1804 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 82

Offices opened and closed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 24th October, 1896.
THE following particulars of offices opened and closed are published for general information.
R. J. SEDDON,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

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Native Land Court Notices.

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 Paritu No. 4 Block.

A. I, WILLIAM COOPER, of Wainui, in the County of
Cook, in the Provincial District of Auckland, sheep-
farmer, apply, under the above-mentioned Act, for the valida-
tion of six of the interests in 822 acres, more or less, being all
that parcel of land situate in the County of Cook, in the
District of Poverty Bay, and being Subdivision No. 4 of the
Paritu Block, and being a portion of the land comprised
and described in certificate of title, Vol. xv., folio 168, in the
books of the Registrar of Lands for the District of Hawke's
Bay, and being the land more particularly delineated and
described on deposited Plan No. 785.

B. The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court on Tuesday, the 1st day of December, 1896, 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 transaction proposed for validation
are certain agreements or contracts bearing date in or about
the month of March, 1883, and made between Eru Pohatu,
Wi Kaipuke, Hemi Waaka, Keita Kenana, all of Gisborne,
Otene Pomare and Areta Apatu, both of Wairoa, Hawke's
Bay, all aboriginal natives, of the one part, and Robert
Cooper, late of Gisborne, settler, deceased, of the other part.
The consideration agreed upon between the said parties was
the amounts set out in the agreements or contracts herein-
before mentioned.

D. The land which is intended to be alienated is a sub-
division of the Paritu Block, called Paritu No. 4, such
subdivision containing by admeasurement 822 acres, more
or less; and the title thereto of the alienors at the time of
the said alienation was founded on a memorial of ownership
dated the 3rd day of March, 1883.

E. The estate or interest in the said Paritu No. 4
Block which the applicant seeks to obtain through the aid
of the Court is an estate of freehold.

F. The manner in which the applicant came to be invested
dengan the title he now holds is as follows:—

(1.) The agreements or contracts hereinfore recited, of in
or about the month of March, 1883,

(2.) Deed of conveyance and confirmation, dated the 1st
day of June, 1892, made between Hami te Hau
and Otene Pomare, both of Nuhaka, in the
Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, aboriginal
natives, of the one part, and the said Robert
Cooper of the other part.

(3.) Deed of conveyance and confirmation, dated the 2nd
day of July, 1892, made between Matutaera Kai-
puke and Wiremu Kaipuke, both of Murewai, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, aboriginal
natives, of the one part, and the said Robert
Cooper of the other part.

(4.) Deed of conveyance and confirmation, dated the
2nd day of July, 1892, made between Keita
Kenana (Kate Gannon), of Gisborne, wife of
Michael Joseph Gannon, of Gisborne aforesaid,
licensed interpreter, of the one part, and the
said Robert Cooper of the other part.

(5.) Probate of the will of the said Robert Cooper, issued
in favour of the applicant.

G. The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Gisborne, where notices, orders, and other documents may
be served upon him by leaving the same for him at such
place, is at the offices of Messrs. Rees Brothers, solicitors,
situate in Lowe Street, Gisborne aforesaid.

H. The applicant desires the estates and interests of the
several Native persons mentioned in paragraph c of this ap-
plication as being the persons executing the said agreements
or contracts of in or about the month of March, 1883,
together with their representatives, bound by the decrees of
the Court, and for that purpose requires that copies of this
application shall be served on them. The names of the
persons upon whom the applicant requires that copies of the
application shall be served are the persons mentioned in
paragraph c hereof and also the following persons: Duncan
Birrell McDonald, of Auckland, sharebroker, the National
Bank of New Zealand, Hamiora Mangakahia, Merenia Nga-
rangione, Tiopera Pohatu, Henare Pohatu, Hamahona
Pohatu, Neri Pohatu, Matutaera Pohatu, Tuhauariti Po-
hatu, Mere Airi Pohatu, Tiaki Pohatu, Erena Pohatu,
Renata Pohatu, Wairakau Pohatu, Peneamine Pohatu.

The applicant desires that all other persons who may
claim to be interested in the validation applied for shall be
treated as parties to these proceedings, but the applicant is
unable to specify any names of persons other than those set
forth herein.

Dated at Gisborne, this 3rd day of October, 1896.

WILLIAM COOPER
(By his Solicitor and Agent,
LINCOLN REES).
To the Registrar, Validation Court, Gisborne. 1068