Ngatiruahau Pairama Chief 1 Ngatipaenga Rariria Chief 1 Ngaitura Tiki Wiremu Matene Chief 1 Ngatimahairangi Awaru Chief 1 Tirahaerakau Hoani Maka Chief 1 ........... Rihiona Chief 1 ........... Matiu Te Upo-koiri Chief 1 ........... Punapa Uru-terangi Chief bags Fourteen Bags were divided between the Principal Chiefs of the respective rivers, as follows:- Paora Turangapito 4 Kingi, Hori, and 6 Hunia Aperahama Amount of the 14 Hapus 100 bags Honi Ropiha te Moko should have been inserted in the fore-going list, as he has claims on the North bank of the Wangaehu. His tribe is named , and will be entitled to a small share of the next instalment. (Signed) Donald McLean. Inspector of Police. Wanganui 23rd. May 1849. Sir, I have pleasure in acquainting you, for the information of His Excellency, the Governor-in-Chief, that the purchase of the Rangitikei district was con--cluded on the 16th. inst. In prosecuting this purchase, through its various stages, I encountered considerable opposition, especially from the Ngatiraukawas of Otaki and Manawatu, supported by Rangihaeata, who held a correspondence on the subject with Heu Heu, the Chief of Taupo, from whom I received a communication, of which I beg to enclose a copy and translation. The rights of the Ngatiapas, who, I found to be hereditary possessors of the district offered for sale, were disputed by Rangihaeata and the above tribes, who adduced a right of conquest; Rangihaeata stating that he wished to retain the Rangitikei country, as a place of refuge for himself and his Taupo friends, or such other natives as might join him; in the event of being compelled, at any future period, to retreat from the British forces, as he was obliged to do at the Hutt. The Ngatiapas at the same time urged their claim as the only legitimate one, and solicited the Government to purchase their country, that it might not be possessed by disaffected tribes, who had no just right. to it. In this state of the case, I requested the Ngatiapas Chiefs of Rangitikei to accompany me to Manawatu, where we should openly discuss the merits of their claim with the