and paid for by Europeans in many parts of the Island; where such have been advanced by the natives, - as many Waikato natives of Chieftain descent, are now residing in this district, with women of the Ngatiawa; from whom they admit their claims are derived; and never have they in any instance applied to me for compensation for land in the district, when about to be disposed of; and when I have made a point of enquiring if they had any claim to urge, they invariably replied in the negative; stating that their claims might descend to their children, but that their only control was from their female connections. (Signed) Donald McLean. January 22nd, 1848.