NATIVE LANDS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 928, 22 September 1910, Page 9

NATIVE LANDS.

,:;:•- :;:./. : .____^____'. -:-.- -OWNERSHIP /ASCERTAINED.V^" ( (By Tcleuraph'.-Spccinl Oorr6si)b'n(ient.i;' ; Auokla'nd, Septembei'.:2l.- : The "Star?' states \that the Native' Appellate. Court, .whicll...has just concluded an important, sitting, I 'at Kaitia audKaikbhe, in the' North of Auckland, the presiding judges being Chief Judge Jackson Palmer and; Judge Holland, dealt -finally with, the ascertainment, of the' Native ownership of 81,367 acres of land hold by Natives under their customs and. usages, besides dealing with nuhierous.'partitions and other matters. ; As.a 1 result of.tho sitting, Crown grants will'. be issued for .the following, .blocks of land, .the' ownership .'of which-was fet.tled : by- the Court:—' Ahipafa, 6854 acres;;Motatau : No.'s, 22,035 acres; Waikare, 9437 acres; • Waer&hgatua; ■152 acres; Whakatere-Manawakaia, 11,373 acres; Mauugakawakawa,.747o acres: Mataraua,: 4880 acres; • KohatutakaV 13,717acres; Tuhuna, 2140 acres; Kohewhata, 2040 acres; Matauri-No. 1;'. 1034 acres;and' Motiikauauui,:43s aores.; Most of -these •blocks lies.along tho.joiito to be takein ; by the North Auckland ! and the .Government have -been ■ anxious to have the titles of the 'blooks completed before the. railway runs ; through. The effect of; issuing Crown gwuts for these 81,000. odd acres' of land .will be -that, now the..Native ownorship is ascerftiined, those interested . will '.-riot be. hampered. by,-;the ' former, disabilities," and ,will be in a posito deal - with 'the 'land; subject ■ to • the restrictions 'concerning suc*h ; dealings ' under, tho ..Native laud laws-or. the .Do- '" minion. 'The 81,000 acres are probablv ■ -worth over ... •