It is hereby notified, that the Native Title has been extinguished over the Block of Land whereof the boundaries are described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the exceptions therein specified.

Schedule.

Province of Wellington, District of Manawatu. Rangitikei-Manawatu Block; estimated to contain 220,000 acres.

Boundaries:

Bounded on the north by the Rangitikei river, from its mouth to the Waitapu Creek, thence on the east by a direct line from the mouth of the Waitapu creek to Te Umutoi, the north-western point of the Ahuaturanga, Upper Manawatu Block; thence on the east and south-east by the Oroua river to its junction with the Manawatu river; thence by the Manawatu river to Pakengahau; and thence by the northern boundary of the Awahou Block to Kai-Iwi; and thence by the sea-coast to the mouth of the Rangitikei river, the commencing point.

There are excluded from the said block the lands comprised within the following boundaries, as shown in the plan filed in the Native Land Court, and referred to in the order of the said Land Court made on the 25th day of September, A.D. 1869, at Wellington, in reference to claims of certain natives to land in the said block, that is to say—