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and promises by the holding out of which it induced such persons to emigrate ; and in consequence of representations made to the said Company on behalf of such persons, it was led to dispose of a large amount of ..land gratuitously, by way of compensation to them for such disappointments, losses, and sufferings. And whereas, in the distribution of the land so disposed of by the Company, it is alleged that injustice and wrong were clone to many whose claims to compensation were undeniable, and especially to persons of the labouring classes ; w bose disappointments, losses, and sufferings were prominently represented to the Company amongst the grounds of the general claim upon it for compensation. And whereas the House of Representatives by an Address to the Officer administering the Government, on the 21st of June last, and by another Address on the 10th of September last, prayed for a return of ample and very minute information concerning the compensative arrangements of the New Zealand Company, and it adfjears by a letter from the Commissioner of Crown Land at Wellington to the Colonial Secretary, dated 3rd September, 1854. which was by Message from the Officer administering the Government transmitted to the House of Representatives on the sth of September last, that difficulties have occurred in the endeavour to procure such information, which there is reason to believe may not be overcome by an exercise of the ordinary authority of the General Government: And Whereas it is expedient that authentic informant)!! concerning the aforesaid alleged injustice and wrong should be obtained with a view, if the same should be 1 early established, to the redress thereof by competent authority, but not in such manner as to disturb or question the validity of any title to land derived from the aforesaid compensation arrangements of the New Zealand Company. JS'oiu therefore I, the Officer administering the Government do hereby appoint the persons hereinafter named to be “ Commissioners of Compensation Enquiry,’ for the Provinces of New Plymouth, Wellin r ton, and Nelson, respectively. And I do further hereby direct the said Commissioners to proceed with diligence and care to investigate the whole subject of the compensation in land which has hereto'ore been awarded to claimants in virtue of arrangements made by the New Zealand Company, and. in particular, to obtain the information applied for as aforesaid by the House of Representatives by their Address to the Officer administering the Government, dated 21st June last, whereof a copy is hereunto appended ; to enquire generally into the nature of such claims as are alleged to have been but partially satisfied or entirely overlooked ; and to ascertain the particulars of any such alleged claims as, in the opinion of the said Commissioners, may justly deserve satisfaction, calculating in each case the amount of land which, in the opinion of the said Commissioner s, shall be reasonably sufficient to satisfy justice. And I do hereby further direct that the proceedings of the said Commissioneis shall be c ndu ted in a public manner, by means of Board Met tings (whereof reasonable notice shall be given by public advertisement) open to every one who may choose to attend the same, and at which shall be taken all parole evidence relating to the subject of the enquiry. And I do hereby further direct that the said Commissioners shall keep a Record of their proceedings both written and parole, including full particulars of every claim submitted to them, and of the evilence taken thereupon, together with a statement of the reasons for their final opinion thereupon. And Ido hereby authorise the said Commissioner, in the name and on behalf of the Governor, to cal ! fur information on the subject of their enquiry, fiom any whom they may deem capable of fur ishing the same, whether orally or in writing. And I direct, that the said Commissioners as hereinafter appointed for each of the three aforesaid Provinces re spedively shall make to the Governor, as soon as they may be able, full Reports in writing on the subject of the enquiry entrusted to them, both generally and with respect to particular claims. And further, that, in respect of each of the aforesaid Provinces, a copy of the Re port from the Commissioners to the Governor shall be by them delivered to the Superintendent, with a request that His Honour will be pleased to lay the same before the Provincial Council-

And I hereby declare that amongst the Commissioners hereinafter appointed for each of the said Provinces respectively, any two siting together shall constitute a Board; and I an hoiise and empower the said Commissioners in each of the said Provinces respectively to appoint a Secretary if they shall see fit Finally, 1 do hereby nominate and appoint to he ‘‘Commissioners of Compensation Inquiry” as aforesaid, during the pleasure of the Governor of New Zealand. For the Province of New Plymouth Josiah Flight, Esquire, William Halse, Fsquire, George Cutfield, Esquire. For the Province of Wellington— The Hon. Henry St. Hill, Esquire, M.L.C. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Esquire, and M.P.C. George Moo;e, E quire. For the Province of Nelson — The H on. Matthew Richmond, Esq., M.L.C.* William Thomas Locke Truvers,Esq., m.h.r. John Waring Saxton, Esq., M.P.C. Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Auckland, this 241h day of (Jet., in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and fifty-four. R. H. WYNYARD, Officer Administering the Government. By His Excellency’s command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary. Wednesday, 2lst Jone, 185 L Resolved— That a Return of the amount of Land .'•crip awarded by the New Zea and Company on the Government, as compensation to sufferers, in respect of Land purchased from the Company, in their settlements ot Wellington and Whaiganui, and abo ot the cases m which such compensation was not awarded in such respect ; shewing the name of each original purchaser ot a Land Order Irom the New' Zealand Con pany, and the number and date of each Land Order, ihe name of every Transferee of any Land Order, with the date of each Transfer; the name of every Claimant for compensation, and the amount ..ml nature of e;e hj Claim, distinguishing lie-