Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1165, 3 October 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1882.

We have before us the Hon. Mr Bryce’s Native Land Division Rill, which by clause 2, “ shall apply to all lands, title to which is derived thiough the Native Land Court, and to all lands, title to which is derived through the “ Poverty Bay Grants Act, 1860,” or any Act amending the same or making fur uh r provisions in reference thereto, and shall not apply to any Native reserve.”. Clause 3 provides for procedure under the Act in the manner prescribed by “The Native Land Court Act, 1880.” Clause 4 is an important one, and provides that, “ If any Native grantee shall be desirous that division shall be made of ‘.he land included in his grant, or of any pa « thereof, he may apply to the Court to make such division ; and the Court may proceed thereupon, and may order a defined portion of the land to be granted to the applicant; or, if it shall appear t ■ the Court that a majority in number desirus that a division of the whole should be made, the Court mny order such division as it shall deem just, and may order giants to be issued accordingly : Provided always that in the case of lands granted under the Poverty Bay Grants Act, 1869, the Court shall he guided Ly ami have due regard tn the Ir.ws of partitions in England respecting lands held l»y joint tenants. , Written surrender:* oi grunts may • made where the intention of thesu: remierers is shewn to tin; satisfautio.i "i Ji«. < unrt, i; properly signed 1 y g - m iv;;-?. selitativets in death, or a majority <4 l-vtu

the effects of such surrender being similar I to scire facias, and the proper officer on re- ■ receipt of such surrender and original grant j shall cancel the record thereof. Persons ! may be ordered to produce grants or other i instruments of title ; and the non-produc- I tion of such instruments in compliance with i such order, may enable the Court to declare all such instruments, grants, &c., null and i void ; but the non-production of any such instrument shall be no stay to proceedings, ■ A tribe or hapu may apply by their repre- ■ sentatives, not being less than live in numbar, for a subdivision. Any person who | has, or may acquire an undivided share in I any land granted to Natives, or any interest i I therein may apply to have such interests de- ; : fined, and the Court may order a propor- i tionate and defined portion of the block to be I granted to such applicant and arrangements ; for perfecting such title shall, mufatis j •mutandis be made in the manner set forth for i dividing lands granted to Natives. Tho preceding is a precis of the whole Act, which is to be used in procedure by the Court 1 in the manner prescribed by “The Native Land Court Act, 1880,” and shall be read subject to the interpretations of that Act I and with the due exercise of all the powers i therein contained.