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By deed No. 8, dated the 13th October, 1847, the Natives of- Petone received— A. R. P. Section 58, Taita .. .. . . .. .. .. 91 0 6 Sections 1, 2, 3, 16, and 20, Hutt . . .. .. .. q Section 42, Waiwerewero .. .. .. .. .. 152 0 36 Section 11, Horokiwi . . . . .. . . .. 102 2 16 Section 5, Harbour . . . . .. . . . . .. 104 0 0 Not stated, Korokoro .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,214 2 2 Not stated, Wainuiomata .. .. .. .. .. 4,704 2 1 Total .. .. .. .. .. 6,926 037 (Error of \ acre overstated in addition.) By deed No. 9, dated the 18th October, 1847, the Natives of Ohariu and Makara received— A. E. P. Native Reserves 77, 88, and 97 .. . . .. . . .. 351 2 7 Block of land between 88 and 75 ... .. .. .. 131 2 16 Native Reserve 98 (pa) .. .. .. .. .. 131 2 9 Block to south-west of the pa .. . . .. .. 1,300 0 0 Native Reserves 37 and 39 . . .. . . . . .. 200 0 32 Part of the 500-acre block at Kaiwara .. . . .. .. 167 1 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. 2,282 024 By deed No. 10, dated the Ist November, 1847, the Natives of Pipitea received— A. R. P. Four town sections, Tinakori Road—Nos. 633, 634, 635, and 637 .. 4 0 0 Part of Town Belt .. .. . . . . .. .. 80 0 0 Part of the block, Kaiwarawara . . .. .. .. 134 0 0 Part of Section 7 and the whole of Section 9, Kinapora .. .. 221 0 0 Seven town-acre sections in Polhill Gully (known as Moturoa's) — Nos. 40, 42, 44, 46, 109, 111, and 113 .. .. .. 7 0 0 Block of land at Orongorongo .. .. .. .. 6, 990 0 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. 7,436 0 0 Also a small portion of Reserve No. 542, containing 1 chain. By deed No. 11 (undated), lands allotted to the Kaiwharawhara Natives, including the section (No. 4) purchased on their account. The three blocks, containing about 440 acres, are given in lieu of lands on settlers' sections. They are also guaranteed in their pas at Kaiwharawhara and Tiakawi. Also, the Natives of the Ngatitama tribe residing at Kaiwara-Tiakiwi and Ohariu are guaranteed in a pa on Native Reserves 659 and 660, Town of Wellington^ l ) 3. Remodelling the Nelson Scheme. In 1845 the directors of the Company were forced to admit that owing to the insufficiency of suitable land it was impossible to carry out in full the original scheme of the Nelson settlement. "In October, 1845, having been apprised that the locality of the settlement was insufficient for the complete fulfilment of the original plan, and having received various suggestions for the readjustment of the land, the directors drew up and sent out a new plan for such readjustment. " On 23rd September, 1846, they received the information that the plan proposed had failed to give satisfaction and had, in consequence, been at once suspended by the Company's Agent. On 2nd October they approved this suspension and directed a withdrawal of the plan, so that in fact it was not acted on in a single instance. " On 26th November, 1846, a despatch was addressed to the Principal Agent explaining the views on which the rejected plan had been drawn up, and authorizing him to apprise the settlers that the directors were prepared to give the fullest consideration to any amended plan. " In the month of June, 1847, the settlers appointed a committee, and, after successive meetings, adopted unanimously a report and resolutions embodying a plan in which the Resident Agent fully concurred. " Before that date the directors drew up a proposal for another arrangement, which was almost identical with the plans suggested by the settlers, and transmitted it to their agent in Wellington, with plenary authority either to adopt it or to substitute any other which, after consultation with the settlers, he should deem more advisable.( 2 )

(') Copies of McCleverty's deeds, taken from "Maori Deeds of Land Purchases, North Island, New Zealand," Vol. 2 (Turnbull Library), and plans to these deeds, Vol. 2. ( 2 ) Secretary, New Zealand Company, to Earl Grey, 18/2/48: N'ew Zealand Company, 1851-2 —Papers relating to surrender of charter, presented to British Parliament, 22/7/51.