Aug. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1297

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

WHEREAS Richard Green Vaughan, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, a person claiming to have purchased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Opoho No. 4 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 William Gilbert Mair, Esquire, 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 24th day of August, 1896, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1896.
EDWARD BUCKLE,
Registrar.

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

WHEREAS George Prior Donnelly, of Crissoge, Hawke's Bay, a person claiming to have purchased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Turamoe No. 3 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 William Gilbert Mair, Esquire, 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 24th day of August, 1896, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1896.
EDWARD BUCKLE,
Registrar.

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

WHEREAS George Prior Donnelly, of Crissoge, Hawke's Bay, a person claiming to have purchased from cer-tain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Kahu-moko Block, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in negotia-tion 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 pro-vided by section 118 of the said Act: And whereas the Chief Judge has referred the said claim to William Gilbert Mair, Esquire, 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 24th day of August, 1896, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1896.
EDWARD BUCKLE,
Registrar.

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

WHEREAS Airini Tonore, of Crissoge, Hawke's Bay, a person claiming to have purchased from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the Te Apiti No. 2nd 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 William Gilbert Mair, Esquire, 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 24th day of August, 1896, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1896.
EDWARD BUCKLE,
Registrar.

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, Ereatara 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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