25

I.—3b

B. —ln the Native Land Couet of New Zealand.—ln the matter of " The Native Land Administration Act, 1886," and of the notification made under section 21 thereof by George Stockman and Nevil Septimus Walker in relation to land known as I, John Edwin Macdonald, a Judge of the said Court, do hereby give my certificate as follows: (1.) George Stockman and Nevil Septimus Walker respectively did, within three months after the first day of January, 1887, notify to a Commissioner under the said Act and to the Chief Judge of the said Court, that they claimed to have severally agreed to lease the share or interest of some out of several owners of land mentioned in the said notification, and being a block of land known as Mangapapa, containing 9,000 acres. (2.) I have inquired into the circumstances of the alleged agreement. (3.) The title to the said land was not, at the time of the alleged agreement, subject to any restriction precluding such alleged agreement for lease. (4.) lam satisfied that there had been a lease as alleged, that tho transaction was bond fide, and that a fair rent was agreed for. As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of Juno, 1887. J. E. Macdonald, Judge. Form B.—Judge's Certificate, Section 24.]

C. —" Native Land Administeation Act, 1886." —Notice undee Subsection (d), Section 25, by a Lessee. I, Nevil Septimus Walkee, of Alexandra, sheepfarmer, being the person named in a certificate given to me by John Edwin Macdonald, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, bearing date the fifteenth day of June, 1887, and certifying as therein mentioned, do hereby give notice to the Commissioner under the said Act that I am desirous of obtaining a lease from all or some of the owners of the block of land called or known as Mangapapa, and being the land mentioned in the said certificate. Dated this fifteenth day of Juno, 1887. Nevil Septimus Walkee. Form E.—Notice under subsection (d), section 25.]

D. —In the Native Land Couet of New Zealand.—ln the matter of "The Native Land Administration Act, 1886," and of the notice given under subsection (d) of section 25 of the said Act, by Nevil Septimus Walker in respect to land known asMangapapa, Mokau, containing 9,000 acres. I, John Edwin Macdonald, a Judge of the said Court, do hereby certify as follows: That lam satisfied that Nevil Septimus Walker, of Alexandra, sheepfarmer, or George Stockman, under whom he claims, had, before the first day of July, 1886, obtained the signature of one or more owners to a writing agreeing to grant a lease of land, being the said land known as Mangapapa, Mokau, of the share or interest therein of the person signing. As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of June, 1887. J. E. Macdonald, C. J. Form F.—Judge's Certificate of signatures obtained to lease.]

E.—ln the Native Land Court of New Zealand. —In the matter of "The Native Land Administration Act, 1886," and of the notification made under section 21 thereof, by George Stockman, in relation to land known as I, John Edwin Macdonald, a Judge of the said Court, do hereby give my certificate as follows : (1.) George Stockman, of , did, within three months after the first day of January, 1887, notify to a Commissioner under the said Act, and to the Chief Judge of the said Court, that they severally claimed to have agreed to lease the share or interest of some out of several owners of land mentioned in the said notification, and being a block of land known as Mangoira. (2.) I have inquired into the circumstances of the alleged agreement. (3.) The title to the said land was not, at the time of the alleged agreement, subject to any restriction precluding such alleged agreement for lease. (4.) lam satisfied there had been an agreement as alleged, that the transaction was bond fide, and that a fair rent was agreed for. As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of June, 1887. J. E. Macdonald, Judge. Form B.—Judge's Certificate, section 24.]

jl,—"Native Land x\dministkation Act, 1886."—Notice undee Subsection (d), Section 25> by a Lessee. I, Geoeoe Stockman, of , being the person named in a certificate given to me by John Edwin Macdonald, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, bearing date the fifteenth day of June, 1887, and certifying as therein mentioned, do hereby give notice to the Commissioner under the said Act that I am desirous of obtaining a lease from all or some of the owners of the block of land called or known as Mangoira, and being the land mentioned in the said certificate. Dated this fifteenth day of June, 1887. Geoege Stockman (by his agent, Nevil S. Walker). Form E.—Notice under subsection (d), section 25.]

G.—ln the Native Land Codbt of New Zealand. —In the matter of "The Native Land Administration Act, 1886," and of the notice given under subsection (d) of section 25 of the said Act, by Nevil Septimus Walker in respect of land known as Mangoira. I, John Edwin Macdonald, a Judge of the said Court, do hereby certify as follows : That I am satisfied that Nevil Septimus Walker, or George Stockman, under whom he claims, had, before the first day of July, 1886, obtained the signature of one or more owners to a writing agreeing to grant a lease of land, being the said land known as Mangoira, of the share or interest therein of the person signing. As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of June, 1887. J. E. Macdonald, C.J. Form F.—Judge's Certificate of signature obtained to lease.] 4—l. 3b.