paanga whenua a ko ta te Kaitiaki Maori he whakarite i te wariu o aua paanga, ko te wariu a te Kawanatanga. Mehemea kei raro iho i te £50 te wariu o te katoa o aua paanga whenua o te hea takitahi ranei o nga kairiiwhi ka hokona e te Kaitiaki Maori ki nga moni o te Tahua kua whakaingoatia ake nei, a ko nga moni ka whakaputaina ki nga kairiiwhi, mehemea hoki kei runga ake i te £50 ke heke ki nga kairiiwhi penei ano i ta ture i whakarite ai. Ki te whakaae tetahi whanau me tuku o ratou paanga whenua pakupaku ki te mea kotahi kei te pai tena, engari kaua e heke iho te wariu o te katoa o aua paanga whenua i te £50 ko ia nei te tino mea. Otira mehemea he wira ta te tupapaku ka wariutia ano ona paanga whenua a mehemea kei raro iho i te £50 te wariu o te wahanga i tukua ki tetahi tangata ka tangohia taua paanga ki te puteo kuo whakahuatia ake nei. Mehemea hoki i eke ki te £50 makere atu te wariu o aua paanga whenua i tukua i te wira a taua tupapaku e pai ana tena. Kaore he aruaru a te Pire i te hanga wira a te Maori. Ki te taupatupatu nga whakaaro mo nga wariu me tono kia ata wariutia ano e te Kawanatanga engari me utu nga raruraru o taua wariutanga, a ki te wariu peneitia te whenua e kore e whakaaetia tetahi atu wariu mo te toru tau. E ahei ana te Kaitieki Maori ki te whakatoitoi ki te hoko i etahi paanga whenua. Ko tenei ritenga mo nga whenua tu ngahere he uaua ki te wariu a mo nga whenua ranei kei te noho taumaha i te mokete. KO TE HOKO O NGA PAANGA WHENUA KUA WEHEA E TE KOOTI: Kei te Wahanga XVI o Te Pire e mau ana nga korero mo nga mahi wehewehe paanga whenua. E ahei ana Te Kooti ki te whakatau ko nga paanga whenua o tetahi Maori ana wehea, ahakoa tapiria ki etahi atu o onga paanga, e kore e whai kiko ki taua Maori me hoko ki te Kaitiaki Maori mo te utu ma te Kooti e whakatau. Ki te whakae te Kaitiaki Maori ki taua whakatau ka tangohia aua paanga whenua ka whakaputaina ko te moni ki te Maori. usual manner, the persons who are entitled to the interests of the deceased, and the Maori Trustee then has the duty of ascertaining the value of those interests. Generally speaking, values are ascertained from the current Valuation Roll. When the interest, which in the ordinary course would pass to any successor, is of a value less than £50, it shall be purchased by the Maori Trustee for the Conversion Fund, and the value thereof paid to the successor. If an interest is of a value of more than £50, it shall be passed on to the successor in the usual way. Provision is made for the making of any family arrangement among successors, but the great principle is that no person shall receive any interest which, by itself or together with any shares he may already possess in the same land, will entitle him to a value of less than £50. Where the deceased Maori left a will, the interests are valued in the same way, and if the interest left under the will to any person is less than £50, it is bought for the conversion fund, and the person to whom it was left gets the money instead. If, on the other hand, the interest is worth £50 or more, it goes to the person named in the will. The Bill in no way interferes with the right of a Maori to make a will. Where any disagreement exists as to value, a special Government valuation may be obtained, upon the deposit by any interested party of the cost of such a valuation, but where a special valuation has been made of any land, no further special valuation shall be made within a period of three years. The Maori Trustee is given power to refuse to purchase any interests. This provision is meant to meet cases where there would be undue difficulty in valuation, as in the case of timber lands, or where the position is complicated by reason of some existing mortgage. PURCHASE ON PARTITION: In Part XVI of the Bill, dealing with partitions, the Court is given power, when making any partition, to recommend that any interest—which, by itself or in conjunction with any other interest to which any owner is entitled, could not, on partition, in the opinion of the Court, be used with advantage to the owner as a separate holding—be acquired by the Maori Trustee for the Conversion Fund at a price to be fixed by the Court. If the Maori Trustee accepts the recommendation, the interest shall be bought by the Conversion Fund, and the price paid to the owner.