NATIVE LAND CLAIMS. 1848. Waikanae, 24th. March 1848. The Ngatitawas claim from Wairua Tangata, a small lake near Wakarewa; and goes from there to a place called Paroa, on the south of the Mokau river, and goes inland in a straight line from Wairua to the Kaungoti to a place called Rangitiki, till it joins the Waitara river, inland of the Ngatirangi. A portion of the same tribe, who are now living at Wanganui, have a claim to a place called Potaka; and from thence the claim of the Ngatiawa goes on to Rerekapa, and over a hill called Kaitukupu, and goes t to Paparinga, and from there to Tongaportu; and originally their claim extended to Tapora, and from thence to Wareroa and to Muakatino river, and goes to seaward to a place called Ahuroa, and straight on to Paroa. A section of the Ngatitawas, called Ngatirangi, claim from Waimatangata by the sea beach to Waipingau, a small stream south of the Pareninihi cliffs. In this claim there are:- Males 65, Females 42, Boys 4, Girls 2. Four of this tribe are on their way to Taranaki. 5 Females; residing at Mangarautawiri, 17 males, 16 females. At Wakapuaka, 40 males, 21 females. At Chatham Islands, 4 males.