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advantage cither by the supply of clothes or stores. None of these lands had any restrictions of inalienability placed on them, and they are all gone. No other person but the grantees have received any benefit from the sale. Tlio wrong has been on the part of tlie people whose names are in the grant. Some of these lands were leased to Europeans before they went through the Court, but he (Waka) had ]io part of the rents. Karaitiana and Tareha got the whole, and gave none to the rest of the tribe. Was told that when the lands were put through the Court this injustice would be remedied —that he would then have a title for his own particular portion, which would be made over to himself. At the next Court, when Monro was Judge, finding that he had been defrauded in the former case, he got his name entered as grantee in the Heretaunga Block ; but he has not been any the better off for that, as the Europeans have stolen the money he should have received for it. The year after the Crown grant was issued he received £100 as his share of the rent, and distributed it amongst his hapu. The second year's rent went to Parker, who got it from Karaitiana. He supposed that the lawyer told Karaitiana, that he owed Parker money, but he did not owe him a penny. Parker had asked him to make his lands over to him that he might look after them, but he wonid not agree to this. He never signed the receipt for the rent that was due. He asked Mr. Wilson, who told him that it was all gone, as well as the money that he should have received from the sale of the block; but he never received money from any one on this account. Mr. Tanner told him that if he and his hapu would come into town they should have their share of the money for their land. He asked, ;' How much?" Mr. Tanner said £1,000. He replied that if it was £(j,OOO it would be all right, for his portion of the block was 10,000 acres. He and his people, however, came in, and asked that the money should be put down on the table Tanner would not pay him, but went about to the storekeepers asking if Waka was in debt to them. This he was told by another European, whose name he does not know. Got no money from Tanner after all, who only told him that ho had paid it all away in liquidation of his debts, and then he knew that what the European had said must be correct. He owed about £200 to various storekeepers ; £5G to Robinson, the draper, was the largest amount. Asked Tanner to pay him £1,000 that he might pay his debts himself, but he refused. Ho thought his money was all right, but soon found that it was all gone. He wished Mr, Cuff'e to have charge of it. but signed no document authorizing this. If his name had been put to any deed or document it is a forgery, for he never put his hand to a pen. Note. —Mr. Hainlin, who interpreted Waka's statement, says that he (Waka) put his mark to the deed of conveyance in his presence apparently of his own free will, and said he quite understood what he was doing. To Haiti-tain —• Kohupatiki, 14th June, 1871. Friend, salutations to you. I write to inform you of the distress under which I and my hapu, Ngatitamawahine, are suffering. We granted a lease of our land, Omarunui, to Niira; after a year and a half it was surveyed ; but only the name pf Omarunui was mentioned in the lease, and the boundaries were described —the inland boundary being a fence of ours, and the outer boundary being a fence of Tareha's. When it was to be surveyed Karini said to me, " Paul, whom do you wish should survey Omarunui?" I asked, "Should it be surveyed?" Then he replied, "Yes; Omarunui should be surveyed as far as Kopuaroa." I said, "No ; let the survey be confined to Omarunui only ; let not my side bo surveyed." He said, " Let it be surveyed, so that ynur portion and that of your Europeans may bo clearly defined." I replied, "No ; lest I get into trouble." Karini said, " You will not get into trouble. Your portion is all clear ; when troubles do come, then the cause of it will be explained," I consented then to the survey ; and now, my friend, those who were in charge of the land were not able to resist, and the European has got the land. There were four of us grantees, and the land was parted with for rum and goods. We did not know that the money had been consumed when Niira told us that we had got £800 worth of goods. We imagined that it was only Omarunui that had been parted with ; but when we found ourselves being ejected, and our houses removed, we came to the conclusion that wo were done for. Friend, that is that trouble of ours. Paoka Toeotoko. To Hatti/taix,— Kohupatiki, 14th June, 1871. Friend, salutations to you. This is another trouble which is oppressing me. Tatana has got my grant of Mangateretere. The price was £500, and I received timber for my house which was burnt to the amount of £200, leaving a balance in Tatana's hands of £300. Now he asked me twice to go to his house about this money, and I went twice to get it. I asked him for the £300, and he and Wokena consented. I said, " Give me two cheques, one for £100, and one for £200." Then Tatana wrote out a cheque for £10, and one for £20, thinking that I would be deceived. When I saw them I threw them down ; and then they laughed at me and said, " Take these and come again for the rest." I took with me the cheque for £10. Afterwards I got about fifty gallons of rum, one cloak, four pounds of powder, four boxes caps, one bag of shot. That represents all the money I received for my grant of Mangateretere. Paoea Toeotoeo. To ITattltaijt,— Kohupatiki, 14th June, 1871. Friend, salutations to you. I write again to let you know the lands on which I have not received money from the grantees, that is to say, lands in which I am interested : — £ 1. To Taheke ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,000 2. Te Karaka ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 800 3. Papakura,—Tareha ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,500 4. Papakura, —Karaitiana ... ... ... ... ... 4,000 5. Wahaparata ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 500 6. Pokonao ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 7. Heretaunga ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13,000