1886, which said deed has been
destroyed by fire.

g. My address for service is at the office of Messrs. Rees
and Day, solicitors, Gisborne.

h. I desire the estates and interests of the persons who
executed the said deed of conveyance referred to in paragraph
c hereof, bound by the decree of the Court, and for that
purpose require that copies of this application be served on
them or their representatives according to the list herewith.
Dated this 20th day of July, 1896.

WILLIAM JOHN BROWN
(By his Agent and Solicitor,
VICTOR GRACE DAY).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne,
759

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

IN THE VALIDATION COURT
AT HASTINGS.

In the matter of "The Native Land (Validation of Titles)
Act, 1893 "; and in the matter of the block or parcel of land
known as Mangaorapa.

1. GEORGE HENRY MELBOURNE WHITE, of Po-
   rangahau, in the Provincial District of Hawke's
   Bay and Colony of New Zealand, storekeeper, and Fanny
   White, of Porangahau, in the provincial district and colony
   aforesaid, widow of the late John White, of Porangahau
   aforesaid, sheep-farmer, desire to appear before the Valida-
   tion Court at Hastings, on Monday, the 14th day of Septem-
   ber, 1896, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and to
   ask that the undivided part or share, parts or shares, estate
   and interest of Wi Matua, of Porangahau aforesaid,
   aboriginal native, in the parcel or block of land, situate in
   the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by
   admeasurement 16,761 acres, more or less, and known as the
   Mangaorapa Block, conveyed and assured by the said Wi
   Matua to the said John White by deed of mortgage dated
   the 12th day of September, 1891, and made between the said
   Wi Matua, of the one part, and the said John White of the
   other part, by way of mortgage for the purpose of securing
   the sum of £1,500 and interest thereon, be vested in them,
   the said George Henry Melbourne White and Fanny White,
   as mortgagees. The consideration for the said mortgage was
   the sum of £1,500, paid by the said John White to the said
   Wi Matua on or before the execution of the said deed of
   mortgage.

2. At the time of the said alienation the said Wi Matua was
   entitled to an undivided share in the said Mangaorapa
   Block, but the extent of such interest was not ascertained.
   The title to the said block is a Crown grant, dated the 26th
   day of October, 1871, vesting the said land in Otene Matua,
   Piripi Ngarangikatua, Mere Hora, Atareta Taupe, Rora
   Hokoaka, Te Kau, Haromi Wharepu, Ereatare te Kuri, and
   Tamati Tuhinga. The said Otene Matua, Piripi Ngarangi-
   katua, and Haromi Wharepu having died, one Nepia te Pihi,
   who was sometimes called Nepia Matua, was, by orders of the
   Native Land Court of New Zealand dated respectively the
   4th day of September, 1876, the 8th day of August, 1879, and
   the 4th day of September, 1876, appointed to succeed to the
   shares, estates, and interests of the said Otene Matua, Piripi
   Ngarangikatua, and Haromi Wharepu respectively in the
   said parcel or block of land. The said Nepia te Pihi having
   died since his appointment as such successor, the said Wi
   Matua was, together with one Rora Rupuha, by order of the
   Native Land Court dated the 8th day of November, 1886,
   appointed to succeed to the shares, estates, and interests
   which had been vested in the said Nepia te Pihi, as successor
   to the said Otene Matua, Piripi Ngarangikatua, and Haromi
   Wharepu respectively, of and in the said parcel or block of
   land.

3. The estate or interest in the land which the applicants
   seek to obtain through the aid of the Court is a mortgage
   over the undivided share, estate, and interest of the said Wi
   Matua therein for the purpose of securing repayment of
   the said sum of £1,500, together with interest, as provided
   by said deed of mortgage.

4. The said Wi Matua became invested with his title to the
   said undivided share and interest in the said land by virtue
   of the above-mentioned succession orders; the said John
   White became invested with such title as he held by virtue
   of the above-mentioned deed of mortgage; and the said
   George Henry Melbourne White and Fanny White became
   invested with the title which they now hold by virtue of the
   will of the said John White, dated the 9th day of July, 1884,
   and codicil thereto dated the 4th day of March, 1886, and
   by probate of the said will and codicil, granted by the
   Supreme Court of New Zealand at Napier on the 9th day of
   July, 1894.

5. The applicants name the offices of Messrs. Moorhouse
   and Hadfield, solicitors, in Wellington, as the place where
   notices, orders, and other documents may be served upon the
   applicants by leaving the same at such place for them.

6. The applicants name the said Wi Matua as the person
   upon whom the applicants require that a copy of this applica-
   tion shall be served.
   Dated this 28th day of July, 1896.

CARLILE AND McLEAN,
Solicitors, Napier
(Agents for GEORGE HENRY MELBOURNE WHITE
and FANNY WHITE, the applicants).
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