THE WAY THE MONEY WENT.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1982, 1 July 1880, Page 3

THE WAY THE MONEY WENT.

Tne “Auckland Herald’s” parliamentary correspondent, after tho delivery of tho Native statement on the 16th instant, amused himself for a few hours by going through the Native accounts, and he selects the following as typical of the groat heap that was laid on the table of the House. There were four or five immense piles of accounts, some of which he did not even open : October 4th to October 23rd, 1879—“ Professional allowance and removing a large tumor for the Eev. Mr Paku, £26 10s. —H. W. Driver.” “ Examination of the wife and child of Ihoaka Te Tai, £2 2s. —H. W. Walling, Bay of Islands.” “ December Bth. Drugs for Natives in Hokiangi district, £3 Ids.—G. Aieken, chemist.” “To professional, attendance in Pokoha in January on Hand at Ohaewai, £7 7s, and two pints of cod liver oil to Paori Te Atnaoho, 14s. Charles Spencer, Tauranga.” “To six bottles of port wine to a Native, £2 Bs.—Gallagher and Eickett.” “To medicine and medical comforts to Natives, per order of Major Te Wheoro, £6O lls 3d. —J. Aubin, Alexandra.” A large proportion of these medical comforts consist of bread and beef. From an account sent in by H. T. Kemp the following items wore extracted : “ Paid Eliza Brown for attendance and medical comforts during illness of the widow of Tamati Waka, £5“ black clothing supplied to Native mourners, £10;” “L. B. WilWilliams, coffin and digging graves, £5 15s;” “provisions supplied to mourners, £1 7s 9d j” “ for pork supplied to Native mourners, £1 Is 5d j” “ sodding grave of the widow of Waka Nene, £1;” “Maori Jack’s children, 2ißk quarts milk, £3 2s 14d.” Dr, Blunden, of Alexander, has an account for £BO for medical attendance on Natives at Te Awamutu. Amongst the miscellaneous items are the following : —“ To one red ensign for Pakama Metara, £4 4s (forty or fifty flags were given to Natives) ; John Dean, agent, Alexandra, charges one flour mill from Auckland to Alexandra, and conveyance of furniture, tents, &o. ; Wilson and Haieri charge for a coffin for Herewini, £3 ; marble bust of the lute chief Hapuku, £2OO ; to half of cost of plough for Meihana, £5 55.” From an account sent in by Shari and, of Auckland, I find he has supplied the following : —“ Borax, blue pills, five gross of antibilious pills, jalap, essence of peppermint, cod-liver oil, spirits of ammonia, amounting to £l6 5a 6d; to one red ensign, £4; one blue ditto, £4 (for Natives at Motukaraka) ; breechloading fowling-piece, with case and sundries, supplied to Tomonui as a present from the Government by order of the Native Minister, £l6 14s 6d. E. Porter and 00., Auckland.” T. B. Hill charges £3 16s 6d for medicines supplied to Wi Hikairo. Then we have the following medical comforts supplied to Hori Haupapa : —one bottle of brandy, 10a; the funeral expenses of Hori Haupapa, £1 10s ; and then medical comforts to Hori Haupapa (bottle of brandy), 10s ; headstone for Waata Kukutai, cutting inscription and erecting, £2B 2s, J. H. Buchanan, Auckland; to one well bred boar pig, delivered to Eewi Maniapoto, £4 10s. John Aubin, Alexandra, charges comforts (bottle of brandy), 7a 6d. There is a string of such items, the whole amounting to £l7 6s. B. B. Hunt, Ngaruawahia, charges £l7 7s 6d, in one account, for passages for Natives. Dr Scott, of Onehunga, charges £9 10s for attendance on Matilda, at Mangere. Seed oats delivered to Tuhourangi, £ll 9s 6d ; progress payment on the Pukeko flour mill at Botoiri, £6O; drawing tattoo pattern on the bust of Te Hapuku, £1 ; flags for Natives at Motukire, £1 ; headstone, &c., for grave of Penotana, £25; ditto for grave of Hone, £lO, J. H. Buchanan, Auckland; Dr. Diver’s charges, £24 13a, for professional attendance on two Maoris, by the order of Mr Sheehan; £SO is authorised by tho Native Minister for the support of two indigent Natives at Alexandra; Boss, of Kihikihi, charges £6 18s 3d for bonedust supplied to Eowi : £4 is charged for supplying silkworms to Natives ; ploughs, harness, and seed oats are supplied in large quantities to Natives at Alexandra ; repairing guns' for Natives comes to a large sum; loggings are charged for. Fence to protect Native graves, £l9 19s. One account ia to looking after and maintaining Te Pukoroa (a New Zealand Native sent to Wellington for safe keeping at 24s per week), £24 4s 7d. Government contributions to tho carved house at Maketu, £4O. Mr G. Brown, of Auckland, charges for board and lodging for many Natives, descending to particulars—such as dinner to two Taranaki boys, 3s. Q. Wightman, Provincial Hotel, Auckland, charges £3 17s 6d for board and lodging for Major Te Wheoro and wife. There are a pile of accounts of this nature. J. W. Ellis, Aotea, charges for wool clouds, shirts,- clouds, &e., supplies to Natives. M. Delaney, of Ohaupo, has an account of £ls 19s 7d, made up of such items as tins—- “ Convoying Bowi’s mussels to Kihikihi.” G. W. Hardwick, Shortland street, has an account of £l9 2s 6i for rations supplied to Natives. T. Williams, of Auckland, charges fish and oysters supplied to the chief Eewi at the request of Mr Grace, £l. Williams has several such accounts. John King, of Auckland, charges £29 6s 6d for supplies issued to Mrs Beay, a half-caste ; Mrs Boay charges for scissors, muslin, braid, ribbons, buttons, and velvet; Miss Bussell, a halfcaste, charges for two pairs of scissors, two Silesian buttons and braid, muslin robe, and making. Albert Hooper receives from Mr John King the sum of 15s for cab-hire for Mrs Beay, half-caste, her daughter, and Mrs George, her teacher, by order of Mr Sheehan, Native Minister, on June 10th; another accouat is received from Mr John King for the sum of 12s 61, cab-hire for a half-caste and Native children to the Choral Hall entertainment on June 11th, 1879, by direction of Mr Sheehan; again received from Mr John King the sum of £l, cab-hire for himself when going to Northern Club from his residence in Ponsonby to Mr Sheehan, on public business, waiting and taking him home on the night of June 7th, as per direction; the Hon. Native Minister again received from Mr John King an account for 10s cab-hire from House to Telegraph Office and back, and attending to urgent Government telegrams from the Hon. Native -Minister on July 9 th. There are a number of such vouchers. Eations to Mrs Beay, £4 2s 3d. E. J. Davidson, Star Hotel, charges £5 8s 6d for board and lodgings for Major Kemp’s daughter and nephew. Kikorima Poutotara, of the Thames, receives supplies to the amount of £2l. Mennie and Dey charge £lB lls and £37 2s for supplies for the funeral gathering on account of Eewi at Thames. Thomas Anderson, of Kihikihi, has one account of £96 for supplies of all kinds to Eewi, tho following items being a sample :—Thirteen teas when Eewi lay there after his accident; eight breakfasts for the Native attending Eewi; dinner for Natives looking after Bewi. William Corboy, of Kihikihi, has an account of £57 6s lOd for food and goods for Eewi Maniopoto and his people, the following being samples of the items : —Nails for Eewi, £1 la ; boots for Eewi’s wife, 13s; ditto, for Eewi’s child, 8s ; suit of clothes for Taonui, £5 10s ; merino for Eowi’s wife, £3 2s 6d ; merino for Mrs Hotiri, £3. Mr Grace writes to Mr Corboy—- “ Tho ammunition for Eewi and Toa will be paid for by the Government.” Thomas Anderson has another account of £37 2a. Mr Grace gives an order to supply rations and clothing to Eewi and his family (six), and concludes “ This order is good until I countermand it.” George Manders, of Kihikihi, has an account for £34 lls Bd. The accounts from storekeepers in tho Waikato show that the Natives luxuriated on salmon, oysters, sardines, and articles of that description. O. Hewitt, of the Criterion',Hotel, on an order from Mr Grace, supplied Eewi and party with all requirements, including wines. Mr Bryce objects to the wine, and tins item ia struck out. Under tho heading of bonuses and miscellaneous salaries there are some absurd items. Tararua gets a bonus of £SO “in consideration of his good behaviour and fulfilment of pledges made to tho Government ” ; Eowi gets a gratuity of £25. As a specimen of some of the papers attached the following is given: “Mr Aubin, Major Te Wheoro requires a trap to go to Kihikihi and hack. Ha may not bo able to get back before to-morrow. Ho is on Government service. Please supply a driver.—W. H, Grace.”