me panul whanui nga rerenga o tenei ture hei matakitaki ma te katoa ko te tino whai ke he whakatikatika i nga taitara o nga whenua. Ko to te kaituhi ko tona whakaaro ka penei te ahuatanga o nga panga whenua tupapaku ko te mea tika me tuhi he reta ki taua hunga mo ratou ra nga panga a ka whakamarama i te Ture kia mohio iho ai ratou kei te Kooti te mana motuhake. Ina etahi whakataunga a te Kooti hei matakitaki ma nga kaikorero o enei tuhituhinga. (i) Ka mahue iho tekau ma ono te hunga ra mo ratou nga paanga o tetahi tupapaku i roto o nga poraka 26. Kotahi te paanga e £78 te wariu ko te toenga i raro iho ranei i te £10 te wariu kaore ranei i mohiotia. Ko te whakatau a te Kooti ko te panga e £78 te wariu ko te hea kei tetahi kaporeihana, kaore i mohiotia e te Kooti te wariu, me te hea i tetahi poraka ngahere, kaore ano i mohiotia te wariu, i tukua ki te katoa o taua hunga ko te toenga o nga paanga i peneitia. E rua hea ki ia tamaiti ake a te tupapaku, e rua hea ki ia mokopuna a nga tamariki pakeke a ki nga mokopuna tokowha a nga tamariki tomuri kotahi hea i te mea kotahi. Ko ta te Kooti tenei i whakatau ai a ko nga moni reti i te takoto i karawarawatia ki te katoa o nga kaiririiwhi. (ii) Kotahi te hea o te tupapaku ko te wariu e £26. 5. 0. a ko nga moni reti i te putu e £14. 16. 8. Tokorua nga tamariki a te tupapaku ko nga whenua i tukua ki te mea pakeke a ko nga moni reti haunga te utu o te Kootitanga i tukua ki te mea tamariki. I te aroaro ngatahi raua o te Kooti a i whakaae raua ki taua whakataunga. (iii) Kotahi te paanga o tetahi tupapaku £19 te wariu o ko etahi atu paanga e whitu hui katoa te wariu £16. Tokorua nga tamariki. Ka tukua e te Kooti ko te panga £19 ra te wariu ki te tamahine a ko nga panga e whitu £16 te wariu ki te tama. Ko nga reti i te putu i tukua ki a raua tahi. (iv) E rua nga paanga o tetahi tupapaku £19 te wariu o tetahi e £8 to tetahi. Tekau ma waru te hunga hei kairiiwhi he mokopuna te nuinga, Ka whakataua e te Kooti; ko te hea £19 ra te wariu ki te matamua o nga tamariki tane, he tokomaha ana tamariki a ko ia te mea e noho tata ana ki te whenua, ko te nuinga hoki o nga tamariki a taua tupapaku kua marara ki te whenua. Ko te panga e £8 ra te wariu i tukua ki te mokopuna tane matamua. Ko nga mono reti i te putu i tukua ki te katoa. actual fact the responsibility must always be that of the Court. Because of this “blame” it has been found that some people have become chary of prosecuting applications for succession. One way to remedy this is to give sufficient publicity to this provision and to the need for, and the means of, title improvement generally, so that the people concerned will understand the reasons for which such orders are made. The writer has developed the practice of informing the persons concerned that the Act, for reasons which are then explained, gives the Court a discretion to so dispose of these minute shares, and the responsibility is not theirs but wholly and solely that of the Court. It will perhaps be of value to readers to give a small selection of instances in which the £10 rule and similar powers were invoked recently in one district. (i) Deceased left 16 successors and interests in 26 blocks, one valued at £78, while the value of the other 25 was under £10 or unknown. The Court awarded the £78 interest, as well as one of the small interests which was in an incorporated block (of which the Court did not have information as to the full value) and another interest in a “timber block” (also without full details of value) to all the successors in their respective shares. All the other minute interests were each awarded to one successor only, those of the first generation of descendants getting two interests and those of the second generation getting two interests or one interest each, the eldest being given priority. Th four youngest grandchildren received one each. The distribution in this case could have been made in any one of numerous ways but in the particular circumstances this seemed to the Court the fairest disposition possible. The accumulated rents went to all the successors in their “original” shares. (ii) Deceased left one interest, valued at £6/5/-, and accumulated rents amounting to £4/16/8. There were two children. The Court vested the land in the elder of them—and the rents less Court fees, went to the younger. The two beneficiaries were present and approved this disposition. (ii) Deceased left one interest worth £19 and seven others worth £16 in all. There were two children. The Court vested the £19 interest in the daughter and the seven others in the son. The accumulated rents went to the two equally. (iv) Deceased left two interests valued at £19 and £8 respectively. There were 18 persons entited to succeed, mostly grandchildren. The £19 share went to the eldest son, who had a large family and was still living near the land (most of the other children were scattered and were daughters) and the £8 interest to the eldest grandson. The rents went to all 18 persons in their “original” shares.