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RETURN OF OFFICERS EMPLOYED IN NATIVE DISTRICTS. • English. TARANAKI DISTRICT. Native. Not yet brought under the Native Acts of 1858. Names of European Offioers. Nature of Appointment. Date of Appointment. Salary. Date of last Report. So Poo 111 Settlements. Tribes and Hapus. Names of Native Officers. Nature of Appointment. Date of Appointment. Remarks. Salary. £ a. d. £ S. d. Ngatimantapoto tribe, comprising the following Hapus: — Ngatitekanawa Ngatikinohaku Marokopa Waikawau Awakino Mokau Tarariki & TongaIporutu Ngatimaniapoto Assessor under Resident Magistrates Ordinance "Wetere Takerei 40 0 0 proper R. Parris W. S. Atkinson W. Carrington Assistant Native Secretary. (Office — To manage Native Reserves) Clerk & Interpreter i Interpreter May, 1859 March, 1860 March, 1860 * 350 * 200 * 200 0 0 o 0 0 i Dec. 26, 1863 * Including traveling expenses I Ngatiawa Tribe, comprising the following Hapus — Ngatitama Ngatimutunga Ngatirahiri Manukorihi Otaraua Puketapu (Sub-Hapus of Puketapu) Te Upokonana Whatumaruru and Ngatikomako Ngatitawhirikura and. Ngatituparikino Ngatimutanga F. Good Interpreter to the Troops April, 1863 * 200 0 i Owing to the disturbed state of the Province it is difficult to estimate the number living at the various villages It is not at all certain that the various Hapus are occupying the villages set opposite them respectively. Te Urenui Onaero Turangi Waitara Otarana ditto Ngatirahiri Ngatiawa Otarana Hoera ditto 30 0 0 Total.... £950 0 0 FOSWABD ... £70 0 0 I I I