PAPERS RELATING TO MAJOR HEAPHY'S APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE RESERVES; AND, REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE RESERVES.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1870 Session I, D-16

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PAPERS RELATING TO MAJOR HEAPHY'S APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE RESERVES; AND, REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE RESERVES.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OE HIS EXCELLENCY. WELLINGTON. 1870.

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No. 1. The Hon. Mr. M'Lean to Major Heaphy, V.C. Sik— Auckland, 13th October, 1869. Eeferring to a conversation I recently had with you, I have the honor to inform you that the Government has decided upon placing under a Commissioner, who will be responsible to the Native Minister, the various duties iv connection with Native Eeserves, and certain other Native lands that are specified in the margin.* Being aware of your knowledge of the circumstances under which most of the lands were set apart, your long experience as a surveyor in the various Provinces, and on the confiscated lands, and your acquaintance with the tribes, the Government has determined on offering you the appointment. The salary will be for the present £600 per annum, with travelling expenses. As much of the work incidental to confiscated lands and reserves will lie in the North, together with the greater part of that connected with the operation of the Native Lands Court, it will be necessary that your office should be in Auckland, but frequent visits will be necessary to be made to other parts of the Colony, especially Taranaki, Nelson, and Wellington. It will be necessary to classify the various Native reserves as soon as possible, bringing them all under one schedule that shall be descriptive of the objects and circumstances of the trusts, with a view to the most efficient management of the estates for the future. Such schedule should be prepared in time to be laid before the next Session of Parliament. Also, to negotiate with the Natives for the acquisition of land for the site of the telegraph line, and for the supply of timber for the maintenance of the constructions on the line. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, Esq., V.C. Donald M'Lean.

No. 2. The Hon. Mr Gisborne to Major Heaphy, V.C. Sir, — Auckland, November 6th, 1869. 1. Adverting to Mr M'Lean's letter to you of the 13th ultimo informing you generally of the duties to which you have been appointed, I have the honor in his absence, to define more particularly the nature of some of those duties. 2. You are aware of the Native Eeserves Bill which passed the Legislative Council last session but was postponed in the House of Eepresentatives to next session, and I beg to refer you to a copy of it, which, if you have not one in your possession, you can no doubt easily obtain, as passed through the Legislative Council, from "Wellington. The principal object of your duties is to enable you to collect and arrange such information respecting Native reserves and the present administration of them, as will, in the case of the proposed Native Eeserves Bill being passed next session, enable effect to be given to that Bill at once. It will be necessary to that end that you should be appointed a Commissioner of Native Beserves. 3. It is also important that you should so far as the law will allow you, perform the duties which were also contemplated under the proposed Native Eeserves Bill, with a view in all cases of alienation of Native Lands by means of the Native Lands Court to proper provision being made, if such does not exist already, for inalienable reserves, for the support of the Native owners of the land going through the Court and of their descendants. I shall feel obliged if you would in this matter place yourself in communication with the Chief Judge of the Lands Court, to whom I shall send a copy of this letter, for his suggestions in what way you can under the present law effect this object. Mr Fenton, also, who introduced the Native Beserves Bill and takes a great interest in its object will no doubt be kind enough to aid you with his suggestions on the other matters contemplated by the Bill. You will, however, in no way interfere with the duties of the Inspector of Surveys under the Native Lands Acts. 4. The conduct under the Minister in charge of the administration of the lands taken under the New Zealand Settlements Act is also another duty which will devolve oil you. It is expected that there should be an officer who would be fully informed on all points connected with that administration, and who should furnish the Secretary for Crown Lands, for record, with details of it and tracings of all surveys connected therewith. The different Orders in Council and Eegulations should be collected, and should be considered with a view, if possible, to their issue in one uniform and easily accessible shape. * 1. The administration of Native reserves held in trust by the Government, and other lands set apart for the benefit of the Natives. 2. The supervision of Native hostelries. 3. The supervision of the payment to the Natives of the proportionate amount due to them on sale of certain blocks at Remuera, and elsewhere. 4. The supervision of lands taken under " The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and " The New Zealand Settlements Amendment Act." 5. The recommendation to the Government of lands proper to be rendered unalienable by the Native owners, through the operation of the Native Lands Court, and generally the duties devolving on the " Trustee" contemplated in the provisions of the Native Reserves Act, which passed the Legislative Council last Session. 6. A general supervision over the laying off of the main lines of road through the North Island, and setting apart of districts of land suitable for immigration from Europe.

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I do not think that it is necessary to advert more particularly to the duties referred to in Mr M'Lean's letter to you of the 13th ultimo, except that in any negociation with natives as to the Telegraph line running over their lands you should carefully guard against any promise or negociation that payment be made to them for their consent to that being done, except so far that arrangements will, whenever practicable, be made for paying them for the supply and erection of posts You will be appointed Sub-Inspector of Telegraphs, and receive for that office at the rate of one hundred pounds per annum. The balance of your salary will be paid out of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for Native purposes ; it being understood, however, that while you are employed in laying out main lines of road (as referred to in Mr M'Lean's letter) a fair proportion of your salary will be charged to the vote for Public Works in the North Island. I have &c, Major C. Heaphy, V.C, Wellington. W. Gisborne.

No. 3. Major Heaphy, V.C, Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves, to the Hon. Mr. M'Lean. Sir, —■ Auckland, 17th December, 1869. Having in view the operation of the Native Lands Court at its intended sitting at Coromandel, early in January, 1870, I have the honor to draw your attention to the following circumstances :— 1. The Putukirikiri tribe of Coromandel is now fast divesting itself of its cultivated territory. Between Te Bau-o-te-Huia and Preece's Grant, its original tribal land, it has alienated about 4,700 acres, and has left only 1,020 acres, of which 850 acres are steep mountain or swamp. About twelve years since, this tribe had extensive cultivations on the Kapanga Flat. Much of this ground is, however, sold, and the tribe may be said to have abandoned Eapanga for Motu Tapere, an island in the Gulf, that was reserved by the Government for their use. The island comprises about forty acres, but of that probably not more than one-third is available for cultivation. It is therefore desirable that some fair land on the main should be made inalienable for their future use. I am aware that the tribe has decreased in numbers until it does not exceed at present twenty souls, but I think in all cases regard should be had to the possible want of even one or two survivors of a tribe that may hereafter adopt European habits, and require land to farm in the European manner. I do not think, therefore, that we should be justified in allowing a tribe, even if fast diminishing, to alienate all but some steep hill sides, however much that kind of land may suit their present mode of cultivation. I would propose that, in addition to the island of Motu Tapere, one hundred acres of the Kapanga Flat should be made inalienable. 2. At "Wangapoua there is very little land of the character that the Maoris like for cultivation; and the whole of the flat in the Waitekuri and Opitonui Valleys appears to have survey lines recently cut round it for purposes of sale. I would recommend that about 300 acres be reserved from alienation between Wangapoua and the Punga Punga Block, to the North. 3. Mercury Bay. The Natives that about fifteen years since had villages at Wharekahu and Ohuku, on the north side of Mercury Bay, are now scattered; some of them being at the Thames Goldfields ; some occupying land at Waitaia, and a few living at the saw mills and bush stations. Having due regard to the industries of the settlers in flax preparing, timber cutting, and gold mining, as well as to the wants of the Natives, I think that 300 acres should be reserved at or near Waitaia, on the northern side. With a view to securing these reserves, I propose that I should attend the next sitting of the Native Lands Court, which takes places at Coromandel on or about the 14th January next. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves.

No. 4. The Hon. Mr M'Lean to Major Heaphy, V.C, Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves. Sir, — Auckland, December 18th, 1869. In reply to your letter of the 17th inst, referring to the state of native rights at Coromandel, Wangapoua and Mercury Island, I have the honor to state that I quite agree with the suggestions you propose, and I shall be glad if you could find it convenient to attend the Native Lands Court, and confer with Mr Eenton on the subject. 1 have, &c, Major Charles Heaphy, V.C, Donald M'Lean. Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves, Auckland.

No. 5. Major Heapuy, V.C, Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves, to the Hon. Mr M'Lean. Sir, — Auckland, 27th January, 1870. I have the honor to report that with a view to prevent such an alienation of territory through the operation of the Native Lands Court as should leave the natives at Coromandel, Wangapoua and Witianga without sufficient land for their respective wants, I lately visited those localities and enquired into the circumstances of the natives, and the particulars of the extent to which they had parted with their lands. I also, at a subsequent period, attended the sitting of the Native Lands Court at Coromandel and conferred with Judge Eogan on the subject. Ist. At Coromandel some very small pieces of land, only, and those lying in the town were brought under the notice of the Court, as being within the claims of the Patukirikiri tribe, —that which has sold

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the greater part of its original possessions. I did not think it necessary to intefere to prevent their obtaining an absolute title to these pieces. 2nd. Some of the Patukirikiri have claims on lands at Wangapoua that were before the Court, but these are chiefly valuable for the timber they contain, and not for their fitness for cultivation. The flat between Wangapoua and Wainuiototo, where they have their cultivations, and which, being near a good fishing ground, is eminently fitted for their use, is not trenched on, nor is the flat lying east of the landing place at Coromandel. 3rd. The lands at Mercury Bay, for which the owners now seek certificates, are either Kauri " bushes," flax mill sites, or gold reefing and quartz-crushing stations. Some of them are undoubtedly valuable, but there is an abundance of land left for the very much diminished numbers of the people of that locality. 4th. At Waikawau, and on the coast of the Frith, towards the Thames, the pieces for which titles are required are very small and insignificant. At Waikawau East, and Cabbage Bay, some very large claims were brought before the Court, but owing to inaccuracies of survey were not carried through to a decision. From a careful inquiry into the relative claims of the Native people on the Coromandel Peninsula, I am not led to believe that they have yet injured their condition to the extent of having insufficient land for their wants, but it will be necessary to watch closely their individualization of title —with sale for its object —in the future. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves.

No. 6. The Hon. Mr. M'Lean to Major Heaphy, V.C, Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves. General Government Offices, Sir,— Auckland, 17th Eebruary, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 27th January, 1870, reporting your visit to the Natives at Coromandel, Wangapoua, and "Witiangi, with a view of ascertaining their circumstances, particularly with reference to the extent to which they have parted with their lands. I have to thank you for your report, and am glad that you are taking such an interest in that part of your duties which relates to the present and future welfare of the Natives, and I trust you will take every care to guard the Natives against an improvident alienation of the whole of their landed estates. I have, &c, Major Heaphy, V.C, Donald M'Lean. Acting Commissioner Native Eeserves, Auckland.

No. 7. The Hon. Mr. M'Lean to Major Heaphy, V-C, Commissioner of Native Eeserves. General Government Offices, Sir,— Auckland, 18th February, 1870. From the operation of the Native Lands Court in Hawke's Bay, certain Natives of that locality have received Crown Grants, by which they have, as common and joint tenants, become the legal owners of large estates. This partial individualism of title, while conducing generally to the benefit of the Natives, is attended in some cases with prejudicial results to their interests. It is found that from temporary pecuniary pressure and other causes, one or two Natives—the minority of the owners of an estate —will sell their interest in it, and that the introduction of strangers eventually causes the remaining owners to sell out or encumber their interests. In this manner there is a danger of the Natives so divesting themselves of land that was intended to be secured to them and their descendants as to empauperise themselves in the future. I have, therefore, the honor to request that you will proceed to Napier, and there put yourself in i communication with the Natives indicated in the margin*, with a view to inducing them to convey to two Trustees —one being yourself, as Native Eeserves Commissioner, and another who will be named — their estates, or such of them as may be endangered in the manner above set forth, in trust for their respective benefits, and with such conditions as shall insure inalienability. The Chief Judge of tho Native Lauds Court will furnish you with blank forms of Conveyance for the above purpose that have been carefully prepared and drawn by Sir William Martin, D.C.L., who has kindly assisted to further the views of the Government in devising means for the better protection of Native interests. I have, &c, Charles Hcaphy, Esq., V.C, Auckland. Donald M'Lean.

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No. 8. Major Heaphy, V.C, to the Hon. the Native Minister. Sir, —■ Christchurch, 17th June, 1870. I have the honor to forward herewith a Schedule of Native Eeserves in the Province of * List of Natives above referred to : —Karaitiana Takamoana, Tareha, Te Hapuku, Te Harawera Tatari, Parane Hakihaki, Paore Kaiwhata, To Waka te Kawatini, Paora No Noi, Renata Kawopo, Noa Huki, Temuera. 2

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Taranaki, compiled by Eobert Parris, Esq., Commissioner of Native Eeserves in that place, together with that officer's report of Beceipts and Expenditure to 31st December, 1869. I have the honor to recommend that these may be printed as an interim report. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Commissioner of Native Beserves.

Enclosure in No. 8. RESERVES made for FRIENDLY NATIVES in the CONFISCATED LANDS.

RESERVES made for RETURNING REBELS in the CONFISCATED LANDS.

BURIAL GROUND RESERVES.

COLONIAL HOSPITAL RESERVE.

No. oe Maek. ACEES. DlSTEICT. No. 54 „ 61 „ 76 „ 38 „ 52 ,,100 ,,101 ,,186 „ 38, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,110, 122 ,,163,168,170,171,172 ,,179 „ 5 (part)... Koru No. 2 „ 41 „ 45 „ 54 „ 32 A. B. P. 156 0 0 42 0 0 340 0 0 51 0 0 35 0 0 87 0 0 75 0 0 204 0 0 503 0 0 235 0 0 52 0 0 6 10 3 0 0 127 0 0 51 0 0 50 0 0 53 0 0 3 3 35 Pulearuhe district Do. do. Tikorangi do. Do. do. Waitara West district Do. do. Do. do. Huirangi do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Oakura do. Do. do. Okato do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Opunake do.

No. oe Maek. Aceeage. DlSTEICT. Nos. 14,15, 19, 20 „ 10 „ 71 „ 72 Kaipakopako ... Nos. 6 and 7 ... „ 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 Wareroa Mokoia Taumaha No. 361 Waokena Eingahape Manawapou ... a. b. p. 200 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 22 3 25 578 0 0 100 0 0 285 0 0 10,500 0 0 6,000 0 0 2,800 0 0 127 0 0 400 0 0 60 0 0} 250 0 0) Urenui district Waitara East district Do. do. Do. do. Waitara West do. Patea do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do.

No. oe Maek. DlSTEICT. Part of No. 20 Part of No. 1 Part of Nos. 24 and 29... Part of No. 5 Part of Cemetery Bell district Urenui district Waitara East district Oakura do. Opunake do.

DlSTEICT. Name of Reseeve. Aeea. Remakes. last Bide of Henui River Colonial Hospital Reserve a. e. r. 4 3 20 This land was bought in 1847, and a Colonial Hospital built on it with funds granted by the Imperial Government for Native purposes. The establishment from that time has been an asylum for the sick of both races up to 1367, when the Provincial Government, being desirous to have a hospital of their own, built one and the old Colonial Hospital was abandoned as such, arrangements having been made between the Colonial and Provincial Governments for the admission of Native patients into the Provincial Hospital, to save the expense of maintaing two establishments. I find it impossible to let the property to any advantage, and have only recently let it at the rate of £5 a-year to an adjoining occupier, for the use of the land 'and taking charge of the premises, but not to occupy the buildings.

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SCHEDULE OF NATIVE RESERVES IN THE PROVINCE OF TARANAKI Reserves made by arrangement at the time of the Cession of Blocks of Land by sale to the Government.

No. oe Make. Aceeage. DlSTEICT. Beought undee Native Reseeves Act oe Not. Let oe Not. Teem or Lease. Yeaeey Rent. Remaeks. No. 1 2 3 A. K. P. 154 0 0 201 3 0 584 0 0 Grey District ... do. do. Brought under Act do. do. 49 acres let Not let 140 acres let 10 years from 1st October, 1865 £ s. D. 20 0 0 10 years from January, 1867 63 10 0 This Reserve has beea individualised, but no Crown Grants issued. 4 5 6 7 50 0 0 367 0 0 10 0 0 76 0 0 do. Omata District do. Eitzroy District do. do. do. do. Let 110 acres let Not let Let 10 years from 1st January, 1867 12 10 0 31 0 0 Let by private arrangement before being brought under the Act. 12 14 15 16 17 18 23 20 24 12 0 18 1 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 86 0 0 27 2 17 29 0 20 19 1 13 0 2 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 100 0' 0 200 0 0 77 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 53 1 34 54 0 0 515 0 0 Town of New Plymouth ... do. do. do. do. FiUroy District do. do. do. do. do. Hua and Waiwakaiho do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Not brought under Act do. do. do. Brought under Act do. Not brought under Act do. Brought under Act Not brought under Act Brought under Act do. do. do. do. Not brought under Act ... Not let Let Let Let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let 80 acres let Not let 56 acres let Let Let Let Let Not let 10 years from 1st July, 1865 7 years from 1st June, 1867 15 0 0 5 0 0 14 0 0 Let by private arrangement. Let by private arrangement. Let by private arrangement. a A B C E El G H I 14 years from 2nd October, 1865 21 years from 1st January, 1863 21 years from 1st January, 1862 21 years from 1st January, 1862 21 years from 1st July, 1865 21 years from 1st July, 1865 42 "6 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Crown Grant has been issued to the owner, Wi Tako, for this Reserve. K L M N9 Tapuirau Hua Upokotanaki ... Hoehoe Paraiti Mangati Hawe Taono ... 50 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 102 0 0 52 0 0 53 0 0 51 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Hua District do. do. do. do. Bell District do. Brought under Act Not brought under Act do. do. do. do. Brought under Act do. Not brought under Act do. Brought under Act Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Not let Let 10 years from 1st July, 1865 15 0 0

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An Account of all Money received and expended by the Commissioner for Native Eeserves, New Plymouth, during the year ended 31st December, 1869.

HAWE TAONE EESEBVE. De. Cs. 18G9. £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. July 1.—To cash from J. Bishop, being part of July 10.' —By cash paid Eoka, as per receipt ... 11 14 0 year's rent due 1st January last ... ... 12 0 0 July 10. —21 per cent, deducted for expense of management (carried to cash account below) 0 6 0 £12 0 0 £12 0 0 No. 1 EESEEYE. Db. Ce. 1809. £ a. d. 1869. £ 8 . d. April 14. —To half-year's rent from A. George, April 17.—By cash paid Poharama and others, due 1st instant 15 0 0 as per receipt 14 12 6 October 11. —To half-year's rent, due 1st instant 10 0 0 Amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 6 October 11.—By cash paid Poharama and others, as per receipt ... ... ... ... 9 15 0 Amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... .„ 0 5 0 £25 0 0 £25 0 0 No. 3 BESEEVE.—Section 8. Db. Ce. 1869. £ s. d. 1869. £ g. d. Jan. 9. —To half-year's rent from S. Matthews, January 15.- —By cash paid Tipene, as per receipt 3 8 3 due 1st instant ... ... ... ... 3 10 0 January 15—By amount deducted for expense July 7.—To half year's rent, due 1st instant ... 2 16 0 of management ... ... 0 19 July 9.—By cash paid Tipene, as per receipt ... 2 14 8 July 9.—By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 0 1 4 £6 6 0 £6 6 0 No. 3 BESEEVE.—Section 23. De. Cb. 1869. £ 8. d. 1869. £ s. d. January 2. —To half-year's rent from J. French, January 2.—By cash paid Metiria, as per receipt 13 17 10 due yesterday ... ... ... ... 14 5 0 January 2.—By amount deducted for expense July 3.—To half-year's rent due 1st instant ... 14 5 0 of management ... ... ... ... 0,7 2 July 8. —By cash paid Metiria, as per receipt 10 17 2J July 8. —By cash paid J. French (allowance towards fencing), as per receipt ... ... 3 0 7} July 8.—By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 0 7 2 £28 10 0 £28 10 0 No. 3 EESERVE.—Sections 33, 34, 35. De. Ce. 1869. £ a. d. 1869. £ s. d. January 11. —To cash from M. Jones (being part January 23.—By cash paid Hone and Mata, as of half-year's rent, due 1st instant) ... 7 0 0 per receipt ... ... ... ... ... 7 16 0 January 23. —To cash from M. Jones (balance January 23.—By amount deducted for expense due as above) ... ... ... ... 10 0 management ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 December 23.—To half-year's rent, due 1st July December 24.—By cash paid Hone and Mata, last 6 8 0 as per receipt 6 4 9 December 24. —Amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 033 £14 8 0 £14 8 0 No. 3 EESEEVE.—Section 46. De. Ce. 18G9. £ s. d. 1869. £ s . d. January 9. —To half-year's rent from S. Matthews January 12.—By cash paid Paratene, as per due 1st instant 9 0 0 receipt 8 15 6 July 7.—To half-year's rent due 1st instant ... 7 4 0 January 12.—By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 046 July 9.—By cash paid Paratene, as per receipt 7 0 4 July 9. —By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 03 8 £16 4 0 £16 4 0

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No. 4 RESERVE. De. Cs. 1869. £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. January 9. —To half-year's rent from J. Johnson January 9.—By cash paid Kipa, More and Heta due Ist July, 1868 6 5 0 as'per receipt 6 110 July 10. —To half-year's rent, due Ist January January 9. —By amount deducted for expense of last ... ... ... ... 6 50 management ... ... ... ... 03 2 December 15. —To half-year's rent, due Ist July July 17. —By cash paid Mere, Mori, and Heta, last ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 as per receipt ... 6 110 July 17-—By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 032 December 10.—By cash paid Mere and Heta, as per receipt ... ... ... ... 417 6 December 10.—By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 026 £17 10 0 £17 10 0 No. 5 RESERVE (Part of). De. Ce. 1869. £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. February s.—To half-year's rent from T. pen- February 6.—By cash paid Hoera Pirere, as per warden, due Ist October, 1868 8 10 0 receipt 8 5? September 25. —To half-year's rent, due Ist April February 6. —By amount deducted for expense last ... ... ... ... ... ... 810 0 of management ... ... ... ... 0 4 3 October i. —By cash paid Miringa (widow of Hoera) as per receipt ... ... ... 8 5 9 October 4.—By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 0 4 3 £17 0 0 £17 0 0 No. 14 RESERVE. De. Ce. 1869. £ s. d. 1869. £ s. A January 9. —To cash from Mr. Halse on behalf February 29. —By cash paid Te Waka and others of Trustees of estate of A. Colson (being part as per receipt ... ... ... ... 27 0 1 of the sum of £27 145., rent due to August, February 29. —By amount deducted for expense 1868) 10 1 0 of management 0 13 11 February 12. —To cash from Mr. Halse, (being June 7.—By cash paid Te Waka and others, as balance due as above) ... 17 13 0 per receipt ... .. ... ... ... 59 8 March 29. —To cash from Messrs. Turner and June 7.—By amount deducted for expense of Smith, due Ist January last 5 12 6 management ... ... 0 2 10 July 24.—T0 half-year's rent from H. H. Smith July 30. —By cash paid Te Waka and others, as due Ist instant ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 per receipt ... ... ... ... ... 7 6 3 July 26. —To half-year's rent from H, Turner, July 30. —By amount deducted for expense of due Ist instant ... ... ... ... 210 0 management ... ... .. ... 0 3 9 £40 16 6 £40 16 6 i No. 15 RESERVE. De. I Ce. 1869. £ s. d. j 1869. £ s. d. March 27. —To half-year's rent from E. Hopkin- May 3.—By cash paid Mere Kipa, as per receipt 2 8 9 Bon, due Ist December, 1868 ... ... 210 0 May 3.—By amount deducted for expense of November 6.—To half-year's rent, due Ist June management ... ... 0 13 last ... ... 2 0 0 December 9.—By cash paid Hana Puni (through Mr. H. Halse) as per receipt ... ... 119 0 December 9. —By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 0 10 £4 10 0 £4 10 0 No. 20 RESERVE. De. Ce. 1869. £. s. d. " 1869. £ s. d. February 19. —To cash from Mr. Halse, for estate February 20. —By cash paid Kipa, as per receipt 916 0 of A. Colson, being rent due to 12th Decern- February 20. —By deduction for expense of ber, 1868 10 1 0 management 0 5 0 April 3.—Quarter-year's rent from J. Harrison, I April 6. —By cash paid Kipa, as per receipt ... 310 2 due lßt inßtant ... ... ... ... 312 0 April 6.—By deduction for expense of manageOctober 5. —Half-year's rent from J. Harrison, ment ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 110 due Ist instant 515 3 December 31.—8y balance in Commissioner's deposit account at Bank of New Zealand ... 515 3 £19 8 3 £19 8 3 3

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RESERVE B. De. I Cr. 1869. £ s. d. 1569. £ 5. d. January 2. To half-year's rent froui C. Davey, January 9.—By cash paid Wi Piti and others, due Ist, October, 18G8 ".. 21 0 0 as'per receipt 20 9 6 Au"u<t 21.—T0 quarter-year's rent, due Ist January 9.—By amount deducted for expense ° January ... ... ••■ •■■ •■■ 10 10 0 of management ... ... ... ... 010 6 August 21.—T0 cash on account of rent ... 410 0 August 31—By cash paid Wi Piti and others, August, 30. —To cash on account of rent ... 3 2 6 as per receipt 18 8 6 August, 31. —Balance of rent due Ist April last 015 6 August 31.—8y deduction for expense of Lecember 31.—T0 cash from R. Parris, being management ... 0 9 6 Wi Te Aboaho's share of payment made on December 31.—8y balance in Commissioner's 3lst August (but which the said Wi Te Deposit Account 4 12 1 Ahoaho declined to take) 4 12 1 £44 10 1 £44 10 1 RESERVE E. Dk. Ce. 1869. ■ £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. June 30.—T0 cash on account of rent from J. January 30.—8y cash paid Metiria, as per Duncan 11 0 0 receipt 10 14 6 July I.—To balance of rent, due Ist January January 30.—8y amount deducted for expense f u t ... ••• ■•• 110 0 of management ... ... ... ... 05 6 July 2. —By cash paid Metiria, as per receipt ... 19 3 July 2.—By deduction for management ... 0 0 9 ~£l2 10 0 £12 10 0 RESERVE F 1. De. Ce. 186 g £ s. d. 1869. £ a. d. January 16.—T0 half-year's rent from P. Martin, January 23—By cash paid Ngapei, as per due Ist instant ' 10 0 0 receipt ... 9 15 0 July 31.—T0 half-year's rent, due Ist instant ... 8 0 0 January 23.—8y amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 050 July 31.—8y cash paid Ngapei, as per receipt... 716 0 July 31. —By deduction for expense of management 0 4 0 "£lB 0 0 £18 0 0 RESERVE Q-. De. 1 Ce. 1869 . £ s. d. 1866. £ a. d. September 27.—T0 half-year's rent from G. B. November 19.—8y cash paid Ihaia, as per Haigh, due Ist January last ... .;. 12 10 0 receipt ... ............ 413 December 9.—By cash paid Herewini and Knihipu (through Mr. A. Mackay) as per receipt ... ... ... ... ... 82 6 December 9. —By amount deducted for expense of management ... ... ... ... 063 ~£l2 10 0 £12 10 0 RESERVE H. Dr. Ce. 1869 £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. July 1 —To cash on account of rent from F. V. July 2—By cash paid Poharama, as per receipt 412 6 Gledhill, for J. Gibson 5 0 0 July 2.—By deduction for expenses for manageNovember 10.—To cash on account of rent from ment 0 2 6 J Gibson 2 0 0 November 19. —By cash paid Poharama, as per receipt ... ... ... ... ... 119 0 November 19.—8y deduction for management.. 0 10 £7 0 0 £7 0 0 RESERVE I. De. Ce. 1869 £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. j u l y id.—To cash allowed W. Martin from rent July 10.—By coffin for Wi Ropiha (supplied by (for coffin for W. Ropiha) as per voucher... 4 0 0 W. Martin) 4 0 0 July 10.—To cash allowed W. Martin from rent July 10.—By coffin for Karorama (supplied by (for coffin for Karoraina) as per voucher ... 4 0 0, W. Mai-tin) 4 0 0 j u ] y lO—To cash from W.Martin, being balance | July 10.—By caßh paid Karo Pikia, as per of half-year's rent due Ist January last ... 2 0 0 receipt 115 0 October s.—To half-year's rent, due Ist July i July 10.—By amount deducted for expense of j a6 (. .. ... ... 80 0 management ... ... ... 050 October 9.—By cash paid Ihaia and Anihaka, as per receipt ... ... ... ... 716 0 October 9. —By deduction for expense of management 0 4 0 £18 0 0 I £18 0 0

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HOSPITAL PROPERTY. De. Ce. 186 S. £- 3. d. 1868. £ 3. d. May 4.—To half-year's rent from W. Watkins, June 30.—8y cash paid into " Consolidated due Ist. instant 7 10 0 Fund" 7 10 0 November 2. —To half-year's rent from W. 1869. Watkins, due Ist instant 710 0 June 26.—8y cash paid P. Moon for repairing i 8 (39. Hospital chimneys, as per voucher... ... 910 0 June 23.— T0 two months' rent from Colonel j June 26.—8y cash paid W. Sole for repairing Lepper (from 21st March to 21st May) ... 210 0 shoot, as per voucher 0 5 0 : July 26. —By cash paid S. Howell for sweeping chimneys, as per voucher ... ... ... 0 50 £17 10 0 £17 10 0 CASH ACCOUNT.—(Deductions for expense of management). De. Ce. 1869. £ s. d. 1869. £ s. d. January 1. —To balance in hands of Commissioner 3 5 5 June 30.—8y cash paid Provincial Treasurer for January Ito December 31.—T0 amounts trans- printing accounts in Gazette, as per receipt 7 10 ferred for expense of management, as shown June 30.—8y cash paid into '; Public Account." 0 2 7 in the accounts of the several reserves ... 712 3 December 31.—8y balance in Commissioner's ■ deposit account ... ... ... ... 314 1 £10 17 8 _ , £10 17 8 Cash in Commissioner's Deposit Account: 1869. £ s- A. December 31. —Rent due to Wi Te Ahoaho (see Reserve B) 4 12 1 December 81. —Rent due to owners of No. 20 Reserve ... ... ... ... ... 5 15 3 December 31.—Deductions for expense of management ... ... ... ... ... 314 1 £14 1 5 E. Parris, New Plymouth, March 2, 1870. Commissioner for Native Eeserves. Examined and found correct, Edward Hill, Examiner appointed under " New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856." Wellington, March 14, 1870.

No. 9. Major Heaphy, V.C, Commissioner of Native Eeserves, to the Hon. the Native Minister. Sir,— Dunedin, 29th May, 1870. I have the honor to enclose a report on the Natives Eeserves of the Province of Hawke's The substance, in extenso, of the report was contained in the interim report of April 14th, 1870, already before you. The present report is intended as a part of the general report for printing. The appendix and ma.ps are in the possession of Mr. Didsbury, for lithographing. I have &c, The Hon. tho Native Minister. Charles Heaphy.

Enclosure in No. 9. Eeport on the Native Eeserves in the Province of Hawke's Bay. 1. In reporting on the condition of the Native reserves in the Province of Hawke's Bay, it may not be irrelevant to allude to the degree of social advancement which the Natives of that locality have manifested, and the practical loyalty for which they have been conspicuous. 2. They appear to be remarkable for habits of order, their villages and paddocks are the best kept, and they possess the greatest amount of material wealth of any tribe in New Zealand. At Omarunui they assisted the settlers in crushing out the rebellion of the earlier Hauhau fanatics, and at the Mohaka they suffered heavily for their allegiance to the Queen's Government. 3. The advent of the white settlers was the commencement of their prosperity, which increased as the settlement advanced. 4. The chief cause of their prosperity was unquestionably the circumstance of their preserving to themselves a large extent of good land, while selling or letting blocks for our settlement. They parted with the hilly, pasturage country, and much good cultivable land, but they kept large areas of the rich plain where their cultivations lay, and a sufficiency of grass country to afford them a large income from rents. The action of the Native Lands Act in individualising the titles to these lands conferred a benefit on the owners by the security that it gave that improvements made by the existing owners would be enjoyed by his descendants without being liable to the rapacity of the chiefs or the intervention of the tribe, but it was not unattended by disadvantageous effects, which had not been provided against.

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6. The easy acquisition of the means of living by the rental of land induced in many of the natives habits of extravagance and debt. While the land was held by the tribe in common it could not be forfeited by the indebtedness of the individual, but as soon as it became the property of one man, or of six or ten men who held it in virtue of an absolute Crown grant, that individual share or interest became a convertible property, which was liable to be seized as security for debt, and sold by action of the Courts in times of scarcity or depression. And thus for a debt, trivial, perhaps, in its origin and amount, but increased by interest and law costs, land, which while the common property of the tribe was secure from seizure, became liable to be cut away altogether from the children of the first grantees. 7. It may be urged that with all civilized people the possession of land is, and ought to be amenable for the indebtedness of the owner ; but the social laws of civilization will not always apply justly to the case of a people not entirely emerged from barbarism. The present price of native land is utterly disproportionate to its future value ; and, in the case of entailed estates, the consent of the successor as well as the act of the possessor is necessary to alienation. 8. Above all, it would bo a matter of regret if a law intended for the good of the native should prove, in its operation, rather for the benefit of his European creditor. Notwithstanding their general prosperity the debts of the local natives are of very considerable amount. Since Crown titles have been received, mortgages and sales to the extent of £31,826 have been effected for country lands. 9. This sum is, however, far from representing the full amount, as " costs" to an unknown extent are charged against the estates, and mortgages are in many instances for a " running account." - 10. The improvidence of the natives is stimulated by the facilities with which they can obtain goods, and occasionally money, from the storekeepers and publicans on the security of a mortgage on a fertile and accessible estate. 11. The more prudent of the natives say that the temptation to incur debt in this manner was so great that where, amongst a number of co-grantees in an estate, three or four mortgaged their interests it was almost impossible, in the close relations that exist in a hapu, for the remainder to keep their shares unencumbered, and the land drifted from their possession. 12. Karaitiana, a chief conspicuous for his loyalty, in speaking of his difficulties in connection with land, said: —" We mortgaged our grants, but not to an extent beyond what we had the means to pay the interest of, and more, from rents receivable from land let to white men. But the time of low prices for wool and stock came, and the white men did not pay the rents agreed upon—one owing three years rent —and while we could not get in the money owing, we were called upon periodically for the interest on the mortgages ; and so our debts increased, and we had to mortgage other lands, or to sell to keepoff legal proceedings." 13. One of the principal chiefs of Hawke's Bay, once a very large land owner, is now almost without land, and others were so fast divesting themselves of their property, that until recent measures were taken to check such action, a danger existed of the children of the present landowners becoming paupers 14. Acting under instructions received from the Hon. Native Minister on 19th February, 1870, I visited Hawke's Bay in February last and conferred with the principal chiefs on the subject of rendering inalienable for themselves and their descendants certain conveniently situated blocks of land. Aware of the improvidence, in respect to land selling, of some of their number, and of its disastrous results, they were induced to hand over to Trustees appointed by the Government lands to the extent of about 31,000 acres. 15. I was desirous that the places which, by their industry, had become most valuable should be permanently secured to them, and succeeded in obtaining their conveyance of a large portion of the rich plain lying between the villages of Clive and Meanee. The native village of Pakowhai, with 834 acres of enclosed paddocks, about £3000 of household property, and the best Artesian well in the district, was conveyed to Trustees by Karaitiana, the sole owner. 16. Other large blocks, or individual interests therein, upon the banks of the Ngaruroro and Tukituki rivers, and comprising fine fertile land, are also made over to Trustees, together with estates on the higher grounds available as sheep runs, and from which rents are now being derived. 17. In all, lands to the extent of about thirty-one thousand acres were put in trust. 18. The Chief Judge of the Native Land Court was very desirous that land which had been individualized in title by the Court should not be utterly lost to the owners. Mr Fenton kindly supplied me with the form of Trust Deed which has been used, and which was drawn out by Sir William Martin, D.C.L. 19. The explanation to the Natives of the Act they were becoming parties to, and their future position in regard to the land, required the fullest discussion with each person concerned, but with the valuable aid of Mr Locke, Eesident Magistrate, and Mr Martin Hamlin, Interpreter, I was enabled, I think, to make them thoroughly understand the provisions of the Trust Deed, and to learn myself their views in regard to estates they were desirous of securing to their relatives or descendants. 20. The provision of the Native Land Act, 1869, by which a majority in value of the grantees must consent to any conveyance before the transfer of an individual interest becomes valid, made the work very tedious, as the owners were generally scattered, and could only be brought together with difficulty. Where white men represented the majority in value, their interests were rather opposed to the transfer of the remaining shares to a Trust. It is worthy of consideration whether in the case of a Conveyance to a beneficial Trust, or in settlement, a modification of that provision of the Act would not be judicious. 21. Though the general condition of the Natives of Hawke's Bay has been advanced by the settlement of the District, yet in many cases fixed habits of indolence have resulted from the acquisition of the easy means of maintenance derivable from rents. In assisting the natives to transfer the titles of a portion of their land to a Trust, I endeavored to secure good fertile land, that would repay labor bestowed upon it, and so conduce to their returning to habits of farming. 22. With this view I arranged with Manama Tini and Pinehira for the conveyance to Trust of the unsold portion of the Mangateretere East Block, near the village of Havelock. This is very fertile

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land, said to be worth £7 or £8 per acre. The deed was signed by the above-named chiefs before I left Napier. 23. The chief Te Hohepa Binganohu and others were desirous that the Baukawa East Block, of 44.3S acres, should be reserved for their descendants. This is very fine land, said to be worth £5 an acre. A mortgage of £550 lies upon certain interests in it, but with good management that amount might soon be cleared off this fine estaie, and the mortgage of £1,200 on the Mangateretere East estate lessened. Hohepa Te Binganohu signed the Trust deed for Eaukawa East, and promised to obtain the signatures of other of the grantees. 24. At the request of Manama Tine and his relations, I drew out a deed for the Waikahu Block;--of 764 acres. This is very fine land and in part cultivated, lying near the Waitangi bridge. 25. For the Natives at and near Te Aute the Koparekore Block, of 1278 acres, and Te Tarere, of 236 acres, were put into Trust; I also had prepared a deed of the Boupoutahe block, of 241 acres, net, at the request of Benata and others. 26. It was very desirable that some land should be secured for Te Meihana Takihi and his relatives, as they had sold largely. I, therefore, arranged that Te Awa ate Atua Block, of 5070 acres, should be conveyed to trustees, Te Meihana executing the deed, and promising to obtain the signatures of hisrelatives. 27. For Karaitiana and several of his relatives, not holding interests in the Pakowhai estate, I arranged that the Ngatarawa No. 5 Block, of 5375 acres, should be set apart. Te Meihana Takihi aud Karaitiana signed the deed, which was left with Mr. Locke for completion. 28. Te Heketa and others owning property at the 40-mile Bush, desired that land in that locality should be made inalienable. I arranged that the Oringi Waiaruho Block, of 12,008 acres, should be conveyed to Trustees; the deed was signed by the principal owners before I left the locality. 29. The Papaaruhe Block, of 276 acres, is granted with a limitation to the effect that it shall not be alienated for more than 21 years without tho consent of his Excellency tho Governor. The owners desired to put it into Trust, in order that the rents might be equitably divided amongst them. I would respectfully request that his Excellency in Council be moved to give the required consent to the settlement in Trust. A deed was prepared and left with Mr. Locke for execution by the grantees. 30. Paora Bopiha and Wi Patene have for some time past been desirous of selling the Eparaima West Block, granted with a limitation similar to that last described. They offer as an equivalent that the Bakowhai Block, at Black Head, and other lands shall bo put in Trust for their children. The proposal appears to have been for some time favorably entertained by the Government, and the matter having been referred to me to act in, I have ventured to prepare and leave for execution, a Trust Deed for Pakowhai, in anticipation of your approval of their request, when they render inalienable a full equivalent for Eparima West. 31. Many other Natives desired to hand over their lands to the Trust, but in all the cases not shewn in Schedule C, there existed difficulties that prevented their wish being at once complied with. 32. The chief Harawira Tatere and others of the Cape Kidnapper Natives, desire to hand over the largo blocks of Kairaka and Te Apiti. Crown Grants have not yet been issued for these. When some temporary difficulties are cleared away, I shall recommend that a portion of the Waimarama Block shall bo made inalienable for them, but I am not at present sure that the wants of these people are such as would justify the reservation of all the above mentioned lands. 33. I am very desirous of securing some land for the Chief Tareha, but have not been able to find a granted estate that is sufficiently unencumbered for the purpose. 34. Of ungranted land there is, near Pa Whakairo, a good block called To Koau, of which, by Native report, Tareha appears to be the chief owner. I have drawn his attention to the propriety of handing this over to Trustees as a provision for him in the future, and he has promised to furnish me with a description of the boundaries. 35. I would respectfully recommend that in accordance with the provisions of the Native Eeserves Act, 1856, a competent person should be appointed to obtain the consent of the owners of the following Blocks, —Pohirau, for Te Heketa; Otukarara, for Paora Kaiwhata; Te Torohanga, for Noa Huki; Pukehou, for Paora Korokoro ; Tutake Opake and Te Koau, for Tareha; —to their becoming Native Eeserves in order to their being proclaimed as such under clause 17 of the Native Eeserves Act, 1856. As incidental to the subject of Native Eeserves, I may mention that during my sfay at Hawke's Bay, the much vexed negotiation of the purchase of the Horetaunga Block was brought to a close, the purchase money being taken by the Native owners, who receive from the purchasers a reserve (which will vest in trustees) of sixteen hundred acres, in the best part of the block. 36. Messrs. Cuff and Stedman, Conveyancers at Napier, were employed by me for that part of the work which more particularly demanded professional assistance. 37. The Natives treated me with great confidence, and appeared to bo well satisfied with the action taken by the Government in providing means for tho conservation of their land. Several of the Chiefs, who by their actions have proved themselves to be steadily loyal, spoke with bitterness when alluding to the manner in which claims have been made against their estates, and I am quite convinced that if action had not been taken by the Government to arrest the further alienation of the lands necessary to them, many loyal Natives in becoming landless, would have been driven into disaffection. 38. There are a number of small reserves —chiefly fishing stations and landing places—that have not yet occupied the attention of the Land Court, and which scarcely appear in the map of Hawke's Bay. I append a list of these —Schedule B.—and recommend that they should be brought under the notice of the Court with a view to being granted in such manner as shall secure the Native and the public right in their use respectively. 39. The Trust Deeds and papers connected therewith are in the hands of Mr. Locke, 8.M., who will obtain the signatures of the Natives who have yet to sign, and attend to the requisite stampingand registration. 40. In addition to the plans, 13 in number on the Trust Deeds, I made copies of 34 plans of Native--4

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Eeserves, appending to each short abstracts of title, &c., and which IJiave placed in the hands of tho Lithographer to be printed as part of an appendix to the Eeport on Native Beserves. Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Commissioner of Native Beserves.

Classification op Native Eeseryes. The Native Beserves may, in order to show their respective character and tho responsibility that attaches to certain of them, bo classified as follows : — Class A., Trusts, under Provisions of Crown Grants or Legislative Enactments. 1. With a specified object. 2. For benefit of Natives generally. Class 8., Beseryed Lands, not under Enactment. 1. For a specified person or purpose. 2. For benefit of Natives generally. Class C , Eeserves oe Land under or to be brought under Native Lands Acts. 1. Grants with limitations. 2. Lands that should be made inalienable. 3, Granted Land, subsequently conveyed to Trustees.

SCHEDULE A. Class A. 1.— Trust with a specified object.

DlSTEICT. No. Date. Name op Reseeye. Aeea. Pukpose. Remaeks. "awke's Bay 1 Toha's Reserve, Wairoa ... a. e. p. 997 0 0 No. 17, containing 217 acres, has been purchased out of the estate by Toha For purchase by Toha Schedule B. Class B. 1.—Eeserves for a Specified Person or Purpose. DlSTEICT. No. Date. Name op R.eseeye. Aeea. Puepose. Remaeks. Hawke's Bay ,, >i ,1 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Tnreha's Reserve, Tutaekuri Maori Island Waihua Eerry Reserve ... Moeangiangi Reserve Eopu's Reserve, Wairoa ... Eini Kini Reserve, Mahia 58, 59, 90, and 91, Town of Mahia Waitawwlm, Nuhaka Kaiuku, Mahia Maori Burial Ground, Mahia Town Tarelia's Reserve, Napier... Hapuku's Keserve, See. 42, Napier Native Reserve, Western Spit, do. Native Club Site, Napier... A. K. P. 10 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 22 2 0 115 0 0 110 7 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 20 0 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 For Tareha ,, Fishing purposes ... ,, Toha and his family ,, Pitiera Kopu's heir „ Kopu and his heirs ,, Ihaka Whanga „ Ihaka Whanga PnbHc and Native reserve Public and Native reserve ForIhaka Whanga and family... Reserved in deed of sale Do. do. Public interests must be preserved For landing and fishing, public interests must be preserved ,, Eor landing and fishing ,, Por Hapuka ,, Canoes ,, a Native Club On Western Spit [landing For use of Natives generally in This is rather a private than a public trust ,, i,

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DlSTEICT. No. Date op Certificate. Date op Grant. Name or Reserve. Aeea. Geantee. Natuee op Teust oe Limitation. Ahuriri ... 1 12th March, 1867... 22nd May, 1867 ... 31n Ngatarawa No. 1 A. E. P. 1840 0 0 To Noa Huke and others ... Inalienable by sale or lease for more than 21 years, or by mortgage without consent of Governor first obtained do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Inalienable by sale or mortgage absolutely, and by lease except with consent of Governor being first obtained for every such lease Inalienable as first above do, do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Inalienable except to the Queen, being required for public purposes Subject to clause of inalienability, certain names registered under clause 17 of Native Lands Act, 1867 Subject to clause of inalienability Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Do. 11th March, 1867... Do. 9th March, 1867 ... 8th March, 1867 ... 9th April, 1867 ... Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 17th June, 1867 ... Do. Do. Do. 4th June, 1867 ... 22nd May, 1867 ... 4th June, 1867 ... Do. 19th June, 1867 ... Do. 17th June, 1867 ... Do. 19th December, 1867 32n Ngatarawa No. 2 36n Tautane 37n Rangatira Mata... 4lN Wharerangi 43n Hikutoto Block, South 47n Tarewa 48s Kaimotumotu, North 49n Eaimotumotu, South 51n Whataarakai 52N Rowhitu 53N Tapairu 67n Whenuakura 1576 0 0 1052 0 0 210 0 0 1845 0 0 146 0 0 490 0 0 458 0 0 458 0 0 461 0 0 106 0 0 377 0 0 367 0 0 ,, Wiremu te Ota and others ,, Henare Matua and Hoera Rautu ,, Wiremu te Rongituroa & others „ Paora Torotoro and others „ Hone te Wharemako and others „ Hirake te Aroatua and others ... ,, Hori Niania and others ,, Heme Ngarangiunga and others ,, Te Hapuku and others „ Paraone Hakihaki and others ... „ Heta Tiki and others ... „ Hetekia and others. (Principal claimants own no other land) Mahia Do Ahuriri ... Do Do DoDo Do Do Wairoa ... Do Ahuriri ... Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Cape Kidnapper... Do Wairoa ... Ahuriri ... 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 20 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 2nd October, 1867... 18thNovember,1867 21st August, 1868... Do. 31st August, 1868... Do. 2nd September, 1868 13th October, 1869.. Do. 4th March, 1868 ... Do. Do. 2nd November, 1869 Do. 22nd Nov., 1869 ... 1st January, 1870 ... 18th December, 1869 Do. 22nd Dec. 1869 ... 18th Dec. 1869 ... 13th April, 1870 ... 9th May, 1870 ... Do. Do. 13th April, 1870 ... Do. 1st January, 1870... 13th April, 1870 ... 75n Wangawehi No. I 78n Nukutaurua ... Rotoakiwa Pukekura, East 87n Pukekura, West 88n Pukerohitu Te Whakakoro Eparaima, East Eparaima, West Eairangi, No. 1506 ... Te Rewa, No. 1507 ... Mangapuaka Kakewahine, No. 2 ... Te Waiongaharekeke Te Rakauomokai Pukemapou ,,, Kakewahine, No. 1 ,,, 9lN Matatuowhiro ... Te Wharepu Okaihau Waimarama Waipuka Mohaka Tutaiomahu ... ... 3071 0 0 3432 0 0 55 0 0 2110 0 0 1850 0 0 377 0 0 372 0 0 670 0 0 687 0 0 334 0 0 170 0 0 906 0 0 87 0 0 71 0 0 328 0 0 102 0 0 41 0 0 55 2 0 91 3 0 5554 0 0 18670 0 0 11000 0 0 22355 0 0 140 0 0 „ Te Otene Tangihaere and others ,, Raniera Tarairo and others ,, Renata Pukututu and others ... „ Te Hei and others ,, Te Hapuku and others „ Urupene Puhara and others ,, Turuhira Rangahua and others... „ Te Watene Taromata and others ,, Paora Ropiha and others „ Te Watene Toromata and others ,, Te Kepa Hoepo and others ,, Ihakara Whaitiri and others ... „ Hoani Waikato and others „ Drupene Puhara and others „ KaraitianaTakamoana and others „ Te Waka Rewharewha & others ,, Hoani Waikato and others ... ,, Hoani Waikato and others ,, Tamehana Huata and others ... 13th October, 1869 4th September, 1868 2nd September, 1868 Do. 1st Do. 2ndDo. 1st Do. 31st August, 1868... 2nd Sept., 1868 ... 17th August, 1868.. Do. Do. Do. 8th March, 1867 ... 15th July',1867 ... „ Tareha Moananui Do 3S Te Ihuotaraia 451 0 0 Do 39 ... Te Rotopounamu, No. 1

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Schedule C.— Continued. CLASS C. 1.— Grants with Limitations.

SCHEDULE D. CLASS C. 2.—Lands, not being in Trust, appropriated for a special purpose.

DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetieicate. Date op Geant. Name op Reserve. Area. Grantee . Nature op Teust, Limitations, &c. A. B. P. Ahuriri ... Do Cape Kidnapper,.. Do Ahuriri ... Do Wairoa ,.. Do Do Do Do Do Ahuriri ... Wairoa ... Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Ahuriri ,., 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Te Rotopounamu, No. 2 Turamoe Te Apiti Kairaka Patangata, No. 3 Patangata, No. 4 Te Whakapau Wharearakau TeWhakake Kaiwaitau Te Kerikeri Taupara Tutaikuri, No. 1 Paeroa, No. 1 Paeroa, No. 2 Waipapa Hinewhake East Hinewhake West Wairau Te Nukuroa Waihua, No. 1 Waihua, No. 2 TeRato Taumataoteo Motutere, No. 1 Motutere, No. 2 Te Mahanga, No. 2 Te Tawapatu, North, No. 1 ... Te Tawapatu, North, No. 2 ... Taumatua TeKena 2045 0 0 6068 0 0 8042 0 0 883 0 0 1140 0 0 281 2 0 3310 0 0 1371 0 0 115 0 0 693 0 0 12542 0 0 1495 0 0 1850 0 0 1149 0 0 96 0 0 136 3 0 298 0 0 10 O 32 6759 0 0 2366 0 0 301 0 0 425 0 0 410 3 0 408 0 0 932 0 0 Subject to clause of inalienability Certain names registered under Clause 17, N.L. Act, 1861 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Subject to Clause of Inalienability do. do. do. do. Certain names registered under Clause 17, N.L. Act, 1861 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Subject to Clause of inalienability Certain names registered under Clause 17, N.L. Act, 186i do. do. do. do. do. do. Subject to Clause of inalienability do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Certain persons registered as joint owners 13th August, 1868.. 27"o 0 134 0 0 Te Waka Kawatine and six others

DlSTEICT. No. Date. Name op Reserve. Area. Purpose. Remarks. [awke's Bay Do. Do. 1 2 3 Pourerere Reserve Akiteo Tikokino A. E. P. 82 0 0 28 0 0 2050 0 0 For sellers of Pourere Block For sellers of Akiteo Block Reserved for various of the sellers of the North Ruataniwha Block Tikokino. —Action of N. L. Court required to partition thi: reserve amongst sellers of N. Ruataniwha

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SCHEDULE E. CLASS C. 3.—TRUST LANDS held for BENEFIT of NATIVES.

No. 10. Ma.tor Heaphy V.C. Commissioner of Native Eeserves to the Hon. the Native Minister. Sir— Wellington, July 4, 1870. I have the honor to forward herewith a report on the Native Eeserves in the Province of Canterbury, and to recommend that the same be printed. I have, &c, The Hon. the Native Minister, Charles Heaphy, Wellington. Commissioner of Native Beserves.

Enclosure in No. 10. Eeport on ihe Native Eeserves in the Province of Canterbury. Christchurch, 23rd June, 1870. With the exception of the old pa, Kaiapoi, Section 12373, Eaukawa, and the Hostelry site, Port Lyttelton, the Native Beserves in the Province of Canterbury have passed the Native Land Court, and either certificates of title have been made, or Crown Grants prepared for the respective Native owners, as in the Schedule marked A, appended hereto. The Native population of Canterbury is estimated by Mr. Commissioner Mackay to amount to 406 persons. In 1849 Mr. Commissioner Mantell stated it to be 437. As several of the West Coast Natives are now resident in Canterbury, and are included in Mr. Mackay's estimate, more than the number of Canterbury Natives living temporarily in Westland, it appears that the Native population is decreasing. The total area of the Eeserves in Canterbury is 10,076 acres 3 roods, giving about 24f acres to each Native on the average. In considering the sufficiency of the Eeserves for the maintenance of a given number of persons, regard must be had to the circumstance that it is the custom of the Natives frequently to change the locality of their cultivations in order to obtain " new ground" ; as they rarely think of restoring to the soil, in the form of manure, what they take from it in crops ; nor do they understand rotation of cropping. The result of their practice is that the ground becomes impoverished, and for wheat or potato crops new land is required. Land thus partially exhausted, is still fit for growing grass, and much of it might be made to produce a rental, if judiciously managed, instead of becoming a harbour for weeds. lam strongly of opinion that when Natives have ceased to cultivate or profitably to occupy land, it should be, if possible, caused to vest in European Trustees for the benefit of the Grantees. For this purpose a modification of the form of Trust Deed, drawn up by Sir William Martin D.C.L., for the case of the Hawke's Bay Natives, might suffice to convey the land in settlement. 5

District. No. Date of Geant. Date Instrument. Name op Block. Irea. Natube op Teust and Tenure. 'awke's Bay 1 Pakowhai A. E. P. 834 0 0 Trust Deed from grantee, Karaitiana, to C. Heaphy and S. Locke; for benefit of grantor Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from certain of grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from certain of grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Trust Deed from grantees to C. Heaphy and S. Locke ; for benefit of grantors Do. 2 Poupoutahi 241 0 0 Do. 3 Mangateretere East... 2047 0 0 Do. 4 Waikahu 764 0 0 Do. 5 Koparakore 1278 0 0 Do. 6 Pakowhai, Black Head 224 0 0 Do. 7 Papaaruhe 276 0 0 Do. 8 Ngutarawa, No. 5 ... 5375 0 0 Do. 9 Tahoraite, No. 1 3473 0 0 Do. 10 Oringi Waiaruhe ... 12008 0 0 Do. 11 Te Awa a te Atua ... 5070 0 0 Do. 12 Raukawa East 4438 0 0 Do. 13 Te Tarere 236 0 0

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REPORTS EROM THE COMMISSIONER

Difficulties are now arising in respect to the necessity of fencing in the Native Eeserves, where they lie contiguously to European lands that are utilised—the Native owners not appearing to be aware of the propriety of contributing towards the cost of the common fence. The fencing law of Canterbury appears to be defective, and the Natives seem to be aware of it. This should be corrected, as it is very undesirable that the Maoris should regard any of our laws as in-operative ; and equally so that they should come to disregard the duties that devolve upon them as Crown Grantees of land in improving districts. Kaiapoi Eeserve. The portion of this reserve tinted grey and green in the appended plan B, is yet to be partitioned off by survey between certain Natives who have had an insufficient quantity or no land allotted to them. This should be done at once, as the preparation of Crown Grants and the utilization of that part of the reserve —about 450 acres —await the partition. In order to facilitate this, I have had prepared a schedule and lithograph of the Eeserve, distinguishing allotted and vacant portions. Unsurveyed Beserves. A few of the Native Beserves, —Lake Ellesmere, Section 28, 38, &c., —have not been surveyed ; his Honor the Superintendent has, however, promised that they shall be measured, in order that correct plans may be ready for the use of the Native Land Court at its next sitting at Canterbury, when the titles to these Eeserves may be individualized. Eeseryes that should be Exchanged. The Eeserve No. B 1-4. at Lake Forsyth, was made on the belief that it was the site of old Maori graves. There appears however, to be no ground for such belief, and as the Eeserve—a long narrow strip—is useless for cultivation, and is required for a road, it is desirable that it should be conveyed to the Superintendent of Canterbury, and an equal area of cultivable land in the vicinity substituted for it. The allotment 232 in the town of Lyttelton, was purchased in 1863 for the sum of £250 for the site of a Native Hostelry; (see plan appended) and a good house built upon it for the convenience of travelling Natives. The Maoris, however, do not appear to frequent it. It stands on a spur about sixty feet above the beach, and the Natives when landing from canoes, prefer erecting tents on the immediate beach to carrying their loads up the hill. I beg to recommend that the land and building should be either let or sold —as an advantageous offer might be received —and the proceeds devoted to obtaining a more suitable locality for the object. In the meantime the building might be used advantageously as a school house in connection with the adjacent Orphanage. Eaukawa Block. The Block 12373, at Eaukawa, containing 1.50 acres, purchased by Mr. Commissioner Mackay in 1868, to supplement the land of the Natives in that locality, should, I think, be vested in Trustees; and I would respectfully recommend the persons, whose names are set forth in the margin* for the trust. Kaiapoi School. It is very desirable that the Kaiapoi school house, lately burnt down, should be rebuilt. The school, under the able management of the Eev. Mr. Stack, has been of great benefit to the Natives of both the East and West Coasts; and I think that a part of the cost of rebuilding it might be defrayed from funds that have accrued, and are in the Treasury, from rents of the West Coast Beserves. Monies in the possession of the Government, legally disbursable under the Native Schools Act, 1867, might also coniribute. But to make such outlay regular, a site must be granted to the Queen. The site of the late buildings having been land held by the Bishop of Christchurch as land in trust for educational purposes in connection with the Church of England. To obtain such site I have put myself in communication with His Lordship the Bishop, and the Kaiapoi Natives, and hope shortly to have the honor of communicating a successful result. Value of the Beseryes. The Beserves in the Province of Canterbury unquestionably form a magnificent estate for the existing remnant of the people that formerly owned the land. During the twenty years that preceded the advent of the white settlers, I am assured that the Natives of this part of New Zealand suffered by wars a decrease of seventy-five per cent of their numbers. Although from other causes there appears still a tendency to decrease, it is yet a satisfaction to have the assurance that whilst European settlement spread over their country, the material and the moral wants of tho Native people were well attended to. I have the honor to acknowledge the assistance which was rendered me by His Honor the Superintendent and the Provincial Secretary in giving me access to the public plans. The aid of Mr. Tancred, M.H.8., of the Chief Surveyor, Mr. Davie, and the Eegistrar of Deeds, [Mr. Maude, was freely given and of much value. H. J. Tancred, Esq., Alexander Mackay, Esq., Charles Heaphy, Esq.

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Mr. Tanered, M.H.8., has for some time had charge, as Commissioner, of the Kaiapoi Native Eeserve. It would be to the benefit of the Natives if he were given local charge of all interests connected with Native Beserves in the Brovince. I made copies of plans as in the margin,* and which I have placed in the hands of the lithographers as an appendix to this report. In 1857 Mr. Commissioner Hamilton wrote : —"I have the honor to suggest that for the protection of the interests of the Maoris of this Province, it is highly desirable that complete copies of documents connected with all purchases of land from the Natives should be filed in some public office, so as to be accessible to them, or to persons acting in their behalf." I would respectfully recommend that this idea should be carried out. I have had, at your direction, lithographic copies made of a groat number of the plans ; and would suggest that one of each of these, with a printed copy of the Ngaitahu and Murihiku deeds of sale, and a list of the local awards of the Native Land Court, should be placed on record in the Begistrar of Deeds offices at Christchurch, Hokitika, and Dunedin, and copies given to the leading chiefs. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, Commissioner Native Beserves. * Copies of plans, 18 ; tracings, 25 ; plans copied for Mr. Mackay, 6.

(A.) SCHEDULE of Native RESERVES in the PROVINCE of CANTERBURY. CLASS A-2. Trusts under provisions of Crown Grants or Legislative enactments.

District. Aeea. Remaeks. A. B. P. 2640 0 0 kaiapoi (Tuahiwi) (873) Reserved bv Mr. Mantell in 1848, in terms of Kemp's purchase of 1848. Note.—A large proportion of this Reserve was Bub-dvided by Mr. W. Buller, in 1862, in pursuance with instructions re2eived from the General Government, and individual Crown Grants restricting the alienability of the land (except by lease subject to the approval of the Governor, or a person duly appointed on that behalf) have been issued by the Crown to the Natives to whom the several parcels were allotted. Of the unallotted portion about 54 acres were subsequently granted between Matiatia Tiramorehu and Teoni Topi Patuki, and in 1868 a further appointment was made in favor of a few of the Natives named in Mr. Buller's report as being then unprovided for. The Native Lands Court in the same year adjudicated on the Moeraki claim, and land to the extent of 322 acres was granted in satisfaction of this claim ; this quantity, together with 178 acres previously allotted to Moeraki out of this estate, made up the 500 acres originally intended for them. The remainder of the estate, with the exception of a few acres along the North Road subject to the provisions of the Native Reserves Act, 1856 (vide N.Z. Gazette, No. 50, August 25th, 1868), is held under Native tenure, and consists chiefly of the portions known as the Bush Parcel. There is a reserve of five acres at the old Pa at Kaiapoi proper, not included in these Returns. The place in question is alluded to in Mr. Mantell's Report of 30th January, 1849, as follows: — " I further promised the Natives that the old Pa, Kaiapoi, should be reserved by the Government that neither Natives or Europeans might dwell there. It is about four acres in extent, and unsurveyed." Subsequent Returns give an area of five acres there. Sec. B. 1, No. 1. 2640 0 0

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SCHEDULE A. CLASS C. 1.— Grants with Limitations,

DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Name op Rsseeve. Area. Remarks. Nature op Teust, Limitations, &c. andeville 29th April, 1868 Kaiapoi (Tuahiwi) A. E. P. 2640 0 0 Certificate of title (Land to be inalienable, power to lease for 21 years) in favor of the undermentioned natives :— Kaiapoi A—Natanahira Waruwarutu and 6 othors „ B—Bawiri Mamaru and 6 others „ C—Teone Hemara aud 6 others ,, D—Pita Tipa and 6 others ,, E—Reweti Hape and 6 others „ E—Arama Karaka and 6 others „ G—Aperahama te Ari and 6 others Certificate of Title in favor of Werita Tainui for an undivided moiety and to 2 others for another undivided moiety, to be inalienable for ever except by settlement for the benefit of the grantees or successors to be appointed under the Native Land Act, 1865. Certificate of Title in favor of Horopupura Hape and 9 othors in trust for themselves and other natives named in the list produced to the Court. Land to be inalienable for ever, except by settlement for the benefit of the grantees, &e. Certificate of Title to Wikitoria na Roimata. The estate to be inalienable for ever, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Apera Pukenui and 9 others, in trust for themselves and other natives named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable for ever, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Hone Tare Tikao and 5 others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Wiremu Harihona and 9 others, in trust for themselves aud others. To be inalienable, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Heremaia Mautai and 9 others, in trust for themselves and others. To be inalienable, except, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Kiriona Pohau and six others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable, except, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Tame Tarawhata and 9 others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to tho Court. To be inalienable, except, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Tame Tarawhata and 9 others, intrust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable, except, &c. Certificate in favor of Tame Tarawhata and 9 others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable, &e. Certificate in favor of Tumaru and 9 others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable, except, &c. 3rd August, 1868 Kaikainui Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1848... Mandeville 4 10 Port Lyttelton ,.. 4th August, 1868 Rapaki 850 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1849, in terms of the Port Cooper purchase Port Lyttelton ... 3rd August, 1868 Purau (Lyttelton) 9 0 0 Do. do. do. 4 Port Levy 5 29th April, 1868 Port Levy (Koukourarata) 1361 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1849, in terms of the Port Levy purchase Akaroa 4th August, 1868 Opukutahi 432 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1856 Akaroa 7 4th August, 1868 Onuku 426 0 0 Do. do. Ellesmere 8 29th April, 1868 Wairewa (Little River) 440 0 0 Do. do. Ellesmere 9 10 4th August, 1868 3rd August, 1868 ("Taumutu ~l (. Do. Waiwakaheketupapaku J 76 0 0 42 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1848, in terms of Kemp's purchase Timaru 11 4th August, 1868 Arowhenua 376 0 0 Do. do. Timaru 12 4th August, 1868 Waipopo 187 0 0 Timaru 13 3rd August, 1868 Te Upoko o Rangikaitaweka ... 20 0 0 Waitangi 14 4th August, 1868 Tauhinu ... ...I 23 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1848, in terms of Kemp's purchase

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DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Name op Reserve. Aeea. Remaeks. Nature op Teust, Limitations, &c. Waitangi 15 3rd August, 1868 Waimatemate A. B. P. 40 0 0 Reserved by Canterbury Association ... Certificate of Title in favor of Horomona Pohu and 9 others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To be inalienable, except, &c. Certificate of Title in favor of Rawiri te Maire and 7 others, in truei for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court, To be inalienable. Waitangi 16 Waikawa (Hakarataramea) 138 0 0 It was originally intended that this Reserve should be selected at a place named Hakarataramea, up the river Waitangi; but owing to the poor character of the land in that locality, it was decided to select 150 acres at Waikawa near the mouth of the River Waihou, in lieu. Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1848, in terms of Kemp's purchase Timaru 3rd August, 1868 Rakipaua Certificate of Title in favor of Tame Tarawhata and 9 others, ir trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court. To he inalienable, except, &c. 17 20 0 0 Schedule B.—Class C. 1.—Grants with Limitations. Eeturn of Eeseryes made in pursuance of Awards of the Native Lands Court in May 1868, in final extinguishment of all Claims under the Ngaitahu Deed oe 1848. * DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Name op Awaed. Aeea. Situation and Desceiption, Natuee op Teust, Limitations, &o. Trustees. Christchurch ... 18 Notification in New Zealand Gazette of June 20, 1868. Kaiapoi a. e. p. 72 0 0 At the mouth of Waimakiriri, bounded on the northward by Section 10184; on the eastward, by the Reserve along high-water mark ; on the southward, by the road forming the northern boundary of Section 10185 ; and on the westward by the road on the eastern side of Section 10183. The Estate to be inalienable for ever, except by settlement for the benefit of the Grantees or their successors, to be appointed under the " Native Lands Act, 1865." Do. Do. Aperahama te Aika and others. Ashley Do. Do. Kaiapoi To the westward of Section 11568, having a length of 6667 links, by a breadth of 30 chains subject to road»s. Bounded on the northward by a Reserve marked A, and the southern boundary of Section 11568 ; on the eastward, by the Garry; on the southward, by a line parallel to the northern boundary ; and on the westward, by a line in continuation of the northern boundary of a Reserve marked A.; subject to roads. Bounded on the southward by the road reserved along the the River Eyre, and by Sections 10304, 9220, 9208, 6498, 6487, 5826, 2590, and 1084; on the eastward, by Sees. 6634, 13207, 5373, and 8141, and a line in continuation of the western boundary to the latter Section ; and on the westward, by Section 6706 and a line in continuation of the eastern boundary thereof; subject to roads. Hakopa te Ataotu, We Naihira, Paratene Tamanuiarangi, Peta te Hori, Aperahama te Aika, Arapata Koti, Wiremu te Uki, Tioti Pita. 19 200 0 0 Ashley ,,, 20 Do. Do. Kaiapoi 350 0 0 Do. Do. Oxford Do. Do. Kaiapoi 450 0 0 Do. Do. 21

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Schedule B.— Continued. CLASS C. 1.—Grants with Limitations.— Return of Reserves made in pursuance of AWARDS of the Native Land Court in May 1868, in final extinguishment of all Claims under the Ngaitahu Deed of 1848.

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DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Name op Awaed. Aeea. Situation and Discription. Nature op Trust, Limitations, &c. Trustees. Manderville 22 Notification in New Zealand Gazette of June 20, 1868. Do. Do. Kaianoi A. e. p. 15 0 0 Bounded on the northward by Section 3744; on the westward by the lagoon surrounding the old pa of Kaiapoi; and on the eastward by the road. Between the Kowhai and Waipara Rivers; bounded on the eastward by the road reserved along the beach; on the westward by the lagoon ; and on the northward and southward by lines at right angles to the general direction of the aforesaid road. Bounded on the northward by a road and by Section 8065; on the southward by a road ; on the westward and eastward by the Rotoroa Lagoon, and also on the westward by the North Road. Situate on an Island near the mouth of the Ashley. Bounded on the northward and southward by the road reserved round said Island ; on the eastward by the road on the west side'of Section 11386 ; and on the westward by a line parallel to the eastern boundary. Bounded on the northward by Section 11214 ; on the southward by Section 9907 ; on the eastward by the road reserved along the estuary of the Rivers Avon and Heathcote ; and on the westward by a line at right angles to the southern boundary ; subject to a road. Note. —Of the 1000 acres awarded by the Court to the Natives of Kaiapoi, 450 acres are in return for lands apportioned out of the Kaiapoi estate to Natives for whom other lands had been set apart at Rapaki, Wairewa, Port Levy, and other places. Of the remaining 550 acres, 200 acres are intended as a provision for a few Natives (about 20 in number) residing at Kaiapoi, for whom no land had been set apart. The other places included in the award are intended as fishery easements, in fulfilment of the engagements to the Natives, included in the phrase Mahinga Kai, used in the Ngaitahu Deed. Bounded on the westward by the eastern boundary of Section 10480, and a line in continuation thereof; on the eastward by the Lake road; on the southward by the road forming the northern boundary of the Native Reserve, At Little River. Bounded on the northward by the road south of the Reserve 222 in red; on the westward by Section 5689 ; on the southward by the road south of that section ; and on the eastward by a line parallel to the western boundary. Being a square block of land on the stream issuing from the Waitarakao Lagoon, and opposite the Island on the said stream. Subject to a road. The Estate to be inalienable for ever, except by settlement for the benefit of the Grantees, or their successors, to be appointed under the " Native Lands Act, 1865." Hakopa te AtaOtu, Wi N aihira, Paratene Tamanuiarangi, Peta te Hori, Aperahama te Aika, Arapata Koti, Wiremu te Uki, Tioti Pita. Ashley 23 Kaiapoi 10 0 0 Ashley 24 Do. Do. Kaiapoi 20 0 0 Do. Do. Ashley 25 Dc. Do. Kaiapoi 10 0 0 Do. Do. Christchurch Do. Do. Kaiapoi 10 0 0 Do. Do. 26 Ellesmere 28 Taumutu ... 128 0 0 Do. Do. Pohau, Hoani Timaru, Irai Tihau. Little River 29 Do. Do. Taumutu ... 100 0 0 Do. Do. Do. Do. Arowhenua ,., 2 0 0 Do. Do. Timaru 30

"SCHEDULE B.— Continued. CLASS C. 1.—Grants with Limitations.— Return of Reserves made in pursuance of AWARDS of the Native Lands Court in May 1868, in final extinguishment of all claims under the Ngaitahu Deed of 1848.

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DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Name op Awaed. Area. Situation and Disceiption. Natuee op Trust, Limitations, &o. Trustees. Timaru 31 Notification in New Zealand Gazette, of June 20,1868. Do. Do. Arowhenua ... A. B. P. 150 0 0 Near the Kapunatiki Creek, having a frontage of 37i chains to the beach road, and running back westerly a distance of 40 chains on the average. Being part of an island named Harereketautoru, at the mouth of the Umukaha. Subject to a road. Between Section 2743 and the Orakipaoa, including the site of of the old pa. Subject to roads. Bounded on the northward by a road on the south side of Section 3790; on the eastward by Section 12373 ; on the southward by a line in continuation of the southern boundary of the latter Section ; and on the westward by a line at right angles to the southern boundary. Subject to roads. Situate south and west of Section 2621; to include timber land. Subject to roads. Near the Wainono Lagoon; bounded on the westward by a small lagoon lying south of the one above-named ; on the eastward by the beach road ; on the northward and southward by lines at right angles to the general direction of the said road; to contain the above quantity. Subject to roads. Bounded on the westward by Sections 6311, 10311, and Reserve 679 (in red) ; on the southward by Section 9470; and on the eastward by the road running through the Reserve above mentioned. Bounded on the south-east by Lake Ellesmere ; on the southwest by a Native Reserve ; and on the north by a public road. A rectangular block; southern boundary skirting edge of swamp. Subject to roads being taken. Opposite to Section 11433, having 10 chains frontage to Orari River. Subject to roads. North-east of, but not adjoining, Section 11433. Subject to roads being taken. Lying north of, but not adjoining, Section 4021. Bounded on the east by the Beach Road. Subject to roads being taken. Timaru 32 Arowhenua ... 30 0 0 Timaru 33 Do. Do. Arowhenua ... 20 0 0 Waitangi 34 Do. Do. Waimate-mate& Waitaki 500 0 0 The Estate to be inalienable for ever, except by settlement for the benefit of the Grantees or their successors, to be appointed under the "Native Lands Act, 1865." Horomona, Timaru, Peneamine te Kihi. Waitangi Do. Do. Waimate-mate & Waitaki Waimate-mate & Waitaki 30 0 0 35 Waitangi 36 Do. Do. 10 0 0 Waitangi 37 Do. Do. Waitangi 20 0 0 Ellesmere 33 Do. Do. Taumutu 63 0 0 Timaru 39 Do. Do. Kapunatiki .., 000 0 0 Timaru 40 Do. Do. Orari, (south bank) ... 10 0 0 Timaru 41 Do. Do. Orari (north bank) ... 20 0 0 Waitangi 42 Do. Do. Waiau and Waitangi 10 0 0

DlSTEICT. No. Date oe Reseevation. Name oe Number. Aeea. Purpose. Remarks. Port Lyttelton Waihou 1 2 Native Hostlery, Sect. 232 ... Sect. 12373, Raukawa a. e. p. 110 150 0 0 Eor a Native Hostlery Purchased by Mr. Commissioner Mackay, 16th April, 1868, for £300, as a Native Reserve Set apart as a reserve on original purchase of block, on account of graves Narrow strip of land between road and railroad reserve, N.E. of Section 9091, reserved on account of graves Cut out of Reserve No. 5, for a Native Cemetery Mandeville 3 Old Po, of Kaiapoi ... 5 0 0 To supplement insufficient quantity ol Native land for want of local natives Little River 4 Notificationof N.Z. Gazette, of 20th June, 1868 Lake Forsyth 4 10 Reserved nnder the erroneous impression that there were Maori graves on the land ; should be exchanged for fertile land Port Levy ... 5 Native Cemetery, Koukourarata Oil

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No. 11. Major Heaphy, V.C, to the Hon. the Native Minister. Eeport on the Native Eeserves in the Province of Otago. Dundein May 31,1870. The lands reserved for the use of the Natives on their sale of the territory to Mr. Commissioner Kemp, are as enumerated in the margin.* A subsequent reservation of land appears to have been made by the action of the Native Land Court in 1868, when, with the approbation of the Provincial Government, and in fulfilment of engagements made on original purchases of the territory, the following additional lands were ordered to be granted to the local Natives, viz :- —Section 12, Waitaki Eiver; Sections 13 and 14, Papakiao; Hawksbury Village Eeserve; Section 6, Waikouaiti Eiver, and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, Long Beach. The Tautuku Eeserve of 1,000 acres, and a fishing easement at Lake Hawea of 100 acres, were also ordered to be granted ; but in the case of these the local Government appears to have been unaware of the action of the Native Land Court, until I made mention of the circumstance, f The large Eeserves at Waikouaiti, Taieri, Otago Heads, and Mount Charles have been individualized in title, and Crown Grants issued. This has enabled the respective owners to let, and obtain an income from such portions of the land—especially at Otago Heads and Mount Charles—as are not required immediately for their own uses. This is a great benefit; but I would draw attention to the very disadvantageous manner in which the boundaries of the estates at Otago Heads have been surveyed. Many of the sections are so narrow in respect to their length, as to appear in the plan more like roads than country sections ; and fences upon them could only be maintained at great disadvantage. Such lands would not be attractive to a tenant, unless several sections could be clubbed together within an external fence ; nor could interior fences be maintained by the Natives, if cultivating the lands themselves. In either case the advantage of individualizing the title is annulled, and the evils of common holding must operate. In reference to the disputed Princess Street Eeserve, I may observe that the matter has obtained dimensions that almost put it beyond the limits of my report. lam informed, however, that there is accumulated from rents a sum of money amounting to £6,908 18s 9d, in the possession of the Brovincial Government. If this money, or the major part of it, could be obtained and invested for the benefit of the local Natives, it would, I think, be more to their advantage than awaiting the contingency— tedious and uncertain at the best —of an appeal to England. I believe that a sum of £400 was used from funds derived from West Coast Native Lands, in carrying this case before the Supreme Court. It appears proper that this money should be replaced as soon as possible to the account of the Trust from which it was drawn, and that whenever the matter is settled interest ought to be paid for the use of it. I append a map of each Native Eeserve in the Province, with an index map to shew relative position. I have made copies of 14 maps of the Eeserves, as well as 10 tracings for the use of Mr. Commissioner Mackay. I received great assistance from His Honor the Superintendent and the Chief Surveyor of Otago, as well as from Mr. Watt, Sheriff, who has local charge of the Natives. I have, &c , The Hon. the Native Minister, Charles Heaphy, Wellington. Commissioner of Native Eeserves. *Te Awamoke or Puneomaru, Moeraki, Waikouaiti, Otepopo, Taraksunui, Otago Head and Port Charles, Port Chalmers Reserve, Princess street Reserve Dunedin, Taieri, Clutha and Tuturau. t This is incorrect, see Mr. Mackay's letter to His Honor the Superintendent, of 29th May, 1868, which appears to have been lost sight of.

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DlSTEICT. Name op Reseeve. Area. Remarks. Otago Princes Street Reserve, Dunedin. a. e. p. 1 2 16 This Reserve was made in 1851 by Governor Sir George Grey, upon the recommendation of Mr. Mantell, the then Commissioner of Crown Land« at Dunedin, for the use of the Natives of Otago, as a place for drawing up their boats and other purposes. It consists of a very irregular narrow strip, but presents an extensive frontage to the main street of the city. It was used by the Natives in the way described until the year 1861 when, during the rush of people consequent on the discovery of the goldfields, it was taken up by squatters who obtained licenses to 000UOS from the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Shortly after this the Provincial Government of Otago made application to the General Government to have the property handed over for Provincial purposes, on the ground that the land, before being constituted a Native Reserve, had formed part of the town of Dunedin ; had been divided ink allotments for sale, then withdrawn and set apart for harbour purposes. This, however, appeared a mere matter of intention on the part of the original founders of the city, as no instrument could be found which could be considered to have the effect of dedicating the land formally to such an object. It is contended that if the New Zealand Company had a discretionary power as to the specific mode of dealing with the land, which may be inferred from the fact that a portion of the same shore was withdrawn from sale and given bv the Company as an endowment for the Presbyterian Church, which now holds it. The Crown which succeeded to the rights of the Company, had a like power. Moreover in the setting apart this land as a Native Reserve, it would appear that Governor Grey was only performing a tardy act of justice to the Nativo sellerof the Otago Block, who were entitled by the terms of the original scheme of the Company to have reserved for their benefit one acre to every ten of the allotments sold m the town of Dunedin, and which, as soon as the town was surveyed, were to be selected on the same principle as had obtained m the other settlements of the Company, with the difference, however, that the Governor was to select them. (See Captain Symonds' report on the purchase of the Otago Block, and Parliamentary Papers 1844-5.) In 1865, in conseqeuence of a favorable report emanating from a Select Committee of the House of Representatives on the claims of the Corporation of Dunedin, a Crown Grant was issued to the Superintendent ot Otago. In opposition to the effect of this grant, the Natives appealed to the Native Lands Court, and to the Supreme Court to have their claims considered, but owing to the land being held under Crown Grant, the first named Court could not deal with it, and the decision of the Supreme Court was adverse. On an application to the Court of Appeal the Natives were again defeated. From rents paid for holdings on this land the Bum ot £6,908 18s 9d appears to have accumulated. Schedule B. Class C. 1.—Grants with Limitations. DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Date op Grant. Name oe Reseeve. Aeea. Remaeks. Nature op Teust, Limitations, &c. Waitaki... 1 13th May, 1868 ... Punaomaru A. E. p. 376 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1848, in terms of Kemp's purchase Certificate of Title ordered by the Court 20th May, 1868, in favor of Horomono Pohio and four others, in trust for themselves and others named in tho list milimitted to the Court; land to be inalienable Otepopo ,,. Do. 2 3 13th"kay, 1868'"... Otepopo Bush Reserve ... Moeraki 10 0 0 575 0 0 Timber only reserved, not granted Memo. —500 acres was the original size of this reserve,but it was subsequently increased by 75 acres, given in lieu of a reserve of similar area made at Kakaunui in 1848 Certificate of Title ordered by the Court, 26th May, 1868, in favor of Matiaha Tirarnorehu and fivo other's, in trust for themselves and others named in the list submitted to the Court; land to be inalienable

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DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetifioate. Date oe Geant. Name op Reseeve. Aeea. Remaeks. Natuee op Teust, Limitation, &c. aikouaiti 4 Waikouaiti 2394 0 0 Reserved by Mr Mantell in 1848, in terms of Kemp's purchase, in four blocks A, B, C, D Divided into four blocks, and certificates of Title ordered by the Court, 23rd May, 1868, in favor of the undermentioned natives, in trust for themselves and others named in the list submitted to the Court; land to be inalienable: — Waikouaiti A—Haereroa Toeti and five others „ B—Horomona Pohio and four others „ C—Karira Kaikai and five others „ D—Kerei Kahuti and five others Certificate of Title ordered 15th May, 1868, in favor of John Millar (h.c.) and five others in trust for themselves and others named in the list submitted to the Court; land to be inalienable Individual Grants ordered by the Court to be issued in favor of the undermentioned Natives ; land to be inalienable, viz.: —No 1. Pirihira wife of Tare Wetere; 2. Mohi teKoaki and another; 3. Hori Kerei Taiaroa; 4,_Patorumu; 5. Katie Burns ; 6. Richard Burns ; 7. Tinirau ; 8. George Freeman; 9a. Hopa Ru; 9n. Korehe ; 10. Robert Tohi; 11. Nana Weller ; 12. Hori Kera Taiaroa ; 12a. Timoti Ropatini; 12b. Te Here ; 13. Caroline Taiaroa; 14 and 14a. To Kaiwa; 15. Hoani Wetere Korako; 15a. Ria Mohcko; 15b. Taheke ; 15c. Ria Mairaki; 15d. Thomas Pratt; 15e. Horopapera ; 16. Te One Meihana and another ; 17. Mary Prior; 18. John Robertson; 19. Toono Topi Patuki; 20. Taheke ; 21. Kereopa ; 22 and 23. Hoani Wetere Korako; 24. Hoani Wetere Korako ; 25. Hori Kerei Taiaroa ; 26. Hoani Wetere Korako ; 27 and 33. Korako Karetai; 28. Korako Karetai ; 29. Timoli Karetai; 30. Hinepakia; 31. Kipeka Karetai; 32. Tari Wetere; 34. Pepe Karetai; 35. Ripeka; 36 and 46. Tare Wetere te Kaliu ; 37. Rena Pirihira; 38. Pirihira te Kahu ; 39. Matiu te Hu; 40. Timoti Karetai; 41. Koriana to Iloro; 42. Wiremu Karetai; 43. Ihaia Potiki ; 44. Fanny Weller; 45. George Ashwell; 47. Tare Wofere te Kahu and two others ; 48. Maraia Moemoe; 49. Wiremu Potiki; 50. Hoani Wetere Korako; 51. Erihaka Taheke ; 52. Korako Karetai; 53. Baniera Ellison and another; 54. Hori Kerei Taiaroa ; 55. Mohi Ngataha; 56. Henare Korako Karetai; 57. Matiu te Hu ; 58. Pirihira te Kahu; 59. Ripeka Karetai; 60. Timoti Karetai; 61. Daniel Ellison ; 62. Emma Russell and another; 63, 64 and 65. Riria Potiki Purakaunui North Harbor and Blueskin 17th August, 1868.. 299 0 16 28 0 0 Otago Heads 6th July, 1868 ... 30th June, 1868 ... 31st March, 1870... Otago Heads 4305 0 0 2075 0 0 Reserved by Captain Symonds in terms of his purchase made 13th July,1844, on behalf of the New Zealand Company. The Native Land Court in May, 1868, ordered that 20 acres of this reserve at Cape Saunders should be made inalienable except to her Majesty for a sight for a lighthouse. A similar area was made alienable to her Majesty at the Lighthouse Reserve, Otago Heads, and 22a. Or. 18p. at the landing place near the Pilot Station was also made inalienable except to her Majesty

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Disteict. Date op Name op Reseeve. Aeea. Remaeks. Natuee op Teust, Limitation, &c. No. Ceetipicate. Date op Geant. 'ort Chalmers ... 7 31st March, 1870 ... Port Chalmers ... a. b. p. 1 3 24 Granted 0 3 1 The Reserve at Port Chalmers was made bv Mr. Mantell in 1853, by the direction of Sir George Grey, and then comprised Section 401 purchased by the Government from a Mr. Williams, Sections 402, 403, and 404 in the Town of Port Chalmers, and an unnumbered piece adjoining, now alleged to be a portion of the Town Belt. At the sitting of the Native Land Court, held ot Dunedin on the 22nd of May, 1868, the representatives of the Presbyterian Church opposed the issue of a Grant to the Natives for Section 402, on the ground that the Section in question had been lawfully reserved to them previously to the reservation for the Natives ; in consequence of this the case, as far as regards this claim, was adjourned sine die ; a certificate of Title being ordered in favor of the Natives for the other three sections. Respecting the unnumbered piece, alleged to be portion of the Town Belt, the Court refrained from making a finaldecision but left it open for the opponents or claimants respectively to move the Court at a future sitting to dismiss the case on production of sufficient evidance, or to order a Grant in default of sueh evidence being produced In three Grants. A, 1173 acres; B, 365 acres; and C, 365 acres Certificate of Title ordered by the Court for Sections 401, 403 and 404 in favor of Horomona Pohio, Hoani Wetere Korako, Hori Kerei Taiaroa and Hone Tope Patukiand their successors appointed under the Native Lands Act 1865, in trust for all those members of the Tribe Ngaitahu who are now or may be hereafter resident south of and including Kaiapoi, in tho Province of Canterbury ; the estate granted to be absolutely inalienable for ever, except by lease for a term not exceeding fifteen years, or for tho purpose of settlement for the benefit of the persons interested ; or their successors appointed as aforesaid Certificate of Title ordered by the Court 22nd May, 1868, in favor of the undermentioned Natives, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court; land to be inalienable, viz.: Taieri A—Rawiri te TJrauru and seven others „ B—Hori Kerei Taiaroa and nine others ,, C—Alfred Kihau and eight others 16th October, 1868 31st March, 1870... Taieri 1850 0 0

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Date op DlSTEICT. No. Certificate. Date op Grant. Name of Reseeve. .Aeea. Remarks. Natuee of Teust, Limitation, &c. Clutha 10 Te Karoru A. E. P. 640 0 0 In two Blocks, A and B Certificate of Title ordered by the Court, May, 1868, in favor of the undermentioned Natives, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court; land to be inalienable ; viz. : Karoru A—Alfred Kihau and five others „ B—Haimona B.angireke and five others Certificate of Title ordered 16th October, 1868, in favor of Te Hone Topi Patuki and two others, on behalf of themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court; land to be inalienable. Grant 31st March, 1870, to Hone Topi and two others Mataura 11 16th October, 1868 31st March, 1870... Tutarau Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1853, in terms of the Murihiku purchase 287 0 0 Grant 242 0 26 Schedule C. Class C. 1.—Beturm" op Beserves made in pursuance of Awards of the Native Lands Court in May 1868, in final extinguishment of all Claims under the Ngaitahu Deed of 1848. DlSTEICT. No. Date op Ceetificate. Date of Geant. Name op Award. Aeea. Situation and Description. Nature op Teust, Limitation, fco. Name of Trustees. Papakaiao, Waitaki 12 May 28th, 1868 July 2, 1868 Sees. 13& 14 Papakaiao A. E. P. 355 2 33 Being Sections No. 13 and 14 of Block VIII, in the Papakaiao district, near the mouth of the Waitaki The Estate to be absolutely inalienable, except in the manner provided in the "Native Land Act, 1860." The Estate to be absolutely inalienable, except to her Majesty the Queen, her heirs and successors. Do. Do. July 2, 1868 Section 12, Papakaiao 133 3 17 Being Section No. 12 of Block Till in the same district, on the banks of the Waitaki, near its mouth, as a fishery easement. Crown Grant to Matiaha Tiramarehu and five others Matiaha Tiramorehu, Henere Mauhara, Arama te Whatakaraka, Rawiri te Mamaru, Natanahira Waruwarutu, Teone Rehn, In trust for themselves and other Natives who havo been found by the Court to be entitled to share in the said award. Waikouaiti ... 13 2 3 20 Situate on the Matanaika Lagoon adjacent to the town of Hawkesbury, in the same district, as a fishery easement. Being part of Section No. 6 Block IV in the Waikouaiti district, near the junction of the Hakariki stream with the River Waikouaiti, as a fishery easement Do. Do. Haereroa Toeti, Horomona Pohio, and two others, in trust for themselves, &c. Do. Do. 14 July 2, 1868 Waikouaiti ,,. 10 0 0 Do. Do.

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District. No. Date op Ceetipicate. Date op Grant. Name op Awaed. Area. Situation and Desceiption. Natuee op Trust Limitation, &c. Name op Teustees. 15 a. e. p. 1000 0 0 Hori Kerei Taiaroa and nine others, for residents in the Province of Otago, and Te Oni Topi Patuki and nine others, for residents in the Province of Southland. Murihiku Tautuku Situate in the Tautuku district. Bounded towards the north 9,000 links, or thereabouts, by Crown land ; toward the east by a road reserve along the banks of the Tautuku River ; towards the south by the sea; and towards the west partly by the sea and partly by Crown land, so as to include one thousand acres Note. —The land comprised in this award is in satisfaction of all demands under Kemp's Deed, and is set apart for those Natives and their descendants who signed the Deed, but who never received any share of the land reserved for Native purposes within the boundaries of that purchase, the block to be divided into two equal parts of 500 acres each ; one part to be vested in Hori Kersi Taiaroa and nine others, in trust for themselves and other claimants under Kemp's Deed, residing in the Province of Otago ; and the other part to be vested in Te One Topi Patuki and nine others, on behalf of themselves and claimants residing in the Province of Southland. Situate at the western extremity of the middle arm of Lake Hawea near a lagoon lying at the foot of Isthmus Peak, to include the site of an old pa Note. —Thi* is a special Reserve made for the benefit of all the members of the Ngaitahu tribe, who are now or may be hereafter resident south of the Waitaki, and extending to and including Purakaunui The Estate to be absolutely inalienable Hawea 16 Fishing Easement, Lake Hawea 100 0 0 The Estate to be absolutely inalienable except to her Majesty the Q.ueen, her heirs, and successors Horomono Pohio, Matiaha Turamorehu, Rawiri te Mamaru, Rawiri te Maire, Kerei Kahuti, Haereroa, Tiaki Mira (John Millar, half caste) Daniel Ellison, (half caste) Thomas Pratt, (half-caste) And their successors, appointed under the provisions of the " Native Lands Act, 1865, in trust for them selves and others John Millar, (half-caste) Tamati Tiko, Tiati Powki, Kipa Porikaha, Riki Tutei, Haereroa, In trust for themselves and others, &c. North Harbor and Biueskin Do. Do. Being Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 1 of 4, of Block V. North Harbor and Biueskin districts Being Reserve No. 49 of Block IV. in the same district Being Section No. 2 of 3 of Block IV. in the same district Being Section No. 4 of Block IV. same district The Estate to be absolutely inalienable except in the manner provided in the " Native Lands Act, 1865." Do. Do. 17 June 23, 1869 Long Beach ... 309 1 15 5 Sept. 2 1869 Purukaunui ... 101 2 36 Do. Do. Do. 31 0 10 Do. Do. Do. 56 1 13 Do. Do.

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No. 12. Major Heaphy, V.C, to the Hon. the Native Minister Sib,— Bluff, 15th May. IS7O. I have the honor to forward herewith a report on the Native Beserves in the Province of Southland, with a series of plans and appendices. The report is intended to form part of the General Eeport on the Native Beserves of the Colony. I find that for the sake of expedition, it is better that I should send to you each provincial report as it becomes finished, than to wait for the completion of the whole. I have the honor to suggest that the Eeport should be printed, if you see no objection, for the use of the General Assembly. The maps alluded to are either now attached, or have been sent to Mr. Marchant, in Wellington, for lithographing. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. . Acting Commissioner of Native Eeserves.

Enclosure 1 in No. 12. Eeport on the Native Eeserves in the Province op Southland. The Native Eeserves of Southland consist, chiefly, of two classes, one of which comprises lands situated on the mainland, and set apart for the use and benefit of the local natives, by the terms of the sale of the Murehika Block, together with a series of Eeserves on Stewart's Island and the adjacent islets, made on the extinction of the Native title to that place. The other class comprises lands situated at " The Neck," on Stewart's Island, recommended by Mr. Land Purchase Commissioner Clarke to be reserved for certain half-castes, the children of the sealers who first settled Foveaux Straits, by Maori wives, who were owners of land at Murituku and Stewart's Island. There are two other Native Eeserves that do not come within these classes, and which will be described separately. The Beserves on the mainland have apparently been selected from having been the sites of old cultivations ; they seem generally to be well chosen, and are likely to become valuable. On Stewart's Island, the Eeserves have been selected less with regard to their value for purposes of cultivation than on account of some local or peculiar object, such as titi or mutton bird catching, fishing, whaling, &c , and are much scattered. It would be advantageous if those on the main island could, with the consent of the Natives interested, be consolidated into half or a third of their number of blocks, and taken in fertile situations. I have reason to believe that His Honor the Superintendent of Southland is not averse to the plan of consolidation being carried into effect, on the basis of equal value, and I have instructed the chief surveyor, upon whom will devolve the duty of supervising the survey of these Eeserves, to throw two or more together where the Natives consent to it, and there is no reason to prevent its being done. A number of small islands (Titi Islands) lying chiefly off the South West Cape, Stewart's Island, have been reserved for mutton-bird catching. In the autumn these islands, which, with one or two exceptions, are mere rocks, are resorted to by those birds, in great numbers, and for several weeks the natives from the coast of Foveaux Straits and Euapuke Island subsist almost entirely on the young birds. One or two boat harbors were, by the terms of the deed of sale, reserved for the use of the Natives whilst so employed. From Port William, round Stewart's Island to these islets, great quantities of fish exist —probably more than in any other part of the coast of Now Zealand —and the possession of these islets and the boat harbors will always prevent the possibility of destitution to the local Natives, even in a season of scanty or failing crops. At " Tho Neck"—an island at Paterson's Inlet, connected at low water by a sandspit with the main of Stewart's Island —there are located a number of half-caste families, who claim in the aggregate far more land than the island comprises. The facilities which "The Neck" afforded for whaling operations—the harbor giving shelter to the boats, whilst the outer sea was in immediate view, and of ready access —caused ths place to have great attractions, and at the present time almost each of the old sealers and whalers has a representative upon it. Mr. Commissioner Clarke promised that ten acres of land should be reserved at this place for each male, and eight acres for each female. Mr. Commissioner Mackay has furnished a nominal list of ninety-four half-caste claimants to the abovementioned area of land. But upon " The Neck" there are also two undefined old land claims—those of Anglem and Joss— and as the area of the island is but about 719 acres, it is probable that only a small number, and certain that not all, of the half-castes will be able to obtain their allotments at that place. The Chief Topi gave up a piece of land at Bluff Harbour for the purpose of affording a site for Campbelltown, and in compensation is to receive from the Provincial Government a block of land of 178 acres 0 roods 16 perches, at the east end of Oraka Beach, and 227 acres 3 roods 24 perches, in lots 42 and part of 43 in block 7, at Jacob's Biver; in all 400 acres. I furnish herewith measurements of these lands, and respectfully suggest that Crown Grants should be prepared for them By the terms of the Deed of Sale of Stewart's Island, it was provided that £2000 of the purchase money should be appropriated to the acquisition of an estate in Southland of 2000 acres for an endowment for education and other Native purposes. A block of excellent land in the Hokonui District, comprising 2000 acres has been obtained, and is now let to Mr. J. B. Kings well, of Invereargill, for a term of 21 and a half years, from Ist June, 1869, on a rental of £75 a year for the first three years, and £100 a year for the remainder of the

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term. On account of the absence of information as to the dimensions, no Crown Grant or lease has yet been issued for this land, and no rent yet paid. The sum of £75 will be due on the lit June, proximo. I now send a plan of this land, and would suggest respectfully that a Crown Grant should be prepared, conveying the land to two trustees for the purpose of carrying out the object originally had in view. Mr. I. N. Watt, Sheriff of Otago, and the Commissioner of Native Beserves would, I think, be fitting persons to administer the trust. From the absence of surveys no Crown Grants have yet been issued for the Native Beserves in Southland. The lion, the Legislative Council, during its last session, passed a resolution declaring the necessity of an immediate issue of Grants, and in pursuance of this resolution, Mr. G. S. Cooper, Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, and myself lately visited Invereargill, and made arrangements for the surveys to be immediately proceeded with on the mainland, and as soon as the season would admit, on the coast of Stewart's Island; the work being executed under the supervision of the Brovincial Surveyor of Southland, to whom I have issued the detailed instructions. As each block is finished, the plan will be transmitted to Wellington for either the preparation of a Crown Grant, in Trust, or the action of the Native Lands Courc, as the case may demand. The surveys are estimated to cost about £600, at the contract rates paid in Southland. No more lines being cut or measurements made than are absolutely necessary to the construction of accurate Crown Grants. In addition to the Beserves on the mainland and at Stewart's Island, of which a schedule and descriptive plans are appended, the Natives possess original unsold territory to the extent of 4093 acres in the Island of Euapuke and its islets, of which a plan is attached. On account of the abundance of fish about this island, it is a favorite place of Native residence. The Native owners have here set apart a School Eeserve of ten acres, of which I send a map, with a view to a conveyance being made out for their execution, vesting it in the Queen. Having regard to the purpose for which the islets off Stewart's Island were reserved —that, solely, of mutton-bird catching—l think that any grant of them should not be absolute, but contain a restriction making them inalienable. The landing-places in the boat harbors which have been reserved, should not, either, be granted absolutely, but in a manner by which they shall be free to all who may require their use.

Estimate of number of Maoris and Hale-castes in the Province of Southland, as against the area of land available for their use. Maoris of all ages and sexes ... ... ... ... 248 Half-castes ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 342 souls Area of Beserves on mainland .. ... ... ... 5241 acres Stewart's Island ... ... ... ... ... 1735 „ Add Native territory, Euapuke Island ... ... ... 4093 „ Total land available for Natives ... ... ... ... 11069 or about 32-| acres for each soul. This does not include the Education Eeserves. I have, <fee, Charles Heapht.

Enclosure 2 in No. 12. Southland Native Eeseryes. Memorandum, — Invereargill, 12th May, 1870. The surveys necessary to be executed before the various Native Eeserves on the mainland and at Stewart's Island can safely be granted, are estimated to cost, at the contract rates paid by the Southland Provincial Government, about the sums respectively mentioned below, viz.:— Eight Eeserves on the mainland, as in the margin ... £199 9 0 Nine Eeserves on Stewart's Island ... ... 259 0 0 Old land claims on Stewart's Island that should be surveyed prior to the Eeserves that abut on them being defined ... ... ... 70 7 6 Beside this amount there is owing to a private surveyor, for the survey of an Educational Eeserve of 2000 acres, rented by Mr. Kingswell, the sum of ... ... ... ... 72 1 0 Making in all ... ... ... ... ... 600 17 0 I have, &c., G. S. Cooper, Esq., Charles Heaphy. Under-Secretary, Native Department. P.S. —This estimate does not inclnde a survey of the Titi or Bird Islets, lying off Stewart's Island, and for which the Admiralty Coast Survey will probably suffice. * Mainland Surveys. —Oue, Omawai, Aparima, Oraka, Kawaka Puta-puta, Onetata, Grant to Topi in Kolac's Bay, Hokonui. Stewart's Island. —Lord's River, Port Adventure, Paterson's Inlet, (2) Culmination Point, Raggedy River, Easy Cove, Mason's Bay. Old Land Claims. —G. Green's, at Smoky Cape ;J. Joss', at Glory Harbor ;J. Joss', Paterson's River ; J. Moore, Port Adventure ; E. Brady, Port Adventure.

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Schedule A. Class B. 1. —Return of General Reserves in the Province of Southland for Natives which have been made in the Cession of Territory to the Crown.

SCHEDULE B. CLASS B. 1. —Return of General Reserves, at Stewart's Island, Province of Southland, for Natives, which have been made in the Cession of Territory to the Crown.

SCHEDULE C. CLASS B. 1.—Return of General Reserves, adjacent to Stewart's Island, Province of Southland, for Natives which have been made in the Cession of Territory to the Crown.

No. Situation. Aeea. Remarks. 2 Oue New River A. B. P. 176 0 0 Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1853, in terms of the Murihiki purchase Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 3 4 5 6 Aparima (Jacob's River)... Oraka Kawaka Puta Puta Onetoto 527 0 0 1132 0 0 977 0 0 90 0 0

No. Situation. Aeea. Remaeks. 1 Lord's Harbor a. e. p. 30 0 0 Reserved in 1864 by Mr. H. T. Clarke, in terms of the Stewart's Island purchase ; for Haereroa of Waikowaite Reserved for the undermentioned Natives, in the proportions set opposite their names, viz.:— a- r. p. a . r. p. William John Topi 75 0 0 Aperahama Kowatu 25 0 0 Maika Newa ... 90 0 0 Pahepa Hakeke ... 10 0 0 Ihia Huatakitaki & Reita Karate ... 10 0 0 family 65 0 0 Merika Keitia ... 10 0 0 Matiu Rupawera... 25 0 0 Unappropriated ... 10 0 0 Acreage not fixed, the quantity selected being subject to old land claims, the half-castes residing there to be allowed at the rate of ten acres for each male, and eight acres for each female Reserved for Teone Topi Patuki Reserved for Hoani Wetere Korako and Tare Wetere te Kahu Reserved for Paita 2 Port Adventure 330 0 0 "The Neck" 3 4 5 6 Patterson's Inlet, North side Horse Shoe Bay, South head Cultivation Point, near Port William Raggedy River Mason's Bay, Boat Harbour 40 "o 0 80 0 0 7 8 9 Port Easy 50 0 0 5 0 0 Reserved for Aparima Natives An island on the south head of Mason's Bay, acreage not stated, reserved for Aparima and Oraka Natives Reserved for Aparima and Oraka Natives Note.—Eeserves 7, 8 and 9 are landing places for the Natives whilst on bird catching expeditions.

No. Situation. Aeea. Remaeks. Horomamae and Wharepuaitaha A. R, P. Kaihuka, Potuatua, Te Pomata Kiarehua, Tia, Pikimamaka, Herekopare Long Island, South Cape, embracing the following names — Taketu, Heretatua, Te Pukatakohe No area given. Reserved in 1864, in terms of the Stewart's Island purchase, for the undermentioned Natives, viz:— Haereroa, Huruhuruhoro, Kahupatite, Horomono Pohio Reserved for Teone Topi Patuki, Teonc Kihau, Fred Kihau, Ellen Kihau Moki iti, Mokinui, Timore Rerewhakaupoko, Hiurapa, TePohowaite, Tamai o te Mioka, Poutama Kai Mohu Reserved for Matiu Kihapane, Rawiri Mamaru, Reweti te Akau Rawiri te Awha, Tauira, Tiote Mawhe, Aperahama Hutotoi, Henare Parematta, Tioti Tioi, Ihaia Mi, Patepa te Huruhuru, John Paina (he), William Fisher (h.c), Tukurua, Horomona Patu Reserved for Horomona Patu Reserved for Horomona Patu and Paororo, John Paororo, Rawiri Mamaru, Riria Paitu, Hohepa Tarewa, Mere Titahi, Paitu. Rawiri Tapuae Reserved for Jack Millar Note. —The whole of the above-mentioned Reserves are Titi Islands, adjacent to Stewart's Island, set apart for the sole benefit of the Natives; in the lawftd use of which the Government have guaranteed to them protection

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SCHEDULE D. CLASS C I.—(Grants with Limitations) of Reserves in the Province of Southland.

SCHEDULE E. CLASS C. 2. —Land which it is desirable should be made inalienable.

No. 13. Major Heaphy, V.C, Commissioner of Native Eeserves, to the Hon. the Native Minister. Sir,— Wellington, 11th July, 1870. I have the honor to forward herewith a report on the Native Eeserves in the County of Westland, with schedules and maps, I have, &c , The Hon. the Native Minister, Charles Heaphy, Wellington. Commissioner Native Eeserves.

Enclosure in No. 13. Eeport on the Native Eeseryes in the County op Westland. The Native Eeserves in the County of Westland are lands that were specially excepted from the cession of territory made by the Natives in iB6O, when the great bulk of land on the West Coast was acquired by the Crown. These Eeserves comprise 5930 acres, of which about 3536 acres have been made inalienable, by the Natives having coded them to the Governor, in trust, under the provisions of the Native Eeserves Act, 1856. Schedules B and C give the particulars of these Beserves. Mr. Greenwood, who collects the rents of the Native Eeserves at Greymouth, gives the following statement of the Native population of the country, from which it will be seen that the proportionate area of land to each Native is about 81 j acres.

DlSTEICT. No. Date of Ceetipcate. Date op Grant. Name of Reserve. Aeea. Remarks. Natuee op Teust, Limitation, &o. a. r. p. 1686 0 0 ew River May 26,1868 Omaui Reserved by Mr. Mantell in 1853, in terms of the Murihiku purchase Certificate of Title ordered by the Court 26th May, 1868, in favor of Teoni Topi Patuki and four others, in trust for themselves and others named in the list produced to the Court; land to be inalienable for ever, except by settlement for the benefit of the grantees or their successors to be appointed under the Native Lands Act, 1865

DlSTEICT. No. Name op Reseeve. Abea. Remaeks. .llotments No. 42 and part of 43, Block 7, Jacob's River Hundred, and Oraka Beach [okonui District ... Compensation Land to Topi.. A. R. P. 221 3 24 178 0 16 Compensation Land to Chief Topi in lieu of land taken for site of Campbelltown, at Bluff Harbour, 400 acres in all Bought with £2000 of Stewart's Island purchase money, as an endowment for Education and other Native purposes Education Reserve, Lot 225, Hokonui, and 13 Waimumu 2000 0 0

Locality. Men. Women. Children. Total. Bruce Bay ... Karangarua ... Okarita Woodstock ... Arahura Grrey 6 1 5 1 7 2 18 4 9 3 11 6 2 6 4 3 7 19 8 24 Totals 30 20 23 73

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In reference to these Beserves. Mr. Alexander Mackay, Commissioner of Native Beserves at Nelson, reports under date sth March. 1^70: — •• In the County of Westland, Eeserves of the Class A. 2, included in Schedule i page 36), comprise in the a"<Tesrate about 3,536 acres, consisting entirely of lands set apart originally in 1860 for individual occupation and allotment for the Ngaitahu Natives, then resident on the West Coast of Canterbury; who, in 1865, on the discovery of gold in this district, were induced by the large demand that arose for the occupation, of their lands for building and other purposes, to place them under the control of the Government, subject to the provisions of the Native Beserves Act, 1856. " The principal portion of the Town of Greymouth is situated on the Native Eeserve there ; this Eeserve comprises an area of 500 acres, 100 acres of which have been laid off into building allotments of various sizes, and nearly all the sections are now occupied by tenants producing a gross rental of £3,000 per annum. " The next important on the list of Eeserves under the Act, are those situated at Arahura and Hokitika; these lands have been surveyed into small sections for gardens and agricultural purposes, and the whole of the available in both cases is occupied for this object. " There is a small Eeserve under the Act containing about thirteen acres at a place named Okarito, a small port about fifty miles south of Hokitika; this block of land was laid off into building allotments and occupied for a time, but since the abandonment of that district by tho mining population the land has been deserted, and at present is unproductive. " Of the two Eeserves up the river Grey that are under the Act, the one at Kaiata is occupied for agricultural purposes ; with regard to the other, it was originally proposed to lay off a portion of it as a Township, but this was found impracticable owing to the land being so subject to inundation by the rivers ; and this cause also prevents it being occupied for other purposes. " The gross rental produceable from the whole of the Native Eeserve property in occupation by tenants in the County of Westland, may be estimated at £4,000 per annum. " The total amount collected from the estate since the Ist July, 1865 (the date at which the Eeserve at Greymouth became occupied) to the 31st December, 1869, amounts to £1-4,361 19s 7d, while the expenditure for the same period was £10,366 9s sd, leaving a balance to the credit of the Fund of of £3,995 10s Bd. £550 of this is in the Bank of New Zealand at Nelson, and the balance £3,445 10s 2d, is standing to the credit of the Fund in Public Account. In the accounts kept here, the proceeds derivable from the Native Eeserve Estate at, Greymouth are kept separate, as this Fund is entirely distinct from the Native Eeserve Fund at Nelson. " Concerning the amounts chargeable on the Fund, £1,200 per annum is payable to the Natives having a beneficiary interest in the estate ; and £100 is paid for salaries, £50 of which is payable to the Commissioner, being the proportion of his salary chargeable against the Fund; and the remaining £50 to the Interpreter, (Mr. John Greenwood) who acts also as agent and collector of rents to the estate for which service he receives a commission of five per cent on the amount collected annually. " The proportion of the travelling expenses incurred by the Commissioner in visiting tho districts in which these Beserves are situated, is also borne by the Fund. " It was originally arranged with the Native owners on the Beserves being brought under the Act, that a charge of ten per cent on the annual amount collected should be allowed to defray such expenses as cost of collection, and the Commissioner's travelling expenses; but as both these expenses, including also salaries, do not anything like absorb an amount equivalent to what such an annual charge would be, it may be fairly considered that the whole cost of management is under ten per cent on the annual net income. " Of the expenditure already incurred, irrespective of the annual allowance to the Natives, a sum of £977 16s Od was expended by them prior to the property coming under the control of the Commissioner. " £508 was subsequently expended for the erection of houses for the Natives ; £400 was borrowed by the General Government from the Fund in October 1867, to defray the cost of a suit then pending in the Supreme Court in the matter of the Princes Street Eeserve at Dunedin. It was originally recommended that this sum should bear interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum until the amount was repaid to the Fund, but I am not aware that anything has been paid to the credit of the Fund on this account, aud I would suggest that this matter should be inquired into. " £750 has been expended in aid of protective works along the banks of the river Grey, to preserve the property on which the Town of Greymouth stands from the inroads of the river. These works will necessitate a heavy outlay for some time to come; and as it is only fair that the Natives who are largely benefitted by the occupation of their land at Greymouth, should contribute towards the continuation and maintenance of a work so highly necessary for the preservation of their property, the General Government have authorsed the further expenditure of a sum equal to ten per cent on the net income for the current year as a contribution from the Fund to the Borough rates at Greymouth. " £450 has been expended for the purchase of land at Hokitika for the Natives. An expenditure of £426 has been incurred for clearing and forming streets. ■' The sum of £888 15s 9d has been expended for surveying and subdividing the Beserves into building and agricultural allotments; this outlay at first glance may appear to have been unnecessarily large in proportion to the extent of land in occupation, but it is one that could not possibly be avoided in making the property available for occupation. A portion of this sum, amounting to £322 10s Od, is repayable again to the Trust for the expense incurred in having a block of 2000 acres, and another of 700 acres in the Lpper Grey, surveyed and subdivided into sections. The first named block was set apart originally to defray the cost of surveying the Native Eeserves on the West Coast; and on this land being sold, and sufficient proceeds realised, this outlay will be repaid to the Fund. "The remainder of the expenditure consists of various incidental expenses consequent on the first establishment and subsequent management of the estate, such as plans, printing leases, and other necessary forms, clerical assistance, stationery, advertising, Commissioner's travelling expenses, ■commission on rents, and medical attendance for the Natives. Every year, however, will reduce the

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expenditure, and I do not anticipate, when matters get fairly into working order, that the incidental expense?, together with the cost of management, will exceed ten per cent on the net income. " The remainder of the Eeserves in the County of Westland are included under Class B. 1, and consist of 2,100 acres set apart in 1860 for individual occupation and ahttment: these lands are situated chiefly at the mouth of the principal rivers on the West Coast, and are scattered at intervals along the whole line of coast from Hokitika to Jackson's Bay. With the exception of a small portion in use by the Natives, these Eeserves are unproductive, and for the present are likely to remain so, until the districts in which they are situated become peopled, and a demand arises for land.'' Mr. Greenwood writes : —" With regard to the Hokitika Eeserves on south bank of the river, the whole of the front allotments are let, chiefly in small allotments at a good rental. The part lying back from the river is let in larger blocks to persons who have taken them with a view to gold mining on an extended scale, with the aid of machinery, water wheels, &c. Operations have been carried on for over three years without any remunerative results hitherto, but the result of borings lately made has encouraged the tenants to endeavor to increase their capital, and get steam machinery on to the ground. I have heard nothing of their progress for the last two months. " The immense quantity of " tailings" shot into the river a little higher up, at the Kanieri, on the opposite side, appears to have caused a strong set of the current against the opposite bank, and damage is done to the river frontage of the Eeserves iv consequence. Whether it is possibe to stay the mischief by protective works is, of course, a question for an engineer, my own belief is that the task would be too costly to make it worth while. " The reduction of the rent of some of the frontages to the business part of Greymouth streets, was made by Mr. Mackay, as I understand to equalize the rent paid by those on the upper part of the Mawhera quay with that which others were paying a little further down for premises quite as valuable. " The rent previously paid was certainly excessive." Independently of the great value attaching to many of the Eeserves from the discovery of gold deposits in their vicinity, the land is, from its position and fertility, of great worth. The Native estate is quite equal in value, town for town, and farm for farm, to the crown lands of the County. In 1846, the Natives of the West Coast were about seventy in number, and, of all the tribes in New Zealand, had benefited least by the coming of Europeans to the country. Ships had never frequented the coast, and the Dusky Bay sealers who, forty years ago, had occasionally pushed a boat through the surf at the Teremakau or the Mawhera, had then long since disappeared. When Mr. Brunner and myself walked from Nelson to Arahura, in 1846, we found the Natives at the latter place without either pigs or goats Potatoes they had, but neither melons, cabbage, pumpkins or maize. Their clothing was the coarse Native koka, and the dog skin, and they were almost destitute of iron implements for cooking purposes, or for clearing the bush. Of boats or seagoing canoes they had none, and dreading to be seen by the northern natives, thejr lived in the remote Arahura country, partly from the security it afforded, and partly to work the greenstone which was to bo found in the river bed. But, poor as their condition was, they were hospitable almost to improvidence, towards their white visitors. Beyond seeking to obtain an iron pot or an axe in exchange for a meri pounamu, their life appeared to be without aim or purpose. They now derive a rental of nearly £4000* a year from white tenants. They have weatherboarded cottages with chimneys and glass windows, and their children are educated in English schools. It may be without the limits of a Eeport on Eeserves to touch upon circumstances of this nature, but when it has been so often written in England that the Maori suffers materially and socially by contact with the settler, it is but proper, I think, to show that even in the midst of a gold digging community—proverbially rough, and not disposed to regard a dark skin with much sentiment —the Maori has improved in social condition, and is well cared for. In order to construct and maintain roads through and about the Native Eeserves, the County Government ask for a contribution of 20 per cent, of the gross rentals of the first year and 8 per cent, in the form of an income tax on the succeeding years rents, together with the ordinary assessment of the tenants. The following resolution was passed by the County Council: —" That in the opinion of this Council it is desirable that representations be made to both houses of Legislature to pass an Act to cause Native property to contribute its just and equitable share towards the construction of roads, wharves, and protective works, &c., through or adjoining Native property; and that the Council considers that twenty per cent from the gross rent the first year, (when leased) and eight per cent every succeeding year, for maintenance, is a fair proportion for contribution." It is difficult to understand on what principle the Native lands should thus be taxed twice for the construction, of roads. That the leaseholds should be liable to assessment like any other occupied ground is reasonable, and in certain other cases where, by the construction of adjacent public works, such land had derived an enhanced value, it might be reasonable to expect it to contribute for a time, even if unoccupied, but beyond this lam unable to recognise a liability. The claim is founded on the argument that, inasmuch as that the Beserves never contributed anything towards the land fund, from which money for the construction of public works was obtained, therefore the land should bear an exceptional tax. The argument, however, does not seem to be perfect. A land fund is really the profit accruing from selling at a high rate lands bought from the Natives at a low rate. It is a legitimate means for obtaining an end, but it does not follow that lands never purchased should be affected by the practice. A land fund is available for the introduction and settlement of immigrants, the purchase of other lands, and the opening up of the country. It can scarcely be expected that purely Native lands should be made to contribute to these purposes ; and the Beserves on tho West Coast, although under the management of the Government, are as much the property of the Natives as the unpurchased country of Taupo or the Urewera. The County Government also ask for the contribution of £250 towards making a new line of road up the Arahura Valley and along the southern boundaries of sections 38, 89, and 40. This line of road appears to be necessary in order to avoid the low levels subject to

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inundation, and I would respectfully recommend that one half width of the road (50 links) and the sum of £150 should be contributed from the Trust. There being several good sections unlet in the Arahura, and believing that the publication of a map of the sub-division^of the block would facilitate its letting as well as being of benefit to the tenants, I caused a copy of it on a large scale to be lithographed. The natives have a pre-emptive right over the land on either side of the Arahura Eiver as far as Mount Tuhua, it having been a stipulation at the time of the sale of the district, that they should have tho option of purchasing the land where the pounamu is found. There is a sum of £400 available for investment, and it has appeared hitherto to have been the wish of the Natives that it should be expended in the purchase of land at this place. I suggested to To Weretatainui, the chief at Greymouth, that he should make the selection without further delay, but he stated that Governor Grey having promised him all necessary land without payment, he did not see why the land should be paid for in this case. As this is a mere subterfuge, and as the land is not so much for the immediate use of the Natives as for an investment, I would respectfully recommend that the purchase be made without further delay, on the southern bank of the river, and in continuation of the present Eeserve. I append a descriptive schedule and plans of all the Eeserves in Westland, and respectfully suggest that they should be lithographed for public use. I desire to acknowledge the assistance kindly rendered to me by Mr. Hoos, the County Chairman, and Mr. Malcolm Eraser, the Chief Surveyor, whilst engaged on work connected with the Eeserves at Hokitika. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, The Hon. Native Minister. Commissioner of Native Eeserves. * Gboss Rentals.—Greymouth, £3100 ; Arahura, £401; Hokitika, £218. Total, £3719.

SCHEDULE OF NATIVE RESERVES COUNTY OF WESTLAND OF WESTLAND.

Index No. Class. Class. Name op Reseeve. Aeea. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 A. 2 B.'l )) >> >) )> )> » ') Township. Jackson's Bay ... Arawata River, Jackson's Bay Wailnto River (south bank) Paringa River (north bank) Heretaniwha Mahitahi Mahitahi Mahitahi Makawiho Makawiho Makawiho Makawiho Point ... Manakaiau Karangarua W Tehenga Omoeroha Waikohai Waihopi Okarito Okarito Lagoon ... Waitangi Taona Waitangi Roto... Wataroha ... ,., Poherua Hokitika A. B. P. 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 630 0 0 58 0 0 32 0 0 143 0 0 169 0 0 4 3 8 20 0 0 5 3 0 10 0 0 27 0 0 19 0 0 22 0 0 13 0 . 13 0 0 310 0 0 26 3 8 353 0 0 28 0 0 400 0 0 }> J) )) )) A." 2 3> B.'l )) >» JJ A." 2 >) )> )) A."a B.'l >> Arahura Taramakau Taramakau Waimea, Taramakau Pakihi, Taramakau Mawhera Ngamoana Erua ... Kaiata Kotukuwhakaho ... 2000 0 0 28 0 0 85 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 8 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 B.'l A."2 A. 2 Total acres 5,920 1 16 NOTE.m the Wesi vith the coi -The Rese ; Coast of Lsent of tl ■.ryes in th< Canterbui le Natives 3 Class B. 1 above were set apart in 1860 for the use and occupation of the K •y. Those in A. 2 are of similar reservation, but all, with the exception of made inalienable by being ceded to the Governor under the " Native Reserve gaitahu tribe No. 34, were 3 Act, 1856."

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No. 14. Major Heaphy, V.C, to the Hon. the Native Minister. Sir, Wellington, 26th July, 1870. I have the honor to forward herewith a Eeport on the Native Eeserves of the Province of Nelson. I have, &c., Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Commissioner of Native Eeserves.

Enclosure in No. 14. Eeport on the Native Beserves of the Province of Nelson. By the term of the original deed of purchase of the land lying on the Southern shore of Cook's Strait it was stipulated that " Lands suitable and sufficient for the residence and proper maintenance of the chiefs, their tribes and families, should be reserved by the Governor, Directors, and Shareholders of the New Zealand Company." In conformity with this agreement a number of Sections in the Town of Nelson, and in the " accomodation" and country lands of the surrounding districts, were chosen as Native Eeserves on the general selection of land on the completion of the first surveys. (See Schedules attached.) These reserves were intended, not merely for the maintenance of the Natives, but as an estate that should conduce to their improvement socially and materially. Owing, however, to its being discovered on the investigation of the New Zealand Company's title, that several of the Motueka Natives had received little or no payment for their lands, a series of the Sections, in all 800 acres, at that place were awarded, in 1844, by Mr Commissioner Spain, to the local natives, thus making payment to them for their land in reserves which already belonged to their tribe. In 1848, an addition was made to the reserves—more especially in Golden Bay —by the addition of «uch land as the natives were actually cultivating on the outside of the reserves. These have since been conveyed to the local Natives under Crown Grants Act, No. 2. In 1856, Mr Commissioner McLean allotted four sections at Sandy Bay to the Natives of that place, and in 1862, on the recommendation of Mr. James Mackay, a further apportionment of Sections at Motueka was made to certain Natives who had been overlooked in the original payment, and in the subsequent distribution of reserves. The Native Eeserves at the Motueka and Sandy Bay thus amounted to a total of 1350 acres. But in 1853, Sir George Grey granted out of these the Sections named in the margin* to the Bishop of New Zealand as an Endowment for an Industrial School, and the aggregate area of the reserves in those districts so became reduced to 1000 acres. On partitioning off the Motueka Eeserves by survey, amongst the local Natives it was found that a surplus remained equal to 140 acres, an area which is now let, and yields yearly the sum of £180, which is divided amongst the owners of the adjacent sections. Of the aggregate of 1000 acres reserved at Motueka and Sandy Bay only about 500 acres are of good land. This gives on the average to each adult Native about six and a half acres of good land, and a similar amount of an inferior quality. In 1856, at the recommendation of the Chief Land Purchase Commissioner, Mr. M'Lean, a number of large and valuable reserves were made at West Whanganui, and on the principal rivers falling into the sea between that place and the Northern limit of the province. These have been brought under the operation of the Native Eeserves Act, 1856. The total area of the Native Eeserves of the Brovince is 58,365 acres, 2 roods, 7 perches ; the total Native population is 483 souls, giving ostensibly 120 five-sixths acres to each Native. The true proportion is, however, less for the local Natives, as Maoris from both sides of the Straits hold interests in the large—44,ooo acre—reserve at West Whanganui. The whole of these reserves are enumerated according to their classes in the appended Schedules. NATURE OF THE RESERVES. The fifty-four town acre reserves at Nelson appear to be of average value with the other town lands. The lands at Motueka and Golden Bay are above the average value of the respective districts, but the shapes of the reserves at the last named place are very irregular, entailing long and expensive lines of fencing. This evil operates, of course, against the settler as well as the native. The West Whanganui Eeserve is chiefly of poor hilly land, but it contains a few small sheltered glens fit for cultivation in the Native manner. It is chiefly valuable however in containing a coal field; which, lying along the shore of the harbor, promises to become of much importance. At Westport there are forty town sections of one rood each set aside as Native Eeserves, seven of which are lot, yielding an annual rental of £35. One other town section was let, but has since been abandoned by the tenant owing to the encroachment of the sea. Two Eeserves outside the town yield a rent of £20 a year. The reserves at the Karamea, the Heaphy, the Mokihinui, and the Buller, are chiefly intended for agricultural purposes. For a more detailed account of these Beserves, see memorandum by Mr. Alexander Mackay, appended. I deem it proper to record my opinion of the very satisfactory manner in which the Native Eeserves of the Middle Island have been managed by Mr. Alexander Mackay. The difficulties and delays mentioned in respect to the Southland Beserves were beyond his control while the prosperous condition of the West Coast and Nelson estate is due to his careful administration. * Motueka.-SectionsNoa. 219, 220, 241, 242, 159, with parts of 157,160, 162, 163 and 164. 10

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MTilO. BY MR. A. MACKAY. ''Class A (2). —For the benefit of Natives generally. —Schedules, 1 to 5; Class A. 2 include Eeserves under this head ; being lands in the Town of Nelson, and the original Districts of Motueka and Moutere, set apart by the Sew Zealand Company (in accordance with the original scheme), to provide a fund for Charitable and Educational purposes on behalf of the Natives, and now under the operation of' The Native Eeserves Act, 1856.' Land in the district of Golden Bay set apart originally for the use of the Natives, and now subject to the operation of the Act of 1856 ; and land on the West Coast of the Province of Nelson set apart in 1860 under the provisions of ' The Native Beserves Act, 1856,' in accordance with instructions from the General Government, on the land being alienated to the Crown. "In the Town of Nelson there are 54 sections, comprising 53a. lr. 30p., of which 45 sections are occupied by tenants ; of the remaining nine (9) one is reserved for the use of the Natives, one has been sold to the Provincial Government, for £400, and forms part of the site on which the Government Buildings now stand; two (2) have been exchanged with Messrs. Curtis Brothers for Section 946 in the Town of Nelson ; and five (5) are unlet; of these three (3) are situated on the mud flat, and are subject to be covered by the tide which renders them untenantable; the fourth is situated on the Fifeshire Island at the mouth of the harbor, and the fifth is on the side of the hills overlooking the Waimea Boad. The latter is the only one likely to become occupied, but the others from their character and position will probably never be of benefit to the trust. The gross rental producible from the property in the City of Nelson at the present time is about £600 per annum, this amount will be slightly augmented in course of time as the rent of many of the leases (most of which are for terms of twentyone years) increase after the first seven years of the term. " In the Motueka and Moutere Districts there are one hundred New Zealand Company's sections of fifty acres each, or five thousand acres in all. One thousand (1000) of which are in the occupation of the Natives, and as they have been in possession of many of these sections since the commencement of the settlement, it may be presumed that the land so occupied, must have been chosen with the idea of providing land for their future use and cultivation, though looking at this arrangement from a pecuniary point of view it is greatly to be regretted that the interests of the Trust was not better considered by taking the precaution to provide land for the Natives elsewhere, instead of allowing them to settle on some of the richest land belonging to the estate, whereby the Fund is deprived of a considerable addition to its revenue annually. " Nine hundred and eighteen acres (918 a) have been granted to the Bishop of New Zealand as an endowment for an Industrial School for Native children, and the remainder, less 300 acres unlet, and 150 acres exchanged with Mr Charles Thorpe, of Motueka, for Section 9, Takaka, is occupied by tenants. " The property at Motueka and Moutere produces a good rental of £370 per annum ; many of the rents increase, as in Nelson, at the expiration of the first seven years of the lease. The gross rental producible from the entire estate at present may be set down at £970 per annum, although in course of time when the rents commence to increase, it may be estimated at over £1000 annually. " The total amount collected since the Ist January, 1857 (the date at which the Native Trust Estate came fairly under the control of the Commissioners of Native Beserves under the Act of 1856), to the 31st December, 1869, amounts to £10,876 14s. Sd. ; and the expenditure on behalf of the Natives during that period, amounts to £9,674 13s. 4d., leaving a balance of £1,202 Is. 4d. Six hundred pounds (£600) of which is invested on mortgage in the Brovince of Nelson, and £602 Is. 2d. is the balance now standing to the credit of the Fund in Public Account. " Concerning the disposition of the amount expended for the Natives, as the proportion of the Estate appropriated to the Bishop of New Zealand is considered amply sufficient to supply all the proportion of the fund that should be devoted to educational purposes ; the revenue accruing from the portion of the estate in the occupation of tenants is spent in various ways for improving the general condition of the Natives by assisting them in their industrial pursuits, such as providing them with bullocks, carts, ploughs, harrows, harness, &c, aud agricultural implements ; also in aiding them from time to time to erect a better class of houses in place of the dirty hovels in which they usually reside ; by providing them with bricks for chimneys, windows and doors, and the necessary ironmongery. Small sums are also lent, without interest, to the most deserving from time to time, to aid them in procuring anything conducive to their welfare, on the understanding that the several amounts are to be repaid as speedily as circumstances will permit. Medical attendance is also provided for them out of the fund, and rations allowed to the sick and indigent. There is also a charge of £140 annually on the fund for salaries, and 10 per cent, for the collection of rents in Motueka and Motuere. '' The charge for salaries comprises the Secretary's salary, £50, the proportion of the Commissioner's salary payable by the fund £50, and the Interpreter's salary, £40. " The Beserves in Golden Bay, under the operation of the " Native Eeserves Act, 1856," are not producing a rental as yet. With respect to Section 9, Takaka, received from Mr. Thorpe in exchange for Native Eeserve section at Motueka, it is proposed to subdivide it amongst the resident Natives, in accordance with the original intention for which the exchange was effected. " The Eeserves under class A. 2, on the West Coast of the Province of Nelson, consisting of several blocks of land, in all about 3,500 acres, were selected by Mr. James Mackay for charitable and educational purposes, in pursuance with instructions received from the General Government, and were conveyed by the Natives in 1800 to her Majesty, subject to the provisions of the " Native Eeserves Act, 1656," on the extinguishment of the Native title over the surrounding land. Besides these blocks, there are two smaller Beserves brought under the operation of the Act, by the Natives for whom these lands were originally set apart, a demand having arisen for the land in consequence of its proximity to the town of Westport. " The Beserves set apart in 1860 have as yet proved unproductive, but a demand for land is now arising in the Upper Grey, and several applications have been received for the occupation of the

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Eeserve at the Ahaura, and no doubt as the West Coast gets more permanently settled the whole of the Eeserves will become occupied." GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. It is not possible that on so short an acquaintance with the condition of the Eeserves in New Zealan" as my official connection with the trust has enabled me to have, I should be able immediately to point out aa improved method of management, or any alteration that would have the effect of rendering the estates at once more productive. It has been my object, rather, to compile a list of the reserves, descriptive of their condition and the nature of the varying responsibility that attaches to them, and to shew their extent in relation to the Native population. Several of the reserves had been lost sight of, and many had remained unutilised. It may not be premature here to draw attention to the advantage that would accrue from a consolidation of the more scattered reserves being effected, when practicable, whether by the simple consent of the natives, or, if necessary, by legislative enactment, and, further, to the propriety of aiding by a judicious expenditure of any money that could be made available out of the Trust Funds, the practical development of the Whanganui Coal Field —a work that would subserve equally the Native and public interests of Nelson. Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Commissioner Native Eeserves.

SCHEDULE A. CLASS A. 2. —Trusts under provisions of Crown Grants or Legislative Enactments. Lands in the Town of Nelson set apart by the New Zealand Company for Charitable and Educational purposes, and subject to the Native Reserves Act, 1856.

No. District. Area. Remaeks. 5 50 62 63 64 65 66 93 144 148 152 159 162 177 198 203 205 227 229 231 233 241 244 248 261 263 265 266 267 209 283 284 294 305 307 344 Town of Nelson Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. ' Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. A. B. P. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Part occupied by Native Hostelry Native Hostelry Purchased by Provincial Government for £400. Unlet Do. Do. Exchanged with Messrs Curtis, Bros, for section No. 946, Nelson. Included in exchange with Messrs Curtis, Brothers. Part sold to Messrs Greenfield and Adams ; proceeds invested i» purchase of section No. 58, Picton (Suburban.) 367 406 416 417 443 521 522 537 582 583 598 710 733 905 911 1092 1096 1099 946 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 / ] Do. 1 1 30 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. De. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Unlet Do. Acquired by Exchange from Messrs Curtis, Brothers for Native Reserve Acres Nos. 266 and 269.

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SCHEDULE B. CLASS B. 1. —Not under Trust or Enactment. General Reserves for Natives which have been made in the Cession of Territory to the Crown.

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No. District. Area. Remarks. West Wanganui A. B. P. 44,000 0 0 Excepted from sale, in 1855, for the Ngatirarua and Ngatitama tribes, residing in the Province of Nelson. Reserved by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856, for the use and occupation of the resident Natives. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848, and since granted to Tainiti Perimona and others, in 1865, under Crown Grant Act, No. 2. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848, for the use and occupation of resident Natives. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. 100 acres of this Section were awarded to Pirika Tanganui by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856, the remainder was purchased by him from Government. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848, and awarded to Tamiti Perimona and others. Granted as above, in 1865, under Crown Grant Act, No. 2. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1843. Since granted to Tamati Perimona solely. Given in exchange for Section 34, Aoreie, and sinee granted to Hori te Koramu, in 1865, under Crown Grant Act, No. 2. Reserved by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856, and granted to Wiremu Katene and Henera te Banga in two parts of forty acres saparately. Reserved by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856, and since granted to Henere te Ranga, under Crown Grants Act, No. 2. Do. do. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Do. do. Excepted in Crown Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848, for the use and occupation of the resident Natives. Do. do. Do. do. Awarded to Henare te Keha, in 1856, by Mr. M'Lean. Sinee granted under Crown Grant Act, No. 2. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Do. do. Since granted in part to Natives, under Crown Grant Act, No. 2. Excepted in Crown Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Since granted under Crown Grants Act, No. 2, to resident Natives Do. do. Excepted in Crown Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Do. do. Do. do. Awarded to Natives by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856. Since granted to Meihima te Alio and others, as arranged. Reserved by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856. Awarded to Matini te Aupouri by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856, and since granted to his sons Ramera and Pirimona Matenga, separately. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Awarded to Paramena te Haereiti by Mr. M'Lean, in 1856. Since granted. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Reserved in 1856. Excepted in Crown Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Reserved, in 1856, by Mr. M'Lean. Do. 150 0 0 20 73 74 75 76 77 78 84 85 A Pakawau Collingwood Do. Do. Do. Bo. Do. Do. Do. Do. 81 0 0 36 0 0 36 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 29 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 6 11 E Do. 6 3 0 E G H I J 5 Po. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 5 1 21 8 3 27 11 1 6 10 3 32 90 0 30 150 0 0 13 Do. 150 0 0 14 Do. 150 0 0 16 Do. 150 0 0 108 Do. 80 0 0 192 Do. 150 0 0 193 T W W X Y Z 79 Do. 100 0 0 15 2 14 0 1 30 3 0 21 5 2 31 0 3 24 59 3 34 150 0 0 Takarua, near Collingwood Do. Parawhakaoho, near Collingwood Do. Do. Do. Takaka A B Do. Do. 35 0 0 91 2 3 C D E E G H I J K 22 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Motupipi Do. Do. Do. Takaka 18 2 27 8 3 35 11 3 5 1 3 38 198 0 0 3 3 38 32 0 19 49 2 18 48 1 5 150 0 0 W 19 19a Separation Point Ligar Bay, near Motupipi Do. 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 O 10 Near Ligar Bay Wainui 3 2 15 100 0 0 11 9 V Z Do. Do. Taupo, near Wainui Anatakapau, near Separation Point Wharawharangi, Do. Totaranui, Do. Torrent Bay Near Sandy Bay Do. Coast near Sandy Bay Do. 200 0 0 26 2 0 5 0 5 25 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 0 1 27 0 0 22 0 2 10 0 2 24 0 0 35 Reserved, in 1856, for Ihaka te Meri and others.. Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, iu 1848. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. E L M N H

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SCHEDULE B.— Continued. CLASS B. I.—Not under Trust or Enactment. General Reserves for Natives which have been made in the Cession of Territory to the Crown.

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No. District. Aeea. Remarks. L O 27 Coast near Sandy Bay Do. Sandy Bay Whangamoa A. B, P. 2 11 5 0 4 50 0 0 100 0 0 Excepted in Grant to New Zealand Company, in 1848. Do. do. Reserved, in 1856, for Tame Parano and others Reserved, in 1856, by Mr. M'Lean for the use and occupation of the Ngatikoata Tribe. Okiwi Whangarae Onetea Kaiau Beach North of Cobden 4^0 0 0 600 0 0 20 0 0 476 0 0 26 0 0 Do. do. Do. do. 35 Reserved, in 1860, for the use and occupation of tho Native residents. 30 37 38 39 40 42 Buller Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 100 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 o 100 0 0 50 0 0 4 0 0 Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. And granted to Tamiti Perimona and Hori te Koramo, under Crown Grants Act, No. 2. 44 45 46 47 Orowiti, Buller Buller Oweka, Buller Karamea 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Schedule C. !las A. 2.—Trusts under provis istricts of Moutere and M id Charitable purposes, and ons of Crown Grants or Legislative Enactments. Lands in the otueka, set apart hy the New Zealand Company for Educational subject to the Native Beserves Act, 1856. No. Disteict. Aeea. Remarks. 45 69 71 73 75 84 85 137 138 144 145 147 148 151 201 202 205 206 213 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 21 22 33 34 47 48 72 79 80 82 92 93 122 123 124 126 Moutere Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Motueka Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do, Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. A. b. p. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 94 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Unlet. Reserved for the use of the Natives. Unlet. Do. Granted to Bishop of New Zealand. Granted to Bishop of New Zealand. Unlet. Do. In use by the Natives. 11

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SCHEDUEL C.- Continued. CLASS A. 2.—Trusts under provisions of Crown Grants or Legislative Enactments, Lands in the Districts of MOUTERE and MOTUEKA, set apart by the New Zealand Company for Educational and Charitable purposes, and subject to the Native Reserves Act, 1856.

SCHEDULE D. CLASS A. 2.—Lands in the Districts of COLLINGWOOD and TAKAKA, Province of Nelson, under the operation of the Native Reserves Act, 1856.

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No. DlSTEICT. Aeea. Remaeks. 127 129 132 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 157 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 163 169 180 181 182 183 184 186 187 188 192 199 206 207 208 210 211 212 218 219 220 221 222 223 234 236 240 241 242 243 253 260 263 564 111 113 117 Motueka Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Sandy Bay Do. Do. A. B. P. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 o 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 o 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 In use by the Natives. Do. Do. Granted to Bishop of New Zealand. Do. Exchanged with Charles Thorpe for 150 acres of land at Takaka. ' Do. do. Section 9. Do. do. Exchanged with Charles Thorpe for section 180, and part of section 165, Motueka (90 acres in all) 10 occupied by tenants. Part in occupation by Natives. Part Native, part Bishop of New Zealand, and part let. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Part Native, part Bishop of New Zealand. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. Part Native, and part Bishop of New Zealand. Natives. Natives. Natives. Part Bishop of New Zealand, and part let to tenants. Part Native, and part let to tenants. Natives. Part Native, and part let to tenants. Do. do. Natives. Granted to Bishop of New Zealand, in trust Do. do. Do. do. Do. do. In use by the Natives. Do. Do.

No. District. Area. Remarks. 9 Takaka ... A. E. P. 150 0 0 Acquired by exchange from Mr. Thorpe for Native Reserves, Sections 139, 140, and 141, Motueka. Excepted originally in Grant to the New Zealand Company in 1848, and subsequently brought under the operation of the Native Reserves Act, 1856, with the consent of the Native K Collingwood 7 2 34 L L Collingwood Pohara, near Motupipi 12 0 17 9 0 4 owners.

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OF NATIVE RESERVES.

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SCHEDULE E. CLASS A. 2.—Trusts under Provisions of Crown Grants or Legislative Enactments. Lands in the West Coast of the Province of Nelson set apart for Charitable and other purposes under the provisions of the Native Reserves Act, 1856.

No. 15. Major Heaphy, V.C, Commissioner of Native Eeserves, to the Hon. the Native Minister. Sir,— Wellington, 6th August, 1870. I have the honor to forward a report on the Native Eeserves in the Province of Marlborough. I have, &c, The Hon. the Native Minister, Charles Heaphy. Wellington. Commissioner of Native Eeserves.

Enclosure in No. 15. Eeport on Native Eeseryes in the Province of Marlborough. The Eeserves in the Province of Marlborough consist of a number of blocks on the wooded sides of Queen Charlotte's Sound, Port Gore, and the Pelorus Eiver, some valuable estates in the Kaituna Valley, on the northern side of the Wairau Eiver, and in White's Bay, near Port Underwood, together with the Kaikoura Block of 4,800 acres, and several smaller pieces of land lying inland and to the southward of the peninsula of that name. The appended schedule shows the classification and detail of area of the Eeserves. They consist of 44 blocks (of which three have been granted) and contain an area of 21,404 acres. The Native population of Marlborough, comprising portions of the Ngatiawa, Eangitane, Ngatekuia, and Ngaitahu tribes, amounts to 369 souls. The above-mentioned area is equal to 58 acres for each Native. The schedule shows that the Government has taken upon itself the responsibility attaching to the administration of five of the Beserves, and is indirectly responsible for the inviolability of the remainder. The Beserves are fully equal in value to the bulk of tho land, respectively in each district. They are unlet, in so far as the Government has any cognizance, and generally in the occupation of the Natives as plantation places, villages, fishing stations, and woodcutting bushes. There are no town sections reserved for Native use, nor any educational or charitable endowments in Native reserved land. Although well acquainted with the localities of the Eeserves, I do not feel competent at once to indicate a manner in which they could be more advantageously dealt with. A longer and more intimate knowledge of the condition and wants of the respective Natives interested in them is necessary before it can be determined how they can be made most productive. The interests of the Natives, however, require that many of the Eeserves should be individualized in title by the action of the Native Land Court. Before this can be accomplished the Beserves in the Sound, Port Gore, and at the Pelorus must be surveyed. I have estimated the cost of this work, and find that at the usual contract rates a sum of £550 will be required. The Natives are not likely to have the means of meeting this expense, but it might be practicable for certain of the lands to be let, and the results applied to replace such a sum as that mentioned, if advanced by the Government. The very ample reservation of land for the Natives in these districts, where in Marlborough the average is 58 acres, and in Nelson 120 acres for each Native, has not failed to have a good effect on the minds of the Northern Natives, '' If", the latter argue, " the Pakeha means eventually to dispossess us of our lands, why does he take care of a handful of slaves who are powerless against him, on the other side of Cook's Strait ?" Charles Heaphy, Commissioner of Native Eeserves.

No. DlSTEICT. Aeea. Remarks. Karmea A. B. P. 510 0 0 Reserved in 1860 for Charitable and Educational purposes, and brought under the operation of the Native Reserves Act, 1856. Comprises sections No. 1, 2, 3, and 54, Karamea. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Wharatea River, North of Buller Buller ... Mokihinui Heaphy River North Bank of River Grey, opposite junction of Arnold Upper Grey, at the junction of the Ahaura Karamea Township ... Westport Do. Cobden Do. Orowaiti, Buller South Bank of Buller 500 0 0 500 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 1000 0 0 700 0 0 Do. Do. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Reserved in 1860 for Hakarina Te Piki, and subsequently, with, the owner's consent, brought under the operation of the Native Reserves Act, 1856. 48 46

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SCHEDULE OF NATIVE RESERVES, PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

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Index No. Section No. Class. Class. Naaie or Eeseeye. Aeea. EEilAEKS. 1 2 3 36 14 5 B. 1 JJ Otipua, Pelorus Takapawharaunga „ Parapara „ A. B. P. 138 0 0 130 0 0 27 0 0 Reserved in 1856 for the use and occupation of the Ngatikuia and Rangitane tribes residing in the Pelorus, Under Native Eeserves Act 1856 JJ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 26 19 32 1 2 20 A. 2 9} JJ J) B. 1 Orakauhamu Te Rakauhapara Te Hora No. 1 Kaituna „ No. 2 „ Makihipawa „ Iwituaroa, Q. C. Sound Ngakuta ,, Whenuanui „ Waikawa ,, Toreamona „ Ruakaka ,, Hitaui „ Te Pangu „ Te Iro Ngaruru ,, Wekenui ,, Mokopeke ,, Onamaru „ Ana Mahanga, Port Gore Otaka ,, Kumutoto, Q. C. Sound Tahuahua ,, North Bank of Wairau White's Bay Tuamarina 50 0 0 46 0 0 230 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 67 0 0 640 0 0 300 0 0 25 0 0 2,500 0 0 530 0 0 1,640 0 0 1,200 0 0 230 0 0 70 0 0 220 0 0 130 0 0 80 0 0 2,500 0 0 270 0 0 50 0 0 950 0 0 230 0 0 770 0 0 2,169 0 0 50 0 0 46 0 28 50 0 0 4,800 0 0 100 0 0 12 2 0 22 2 0 3 1 20 56 0 0 10 0 19 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 74 0 0 10 0 0 450 0 0 j> )> j) ») )> jj a jj a jj jj jj jj n jj Granted. Reserved in 1856 for the use and occupation of the Ngatiawa tribe resident in Queen Charlotte Sound. JJ JJ J) ii jj a jj a jj jj jj jj It JJ jj jj jj jj jj JJ JJ JJ JJ JS a jj jj jj jj jj p» jj a jj jj jj jj jj a jj „ „ in Port Gore. jj jj jj jj „ „ in Q. C. Sound. jj >j j? jj „ „ in Cloudy Bay. 99 8 A. 2 B. 1 North Bank of Wairau Kaikora jj jj jj jj Granted. Purchased in lieu of 344Nelson town Granted. Reserved in 1859 for the use and occupation of the Ngatiawa tribe residing at Kaikora. JJ JJ Waikawau, R. Kaikora JJ JJ ,, ,, Kaikoura Peninsula Kahutara, R. Kaikora jj jj j» jj jj jj jj jj JJ Jt 35 JJ JJ JJ i> „ jj jj jj jj JJ Waiarakiki ,, Omihi „ Oaro „ jj jj jj jj JJ jj jj jj j> )) jj jj j» jj )) jj jj jj » JJ ,, ,, Mikonui „ jj jj j» jj JJ JJ JJ jj 21,404 2 8 Note.—Lots 8, 2! Me above list as the ;he amount of land 9, and 31 1 lir index m against th having bei umbers af le Native ;n granted absolutely, eease to be ipear on the printed plans, and tin population of the Province. Native Reservi iir area is neci js ; they are, however, included in issary to be calculated in estimating

D.-No, 16,

CENSUS of NATIVE POPULATION in the MIDDLE and STEWART'S ISLAND, by ALEXANDER MACKAY, 1868.

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Abo■e 14. Undi >r 14. Total Adults in each place. Total Children in each place. Total Population in each place. Name oe Place. Total in each Province. M. p. r.r. P. Peovince oe Maelboeough— Kaikoras Wairau Queen Charlotte Sound Pelorus Peovince oe Nelson — Croixelles and D'Urville's Island Wakapuaka Motueka Motupipi ... Takaka Pariwhakaoho Tukurua Aorere Buller County oe Westland — Greymouth... Hokitika Bruce Bay ... Pbovince of Cantebbubt — Kaiapoi Rapaki Koukourarata, Port Levy Opukutahi, Akaroa ... Onuku Wairewa, Little River Te Taumutu, Ellesmere Arowhenua... Waimatemate Peovince oe Otago— Moeraki Waikouaite... Purakaunui... Otakou Heads Taieri Ditto Molyneux, Te Karoro Peovince oe Southland — Tuturau Aparima Kawaka Puta Puta and Oraka... Onue Omanui... Ruapuke ., Stewart's Island Bluff 39 47 50 40 38 22 45 29 8 18 9 9 29 17 10 6 78 38 23 7 9 35 11 41 22 23 22 41 26 37 22 31 19 4 10 7 12 9 6 5 10 45 23 17 6 3 21 7 26 29' 5 8 21 9 9 9 11 7 4 7 6 2 4 1 2 2 23 11 4 10 3 23 2 9 9 9 13 5 5 2 8 6 2 "7 30 4 8 2 1 2 16 3 11 7 62 69 91 66 75 44 76 48 12 28 16 21 38 23 15 16 123 61 40 13 12 56 18 67 51 15 11 44 11 18 18 20 20 9 12 8 10 10 3 2 9 53 15 12 2 2 31 7 19 25 77 80 135 77 93 62 96 68 21 40 24 31 48 26 17 25 176 76 52 15 14 87 25 86 76 369 483 68 15 4 8 18 * 607 29 44 9 32 11 32 28 4 32 9 13 23 5 21 13 12 5chil sex not 2 13 11 5 7 22 20 13 13 11 1 13 7 6 dren known 1 7 9 6 5 20 11 10 71 72 13 64 20 26 34 6 34 38 97 106 19 98 58 10 "7 i'7 "5 22 400 4 28 25 8 5 24 24 8 4 16 23 3 6 36 33 17 8 44 48 11 11 60 57 25 3 20 20 11 12 42 31 23 11 64 68 22 23 102 88 48 426 Totals 951 711 370 316 1662 691 2353 2353 Total Population of Middle and Stewart's Island. Adult Males... Male Children ,., 951 ... 375 1326 Adult Females Female Children ... 711 ... 316 ■ 1027 Total ... 2353 This includes half-castes. 12

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TABLE A.—Showing approximately Native Population against Land in the Middle and Stewart's Islands.

* According to Mr. J. Greenwood, Greymouth 1870. t According to Resident Magistrate's Census, Invereargill, 1870. Remaining figures relating to Native Population are from Mr. A. Mackay's enumeration, 1868. Average area of Reserved Land to each Native in Middle and Stewart's Island, 53| acres. But at Wakapuaka there are 15,170 acres, and in D'Urville's Island 36,000 acres of land which the Natives have never sold, and which if considered along with the reserves, bring up the proportion to each Native in the Province of Nelson to 226J acres, and to each in the Middle and Stewart's Island to 101! acres. CnARLEs Heaphy. ERRATA. D. —No. 16. —Page 17, line 48, for 406 read 607. Page 17, lino 51, for decreasing read increasing. Page 17, line 52, for 24J read 16i. Page 33, line 39, for 3536 read 3526.

Peovince. Population. Aeea oe Reseeve. Land pee Head. S'elson Vlarlborough Canterbury iVestland 483 369 607 73* 400 342f A. 58,365 21,404 10,076 5,920 14,899 11,069 A. 120.83 58.59 16.59 81.17 37.25 32.37 Dtago Southland 2,274 121,733