New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 66

Page 1445

✨ Native Land Court Notices and Population Statistics

Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1445

THE ALIENATION ABOVE REFERRED TO.

No.	Nature of Alienation.	Date.	Name of Land.	Names of Parties.
1	Mortgage (97-252) ..	30th July, 1897 ..	Otamakapua No. 1D ..	Taiuru te Rango and others to Charles Bruce Morison and Charles Albert Loughnan.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 4th August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Wellington on the 17th day of August, 1897, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

EDWARD BUCKLE, Registrar.

[Wellington, 97-63.]

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF ALIENATIONS.

No.	Nature of Alienation.	Date.	Name of Land.	Names of Parties.
28	Deed of covenant (97-251)	23rd March, 1897 ..	Part Wharekauri No. 1	Henry Grennell and W. Hough and others.
29	Memorandum of transfer (97-253)	5th July, 1897 ..	Ngarara West C No. 2	Henare te Moko to Joshua Whiting.
30	Memorandum of transfer (97-254)	2nd August, 1897 ..	Lot B, Section 22, Makara.	Karoraina te Wheoro to William Trotter.
31	Memorandum of transfer (97-255)	25th June, 1897 ..	Ngarara West A, Section 38	Tamihana te Karu to E. H. Beauchamp and W. H. Field.
32	Memorandum of transfer (97-256)	2nd July, 1897 ..	Lot 1, Section 19, Hutt	H. Pitt Porutu (trustee for Hori Tamati Rawakore) to Frederick William Devereux.

APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.

No.	Name of Applicant.	Name of Land.
48	Nakara Oroti .. .. .. .. ..	Te Aro Pah, Lot 22.

"The Ngarara and Waipiro Further Investigation Act, 1889."

Native Land Court Office, Wellington, 29th July, 1897.

WHEREAS it has been found that the plan of subdivision of the Ngarara Block adopted by the Native Land Court on the rehearing of the applications for division of the said block under “The Ngarara and Waipiro Further Investigation Act, 1889,” was, as to some portions thereof, founded on an incorrect survey of the land, and it has been found impossible to give effect to the same: Notice is hereby given that a sitting of the Court under the above Act will be held at Otaki on Tuesday, the 24th day of August next, to revise the said subdivision, and otherwise to continue and complete the proceedings on the rehearing as may be necessary to give effect to the same.

EDWARD BUCKLE, Registrar.

Population of the Colony.

RETURN of the Estimated Population (exclusive and inclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th June, 1897.

	Males.	Females.	Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 31st March, 1897 .. .. ..	378,864	338,785	717,649
Increase during June quarter, 1897—
By Births .. .. ..	2,445	2,307	4,752
„ Arrivals .. .. ..	2,192	1,165	3,357
	4,637	3,472	8,109
Decrease during June quarter, 1897—
By Deaths .. .. ..	903	687	1,590
„ Departures .. .. ..	3,203	1,673	4,876
	4,106	2,360	6,466
Net increase during June quarter, 1897 .. .. .. .. ..	531	1,112	1,643
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th June, 1897 .. .. ..	379,395	339,897	719,292
Maori population, census, 1896* .. .. .. .. ..	21,673	18,181	39,854
Total estimated population of the colony, 30th June, 1897 .. .. ..	401,068	358,078	759,146

*Later figures cannot be given, as the births and deaths of Maoris are not recorded.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1897.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1897, No 66

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🪶 Native Land Court Alienation Notice (continued from previous page)

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated4 August 1897
KeywordsLand Alienation, Mortgage, Native Land Court, Otamakapua
👱🏽 Names

Taiuru te Rango, Mortgaged land
Charles Bruce Morison, Mortgagee
Charles Albert Loughnan, Mortgagee

👩‍💼 Officials

Edward Buckle, Registrar

🪶 Native Land Court Applications for Confirmation of Alienations

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated29 July 1897
KeywordsLand Alienation, Applications, Native Land Court, Confirmation, Removal of Restrictions
👱🏽 Names

13 names identified

Henry Grennell, Party to deed of covenant
W. Hough, Party to deed of covenant
Henare te Moko, Transferred land to Joshua Whiting
Joshua Whiting, Received land from Henare te Moko
Karoraina te Wheoro, Transferred land to William Trotter
William Trotter, Received land from Karoraina te Wheoro
Tamihana te Karu, Transferred land to E. H. Beauchamp and W. H. Field
E. H. Beauchamp, Received land from Tamihana te Karu
W. H. Field, Received land from Tamihana te Karu
H. Pitt Porutu, Transferred land to Frederick William Devereux
Hori Tamati Rawakore, Beneficiary of trust for land transfer
Frederick William Devereux, Received land from H. Pitt Porutu
Nakara Oroti, Applicant for removal of restrictions

👩‍💼 Officials

Edward Buckle, Registrar

🪶 Ngarara Block Subdivision Revision Notice

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated29 July 1897
KeywordsNgarara Block, Subdivision, Revision, Native Land Court
👩‍💼 Officials

Edward Buckle, Registrar

🏛️ Estimated Population of New Zealand

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated2 August 1897
KeywordsPopulation, Statistics, Maori, Census, 1897
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. Von Dadelzen, Registrar-General

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