Application under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” dismissed.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

In the matter of an application under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”; and in the matter of the land known as Hapotiki and other blocks; and in the matter of an application by Helena R. Guard to the Chief Judge of the said Court to amend the orders of the Court appointing successors to Tuanini, deceased.

WHEREAS the above application having been referred to the Native Land Court for inquiry and report, and the same having been duly reported on, the said application is hereby dismissed; and leave is granted to the said applicant to appeal from this decision.

As witness my hand, this 2nd day of July, 1908.

JACKSON PALMER, Chief Judge.

Applications for Confirmation Certificates under Section 55.

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 4th July, 1908.

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.

[Gisborne, 1908-20.]

HAROLD CARR, Registrar.

THE ALIENATIONS ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Application for Confirmation Certificate under Section 55.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 7th July, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that an application has been made to a Judge of the Court for a certificate under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act. 1894,” confirming the alienation hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificate must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice.

[Wellington, Sec. 55.]

E. A. WELCH, Registrar.

THE ALIENATION ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Petition for Incorporation by the Owners of the Waikohu-Matawai No. 1b Block.

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

In the matter of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and of the petition for incorporation by the owners of the Waikohu-Matawai No. 1B Block. At a sitting of the Court held at Gisborne, before Robert Noble Jones, Judge, and Hapi Kiniha, Assessor, on Wednesday, the 1st day of July, 1908.

UPON reading the petition for incorporation lodged herein, and upon hearing 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 Waikohu-Matawai No. 1B 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 Waikohu-Matawai No. 1B Block,” subject to the powers, liabilities, and incidents conferred or imposed by the said Act or any amendments thereof. The land contains 1,274 acres and 32 perches, or thereabouts, and is bounded as follows: Towards the north by the Waikohu River, towards the east by the Waihuka Block, towards the south by Section 2 of Block IV, Ngatapa Survey District, and towards the west by Small Grazing-run No. 68, Block XIII, Mangatu Survey District.

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 8th day of August, 1908, at the hour of 12 noon, 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.