E—No. 12

" For a Statement of all Sums paid and Presents made to Natives during the year ended the 30th June, 1862, shewing the dates of Payment, and the names of the Persons to whom the Payments and Presents were made." F. D. Bell.

SUMMARY.

£ s. d. Pensions 390 0 0 Assessor's Salaries 948 16 6 Charged on " Native Purposes generally" . .14173 5 Advances to pay Salaries of Officers of Civil Commissioners' and Resident Magistrates'Departments in Native Districts. ...... 4118 13 10 Presents and Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . 2155 17 4 Miscellaneous 2027 17 9 Charged on Loan of £50,000:— Payments for Land Purchases .£8,315 18 6) Supplies to Natives, and Salaries of Native Officers in > 8611 14 7 Land Purchase Departments ..... 295 16 1 I Advances under Imprest for Payments to Natives. ...... 1358 18 6 Total £121,029 1 11

R E T U E N TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DATED 24th JULY, 1862,