account of the taking, under the authority of the "New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," of the Blocks of land in the Province of Taranaki, hereunder described:—

WAITARA SOUTH.

All that block of land at Taranaki, bounded on the North by the sea, on the East by the Waitara River from its mouth to the junction of the Manganui River, on the South by a straight line from the junction of the Manganui and Waitara Rivers to Tururutongi on the Waiongana River, and on the West by a straight line to the sea at Waitaha, excepting lands within the above described boundaries held under Grants from the Crown.

OKURA.

Bounded on the North by the sea, on the East by the Omata Block from the sea to where the boundary of the Omata Block is cut by the native path running between the Patua and Ponakai Ranges, thence by a straight line running between the two above-named ranges till it cuts the Hangatahua River, thence by the Hangatahua River to the sea, except the block of land known by the name of the Tataraimaka Block.

A. J. DICKEY,
Chief Clerk.

Kooti mo nga whenua kua tangohia.

Akarana, 23 Maehe, 1866.

TE PANUITANGA

tenei kia mohiotia ai, ka noho te Kooti Whakawa Whenua ki Taranaki, a te Paraire, te 1 o nga ra o Hune, 1866, hei whakawa i nga take whenua a nga tangata e pa ana ki nga pihi whenua i Taranaki e mau nei i tangohia i runga i nga tikanga o te ture (New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863).

KO WAITARA TE TAHA KI TE TONGA.

Ko te rohe o te taha ki te raki, ko te moana; ko te rohe o te rawhiti, ko te Awa o Waitara, timata mai i te wahapu, a tae noa ki te Putahitanga o Manganui, ki te taha ki te Tonga, ka haere atu te raina i te Putahitanga o Manganui o Waitara tae noa ki Tururutangi i Waiongana, ko te rohe o te taha ki te Hauauru he raina tae noa ki te moana i Waitaha.

Ko nga whenua e kapea ki waho, ko nga wahi e mau ana i runga i te Karauna Karaiti.

OKURA.

Ko te rohe o te taha ki te Raki, ko te moana; o te taha ki te Rawhiti ko Omata, ka timata i te moana, a tae noa ki te Rori Maori ki Waenganui o Patua o Ponakai, ka haere atu i reira ka eke i Waenganui o ana Maunga a makere noa ki Hangatahua, haere tonu i reira a tae noa ki te moana. Ko te wahi e kapea ki waho ko Tataraimaka.

Na Tiki,
Kai Tuhituhi.

Debtors and Creditors Act—Re Benjamin Cohen.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Middle District.

In the Matter of the Petition of BENJAMIN COHEN, of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, Watch-maker and Jeweller:

AND

In the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862, and the Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865:

On the ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six:

On reading the affidavits and petition filed herein, and on hearing Mr. Izard of counsel for the said Benjamin Cohen: It is ordered that the said petition be accepted, and that the said petitioner do come up for hearing on the eighth day of May next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon; and that a meeting of creditors of the said Benjamin Cohen be held at the Grand Jury Room, Wellington, on Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of March next, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of recommending trustees, and the mode of winding up the same; and that in the meantime Joseph Edward Nathan, giving security to the satisfaction of the Registrar of this Court, be appointed ad interim sequestrator of the said Estate: And it is further ordered that this present order shall be a vesting order as provided by the last-mentioned Act; Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall protect the person of the said petitioner from any writ of arrest which may issue against him under the Writ of Arrest Act, to the satisfaction of a Judge of this Honorable Court, or of a Registrar thereof, in the absence of a Judge.

By the Court.

L.S.

CHARLES B. IZARD,
Petitioner’s Solicitor.

Debtors and Creditors Act—Re Adam Thompson.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Middle District.

In the Matter of the Petition of ADAM THOMPSON, of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, a prisoner confined in Her Majesty’s Gaol for debt, at Wellington:

AND,

In the Matter of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862, and the Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865: