REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE RESERVES, FROM 1ST JULY, 1876, TO 30TH JUNE, 1877.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1877 Session I, G-03

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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF NATIVE RESERVES, FROM 1ST JULY, 1876, TO 30TH JUNE, 1877.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency, AUCKLAND. The lot No. 176, at Eemuera, containing 8 acres, has been let on lease to Mr. Garrett Barry, for twenty-one years, from Ist January, 1877, at £10 a year, and £5 paid in advance. This land is the property of Eaiha Puaha, of Porirua, having been purchased as an investment for her late father, Eawiri Puaha. Lot No. 8, of section 16, Eemuera, containing 5 acres, has been let by the year to Mr. Thomas Morrin, at a rent of £5. This land was purchased as an investment for the late chief Te Wharepu, of Waikato, and is the property of Ponui te Wharepu. WAIUKU. Preparatory to the issue of new grants for 37 reserves, under the provisions of " The Waiuku Native Grants Act, 1876," several surveys have been made by the Commissioner, of subdivisional boundaries, roads, and burial-places. The old grants were, pursuant to the Act, cancelled by Order in Council on the Ist June, 1877, and new grants in the terms of the Act are in course of preparation. Several surveys of small reserves, in fulfilment of old promises, have also been made by the Commissioner, preparatory to the confiscated block being handed over to the local administration. In conformity with the provisions of " The Waiuku Church of England Site Crown Grant Act, 1876," a Crown grant has been prepared for trustees for 1 acre 2 roods 20 perches of the Native Eeserve at the dragging-place, in the village of Waiuku. WELLINGTON. Otari. At the desire of the Public Petitions Committee of the House of Eepresentatives on the petition of J. and E. Kilmister, and at the direction of the Hon. the Native Minister, I purchased from Eaniera Pokowaenga aud others, of the Ngatitama, at Taranaki, 50 acres of the Otari Eeserve, situate between Kaiwhara and Makara, for the sum of £150. The Messrs. Kilmister had by mistake built a house on and improved about 50 acres of the reserve, believing it to be their own land. The sum, which was a reasonable one, was supplied by Mr. J. Kilmister, to whom a conveyance of the fee-simple of the land has been made by the Natives. The reserve is one entirely in the management of the Natives. The Civil Commissioner (Major Brown) gave valuable assistance in arranging the payment. Hutt. I have purchased for the sum of £6 18s. the railroad site, comprising 1 acre 1 rood 27 perches of land in section 121, Upper Hutt, a private estate of Hemi Parae and others. Petoni. A block of 6 acres 2 roods 20 perches, in sections 1, 2, and 3, at Petoni, was necessary to the purposes of the Wellington and Masterton railroad, for workshop sites, &c. The negotiation was very protracted ; eventually the sum of £662 10s. was accepted, and a conveyance executed by Henare Epuni and others to the Queen for the land. The above purchases are all on lands over which the Natives have entire control. The Natives have sold the following reserves, also in their own management, to private parties:— Ohariu. No. 16, subdivision of block 113, containing 60 acres, for £30, to E. C. Cook, on the 22nd May, 1876 ; and No. 10, of 60 acres, to Messrs. Cook, for £55, on the 7th September, 1870. The land, which is poor and precipitous, is near Opau Bay. I—G. 3.

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Tinakori. No. 8, Orangi Kaupapa, containing 3 acres 7 perches, to E. H. Hunt, for £100. No. 9, Orangi Kaupapa, same area, to E. H. Hunt, for £100. Hutt. No. 5, Te Mome, containing 11 acres 2 roods 8 perches, to Mr. J. Barber, for £250. Section 120 (part of), from Hemi Parae to J. C. Mabey, for £276 15s. 6d. Wellington. Te Aro Pa, Lot No. 10, containing 22J perches, to F. P. and A. Simeon, for £25 a year during life. Lot 3, containing 19 perches, to J. O'Shea, for £300. Lot 23, containing 6 perches, to J. Ashdown (a half-caste relative of grantee), as a free gift. Leases have been arranged for the Natives of the following lands, viz., — Jbhnsonville. Section No. 9, containing 152 acres, to Mr. Jas. Futter, for twenty-one years, at £106 a year. Ohariu. Native reserve, comprising parts of sections 7 and 8, containing 145 acres 1 rood, for twenty-one years, to Mr. Thomas Bould, at a rent of £108 18s. 9d. a year for seven years, and £123 9s. 3d. a year for remainder of term. The Natives have, themselves, let the following reserves, viz., — Pipitea Pa. Lot No. 6, containing 20 perches, to Mr. W. Ebden, at £10 a year for seventeen years. Te Aro Pa. Lot No. 3, 19 perches, to Mr. C. L. Hart, for twenty-one years, at £30 a year. Lot No. 5, 6 perches, to Mr. C. L. Hart, for twenty-one years, at £5 a year. Lot Nos. 6 and 9, containing 3 perches and 29 perches, for twenty-one years, at £15 a year, to Mr. C. L. Hart. Lot No. 11, containing 3 perches, for twenty-one years, for £15 a year for the first seven years, and £25 a year for the remainder of term, to Messrs. Eoss and Thompson. Lot No. 27 (part of), for twenty-one years, at £30 a year for the first fourteen years, and £40 a year for remainder of term, to Mr. C. O. Clayton. Tinakori. Lot No. 10, Orangi Kaupapa, containing 3 acres 7 perches, for fourteen years, to Mr. D. Williams, at £13 a year. Hutt, Section 36 (part of), 4 acres 20 perches, for five years, at £20 12s. a year, to Mr. T. Baxter. Section 1 (part of), 3 acres, for twenty-one years, at £20 a year, to Mr. A. P. Stuart. Section 58 (part of), 3 acres 34 perches, for twenty-one years, at £6 a year, to Mr. W. E. Welch. Section 58 (part of), 5 acres 2 roods 10 perches, for ten years, at £5 a year, to Mr. W. E. Welch. Lot No. 16 (part of), Petoni, containing 2 acres 3 roods 14 perches, for twenty-one years, at £20 a year, to Mr. D. Everest. Otari. Part of the Native reserve, containing 30 acres 1 rood 2 perches, to Mr. F. Eumsey, at £15 and £20 a year, on a term of twenty years. Ohariu. About ten years since Paiura Eangikatata was promised a Crown grant for 25 acres, in section 12, Ohariu Valley, on condition of his building a cottage and residing there. The conditions having been performed, the grant has been issued to him. Tauranga. The Native reserve Nos. 14 and 114, in the Parish of Te Papa, containing 159 acres 2 roods 20 perches, has been let, after advertisement, for twenty-one years, to Mr. E. C. Jordan, at £25 a year. This section is much cut up by roads crossing it, which deteriorates from its value as a farm, and has, until lately, prevented its lettiug. All the reserves under my management having now been let, mostly on twenty-one years' leases, and the work of the department brought into system and simplified, I have been able to recommend that my salary as Commissioner of Native Eeserves should be reduced. This has been done —from £500 to £100 a year —taking effect from the Ist of April last. I append a debtor and creditor account of my receipts and expenditure for the year. I have, &c, The Under Secretary, Native Department, Chaeles Heaphy, Wellington, 7th July, 1877. Commissioner, Native Eeserves.

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Accounts. RENTS received from 1st June, 1876, to 30th June, 1877, at the Commissioner of Native Reserves' Office, Wellington.

Date. Name. Estate. When Due. Period. Amount. 1876. 1876. April 1 June 30 „ 30 Months. £ s. d. 8 6 3 6 10 0 7 10 0 June 5 „ 17 „ 29 F. G. and G. W. Gane... F. W. Smith J. Collins Section 503, Patea Paikakariki Part 37 and 39, Polhill's Gully Part 39 and 41, Polhill's Gully Eamaroa Porirua 23, Polhill's Gully 43, Polhill's Gully 91, Ohariu Part 543, Pipitea Street Porirua Porirua Porirua Makara 45, Polhill's Gully Wellington (stables) ... 972 to 989, Te Aro 7 and 8, Ohariu 132, Mungaroa 12 and 13, Ohariu 2J per cent, on £5 Part 513, Pipitea Street Polhill's Gully 2\ per cent, on £6 6 6 6 „ 29 J. Collins „ 6 6 5 0 0 „ 29 „ 30 July 10 „ 12 m 17 „ 17 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 Aug. 9 „ 10 „ 10 „ 10 „ 14 „ 17 „ 19 Sept. 9 ,, 11 „ 11 „ 18 A. Mackay J. McGrath E. Lyon J. Fitch ett J. Marshall J. E. Smith E. J. King E. J. King E. J. King Eev. J. Petit Jean J. Dransfield W. O'Malley Dr. Johnston Thos. Bould J. Cruickshank W. France Waari Kairangi W. Freeman W. Cornor Meihana Taipu m 6 Dec. 31 June 30 „ 30 „ 30 „ 30 July 13 „ 13 June 30 „ 30 1 Oct. 21 June 30 „ 30 „ 30 „ 30 6 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 16 6 6 6 3 7 10 0 40 0 0 7 10 0 5 10 0 7 10 0 3 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 6 10 0 17 1 6 16 0 0 43 11 6 5 0 0 3 13 6 0 2 6 9 0 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 June 30 Aug. 26 6 12 Oct. 3 „ 5 ,t 5 ,, 16 ,, 16 „ 16 „ 16 Lieut.-Colonel Moule ... J. Sheehan J. Fitchett E. J. King Napier and Mitchell W. H. Watt C. and E. Symes J. F. andG. W. Gane... Wellington (barracks) 88, Whenuakura Polhill's Gully Porirua 547, Patea 488 and 489, Patea 28, Whenuakura 503, Patea 1874. Mar. 31 1876. Oct. 31 Sept. 25 Aug. 23 1877. Mar. 31 1876. Sept. 30 1877. Mar. 31 „ 31 1876. Oct. 18 Nov. 1 „ 1 Sept. 30 „ 30 Dec. 31 „ 1 Sept. 30 Dec. 31 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 0 22 15 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 3 9 8 9 0 10 13 9 8 6 3 „ 18 „ 18 Nov. 7 „ 11 „ 15 „ 22 Dec. 1 „ 1 „ 8 „ 27 1877. John Smith Peter Trotter Mrs. Salmon W. France — Dasent F. W. Smith J. Bryant Dr. Johnston E. Lyon WiTako 19 and 21, Ohiro 22 and 24, Makara 11, Pipitea Pa 12 and 13, Ohariu 94, Whenuakura Paikakariki Kumuore 995 to 1005, Te Aro ... 23, Polhill's Gully 2. per cent. on£121 Is 6d 6 12 6 3 12 6 12 6 6 20 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 3 13 6 19 5 0 6 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 3 0 6 Jan. 3 „ 3 _ 5 h 8 m 9 John Collins John Collins J. Whitehouse J. E. Smith A. Mackay 39 and 37, Polhill's Gully 39 and 41, Polhill's Gully Komanga Part 543, Pipitea Pa ... Eamaroa Dec. 31 „ 31 „ 31 „ 31 „ 31 1877. June 30 Jau. 13 „ 13 1876. Dec. 31 „ 31 „ 31 „ 31 6 6 12 6 6 7 10 0 5 0 0 40 0 0 3 0 0 7 10 0 „ 10 „ 16 „ 16 J. Luxford E.J.King E. J. King 1081 and 1082, Te Aro Porirua Porirua 9 6 6 1 11 6 30 0 0 5 0 0 „ 16 „ 26 Feb. 15 „ 17 „ 28 Mar. 5 E. J. King J. Fitchett J. Marshall W. France Harata Dr. Johnston Porirua 43, Polhill's Gully 91, Ohariu 12 and 13 Ohariu 2\ per cent, on £15 972 to 989, Te Aro 6 6 6 3 5 0 0 5 10 0 7 10 0 3 13 6 0 7 0 16 0 0 Dec. 31 6

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Date. Name. Estate. When Due. Period. Amount. 1877. March 6 „ 7 „ 8 „ 16 „ 19 132, Mungaroa Palmerston North 45, Polhill's Gully Makara Part 543, Pipitea Street 88, Whenuakura 28, Whenuakura 41, Polhill's Gully I 7 and 8, Ohariu Porirua 503, Patea 19 and 21, Ohiro 21 per cent, on £33 3s. 3d. 11, Pipitea Pa Waiau, Wairoa 2\ per cent, on £6 2\ per cent, on £1 12 and 13, Ohariu 995 to 1005, Te Aro ... 347, Pakuratahi 2| per cent, on £109 ls6d 1098 and 1100, Te Aro... i Porirua 1876. Dec. 31 „ 31 „ 1 „ 31 „ 31 1877. April 1 Sept. 30 Mar. 25 1876. Dec. 31 1877. Feb. 23 Mar. 31 April 16 May 1 Mar. 31 April 30 Mar. 31 „ 31 I May 31 Dec. 31 Months. £ s. d. 5 6 0 13 10 4 6 10 0 0 10 0 9 0 0 J. Cruickshank H. S. Palmerson J. Dransfield Eev. McGuiness W. Freeman 6 6 6 6 6 April 4 „ 16 J. Sheehan E. J. Symes J. Fitchett 6 6 6 22 15 0 10 13 9 6 0 0 ■ 17 T. Bould 6 43 11 6 „ 17 „ 19 h 25 h 25 May 3 „ 22 „ 28 „ 28 June 4 ,» 4 „ 8 „ 13 „ 18 „ 25 E. J. King Gane Brothers John Smith Ihaia Porutu Mrs. Salmon G. Beaven Eaiha Puaha Warena Tunui W. France Dr. Johnston G. Smith Wi Tako E. J. Foothead J. McGrath 6 6 G 6 0 0 8 6 3 20 0 0 0 16 6 10 0 0 36 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 3 13 6 10 0 0 45 0 0 2 14 6 2 0 0 40 0 0 6 12 3 6 9 6 12 Total Wellington I ... £888 12 4 July 12 „ 12 „ 17 Aug. 31 Oct. 22 Thos. Corbett F. Koller T. S. Grace M. Sims J. White j .rCKLAND AND TaUEANGA. 3 and 4, Tauranga 140 and 141, Tauranga Tauranga Onehunga Mongonui 3 and 4, Tauranga Mechanics' Bay 140 and 141, Tauranga... 50, Tauranga Auckland Mechanics' Bay 72, see. 1, Tauranga ... 176, Eemuera Native Eeserve, Eemuera 2_ per cent on £5 Mechanics' Bay 3 and 4, Tauranga Mongonui Sept. 30 July 30 30 April 1 July 26 1877. Mar. 31 On account 1876. Dec. 31 „ 31 „ 31 June 30 1877. Jan. 31 June 30 Mar. 31 Jan. 1 Sept. 30 April 25 6 6 12 15 14 weeks 2 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 Dec. 13 „ 19 1877. Jan. 30 „ 30 Feb. 5 „ 6 Thos. Corbett C. Harding 6 rent due 2 10 50 0 0 6 F. Koller Noah Parsons Owen Jones C. Harding 6 12 12 Balnc. due 2 10 0 12 12 0 24 19 0 (i 0 0 „ 8 „ 15 Mar. 12 „ 14 April 17 May 21 June 5 J. W. Gray G. Berry G. Morrin Eaiha Puaha W. Corbett Thos. Corbett J. White 12 6 12 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 6 0 2 10 1 10 o 0 0 (■» 0 0 0 6 6 15 weeks Total Auckland Total Wellington L £132 3 888 12 0 4 Total receipts ) £1,020 15 t WELLINGTON. 1876. June 3. Neta Paratene, rent „ 27. Ngapaki te Puni, rent July 8. Wi Tako and others, rent Aug. 1. Tepene Paramatta, rent „ 13. Waari Kairangi, rent „ 15. Pene Kote, rent „ 15. Ngahuka Tungia, rent Expenditure. . ii £ s. d. 8 0 0 10 0 0 108 11 6 6 10 0 10 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 Carried forward 184 1 6

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Brought forward Aug. 18. Hohaia Pokaitara, rent „ 25. Paiura, rent Sept. 5. Rapiliana te Ote Ote, rent „ 8. AYaari Kairangi, rent „ 18. Meihana Taipu, rent , ... „ 27. Neta Paratene, rent „ 27. Mete Kingi, rent Oct. 4. Hohaia Pokaitara, rent Nov. 11. Paiura, rent „ 13. Neta Paratene, rent... „ 13. Mete Kingi, rent Dec. 18. Major Kemp, rent ... „ 19. Tepene Paramatta, rent „ 23. Wi Tako and others, rent „ 23. Neta Paratene, rent 1877. Jan. 3. Nopira te Ngiha, rent „ 9. Neta Paratene, rent „ 9. Meihana Taipu, rent Mar. 1. Paiura, rent „ 6. Ngapeki te Puni, rent April 19. Meihana Taipu, rent „ 20. Raiha Puaha, rent ... „ 25. Ihaia Porutu, rent ... May 3. Neta and Mete Kingi, rent ... Jan. 13. Wi Tako and others, rent „ 13. Neta Paratene, rent „ 13. Mete Kingi, rent „ 13. Paiura, rent £ S. d. ... 184 1 6 20 0 0 14 6 7 10 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 9 0 2 9 0 5 0 0 14 6 14 6 14 0 72 0 0 6 10 0 ... 121 1 6 30 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 () 5 0 0 14 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 6 0 0 33 2 8 2 9 (> ... 109 1 0 14 61 4 G 14 0 Total "Wellington ... £687 10 -2 AUCKLAND. 1877. Mar. 14. Raiha Puaha, rent „ 20. Ponui te Wharepu, rent £ s. d. 5 0 0 5 0 0 Total Auckland Total Wellington ... £10 0 0 ... 687 10 2 Total Expenditure ... £697 10 2 Total Receipts ... ... £1,020 15 4 Total Expenditure ... ... 697 10 2 Balance ... ... ... £323 5 2 By Authority : Geobge Didsbttby, Government Printer, Wellington. —1877. Price 6d.]