APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1193

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Petition for Incorporation by the Owners of the Tauwharetoi No. 1d Block.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, GISBORNE DISTRICT.

the matter of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and of the petition for incorporation by the owners of the Tauwharetoi No. 1d Block. At a sitting of the Court held at Gisborne, before Robert Noble Jones, Judge, and Hapi Kiniha, Assessor, on Saturday, the 28th day of March, 1908.

UPON reading the petition for incorporation lodged herein, and upon hearing Pita te Hau, on behalf of the petitioners, and the evidence adduced on their behalf, and the Court being satisfied of the consent of the majority of the owners of the said Tauwharetoi No. 1d Block, and that such block can be dealt with to the advantage of the owners thereof by being incorporated as hereinafter appearing, it is ordered that the owners whose names are set out in the Schedule hereunder written shall be and the same are hereby constituted a body corporate within the meaning of section 122 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” by the name of “The Proprietors of the Tauwharetoi No. 1d Block,” subject to the powers, liabilities, and incidents conferred or imposed by the said Act or any amendments thereof. The said land contains 291 acres 3 roods 25 perches, or thereabouts, and is bounded as follows: Towards the north by Government Run No. 18, 747 acres; towards the east by Government Run No. 22, 609 acres; towards the south by the Hangaroa River; and towards the west by Government Run No. 35, 5,000 acres.

And it is hereby ordered and directed that a general meeting of the proprietors of the said block shall be held at the Native Land Court House, Gisborne, on Saturday, the 2nd day of May, 1908, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of nominating a committee to administer the said land, and fixing the number of its members.

And it is hereby further ordered that the committee shall have full power to defray the reasonable costs and expenses consequent upon this incorporation or incidental thereto, and that the title to the said land hereby vested in the corporate body above named shall be subject to all existing rights, alienations, encumbrances, and contracts affecting the same or any interest therein.

In witness whereof the seal of the said Court was hereto affixed, the day and year first above written.

R. N. JONES, Judge.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

TAUWHARETOI NO. 1D BLOCK.

Wi Wharekino. Matene Kaipau. Erana Whakirangi. Tipuna Riki.
Hoani Matiaha. Paora Karori. Tamati Marutu. Naho Wehi.
William Greene. Rina Wairama. Mere Karaka. Ripeke Nekeneke.
Heni te Iriwaho. Rapata Whakapuhia. Teto. Hine Matora Purewa.
Peta Hape. Te Moana Akiwa. Piwara. RaharuhI te Horua.
Harata Wharekino. Te Tuatini. Kiwa Riki. Keriana Kiwa.
Hemi. Perohuka. Hereripene Riki. Rina Riki.
Hohepa Tutewhaiau. Te Whare Herehere. Keta Riki. Himiona Tipuna.
Rutene te Eke. Wiremu te Purewa. Mere Riki. Hera Riki.
Mita Wharekino.

In unequal shares, according to their respective interests.

Notice of Appeal withdrawn.—Ninihi Block.—“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

IN THE NATIVE APPELLATE COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of the Ninihi Block, and of an appeal by Raina Puriri against the decision of the Native Land Court, given on the 15th day of July, 1905, on an order made under subsection (10) of section 14 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, by notice to the Registrar, and with the approval of the Chief Judge, the said appeal has been withdrawn.

Dated at Auckland, this 4th day of April, 1908.

A. G. HOLLAND, Registrar.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Wellington.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 16th April, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Wellington on the 25th day of April, 1908, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Wellington, 1908–17.]

E. A. WELCH, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 39 OF “THE NATIVE LAND COURT ACT, 1894.”