Public Trustee v Registrar-General of Land - (1899) 17 NZLR 577

Native Lands — Reserves — Vesting in Public Trustee — "The Native Reserves Act, 1882," Sections 4, 6, 8, 18, 28, 29 — Literal Construction — Intention — What Reserves included — "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856"; "The New Zealand Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1858" — "The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862" — "The Native Reserves Act, 1873" — Land Transfer Acts — Assurance Fund — Claim on — Deprivation of Land — Bringing of Land under the Act" — Certificate issued on Void Warrant of Governor — Ministerial Duty of Registrar — Registration of Transfers — The Land Transfer Act, 1885," Sections 10, 11, 177, 178, 185, 187 — Claim by Public Trustee — Defence that Titles issued to Beneficiaries — Right of Alienation — Statute — Retrospective and Retroactive Operation — "The Native Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1896."