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✨ Native Land Court Notices and Population Statistics

Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1957

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Native Land Court Office, Wellington, 16th November, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Native Appellate Court will sit at Wellington on the 8th day of December, 1896, to hear and determine the appeals against the decisions of the Native Land Court set forth in the Schedule hereto. All persons interested are hereby notified to attend at the time and place aforesaid.

EDWARD BUCKLE, Registrar.

[Wellington, 96-109.]

SCHEDULE.

No.	Name of Appellant.	Name of Land.	Decisions appealed from.
1	E. P. Bunny (solicitor for E. J. Riddiford)	Orongorongo ..	Decision, dated 13th June, 1896, refusing confirmation of lease.
2	Messrs. Travers and Ollivier (solicitors for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company)	Motuhara, Subdivision E..	Decision, dated 28th September, 1896, refusing confirmation of transfer.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."—Notice under Rule 138.

Registrar's Office, Wellington, 17th November, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made to a Judge of the Court for certificates under section 55 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," confirming the alienations hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificates must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD BUCKLE, Registrar.

THE ALIENATIONS ABOVE REFERRED TO.

No.	Nature of Alienation.	Date.	Name of Block or Section.	Names of Parties.
1	Lease (96-444) ..	6th November, 1896 ..	Taonui - Ahuaturanga, Section 9, part of	Te Uru Mirataua (trustee for Rangitau te Umu and another) and others to James Stubbs.
2	Transfer (96-445) ..	7th November, 1896 ..	Carnarvon, Section 343	Ropata Ture and another to Joseph William Beale.
3	Transfer (96-446) ..	7th November, 1896 ..	Aorangi No. 3G ..	Heni te Rangiotu to Tahora Meihana.

Population of the Colony.

RETURN of the Estimated Population (exclusive and inclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1896.

				Males.	Females.	Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th June, 1896 ..	..	..	..	371,875	332,891	704,766
Increase during September quarter, 1896—
By Births	..	..	2,479	2,368	4,847
" Arrivals	..	..	2,266	1,103	3,369
				4,745	3,471	8,216
Decrease during September quarter, 1896—
By Deaths	..	..	1,019	664	1,683
" Departures	..	..	1,964	1,092	3,056
				2,983	1,756	4,739
Net increase during September quarter, 1896 ..	..	..	..	1,762	1,715	3,477
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th September, 1896	..	..	..	373,637	334,606	708,243
Maori population, census, 1896	..	..	..	21,673	18,181	39,854
Total estimated population of the colony, 30th September, 1896	..	..	..	395,310	352,787	748,097

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1896.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1896, No 90

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Publication of the New Land Court Act, 1894 (continued from previous page)

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
KeywordsLand Court Act, 1894, Legislation, Maori land, Court procedures

🪶 Native Appellate Court Sitting Notice

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated16 November 1896
KeywordsNative Appellate Court, Appeals, Land decisions, Wellington
👱🏽 Names

E. J. Riddiford, Appellant represented by solicitor

👩‍💼 Officials

Edward Buckle, Registrar

🪶 Notice under Rule 138 of the Native Land Court Act, 1894

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated17 November 1896
KeywordsLand alienation, Certificates, Section 55, Native Land Court Act
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

Te Uru Mirataua, Trustee in land lease
James Stubbs, Lessee in land lease
Ropata Ture, Transferor in land transfer
Joseph William Beale, Transferee in land transfer
Heni te Rangiotu, Transferor in land transfer
Tahora Meihana, Transferee in land transfer

👩‍💼 Officials

Edward Buckle, Registrar

🏛️ Population Statistics for New Zealand, September 1896

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated17 November 1896
KeywordsPopulation, Statistics, Demographics, Maori, Non-Maori
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. Von Dädelszen, Registrar-General

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