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RETURN OF ALL PERSONS SQUATTING ON, OR IN ANY WAY OCCUPYING MAORI LANDS OVER WHICH THE NATIVE TITLE HAS NOT BEEN EXTINGUISHED, WITH THE FULLEST PARTICULARS THAT CAN BE OBTAINED AS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE TENANCY, ETC.

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RETURN OF PERSONS

HAWKE'S BAT. OCCUPANT. LOCALITY. NATUKE OF OCCUPATION. EBNTAL BELIEVED TO BE PAID. ABEA. (Approximate. James Watt and George Walker ... John Campbell William Moms E. and W. Eiddell ... V. and H. M. Hamlin and M. Stopford Douglas and Davies ... F. Eeed i\ Spoouer P. Q-ason W. Lock wood... G-. Morgan ... Dr. Scott H. Stanley and J. Caroll Towgood and Briggs... George Condie John Parsons ... C. J. Gully ' S-Begg Capt. A. H. and W. Eussell A. and C. Brown J. N. Williams and J. Herrick Thomas Lowry AV. Ekh W. and II. Parker ... J. vSherson John Heslop ... A. Kennedy ... James Stuart ... J. Stuart Provincial Government, Hawke's Bay AVbangawehi and Table Cape Kiuikiui, near Mahia Mahia Waikokopu, near Mahia Wairoa Waihua Sheep-run ,, ... ... ... ,j ... ... ... ,, ... ... ,j £220 per annum £80 per annum £5 per annum 20,000 acres. 5,000 ., (i,000 „ 12,000 „ 15,000 „ 20,000 „ A few acres. j> • •• • • • • •• • • • •■■ Wairoa Government School and location, Wairoa... Wairoa „ Govt. interpreter & clerk (acting) „ Government medical officer Ferry punt and location Inn and location House location... ,, I believe that £5 per annum is paid by all these persons, and others similarly situated, whose names I have not. 2,000 acres. 10,000 „ 5,000 „ 5,000 „ 1,800 „ S,000 „ 40,000 „ 15,000 „ 10,000 „ 20,000 „ 350 „ 350 „ 500 „ 1,500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 400 „ jj ... ... ... ... ... Tangoio Petane Polmi Native Eeserve, Wharerangi Tutaekuri Cattle-run and shop ... Sheep-run ,, ,j 9 £80 per annum £150 „ ,, ... ,, ... .. • is Matapiro, Ngaruroro Ngaruroro Moteo Waiteo, Tutaekuri ... Waitangi, Ahuriri Plains ... ,, ... ... ... ,, ... ... ... ,, ... ... ■. • £300 „ £450 „ ,, ... ... ... Paddock j, jj •.. jj ,. ... ... ... Eotoponuamu, ,, Ahuriri Plains ,, ... ... ... ... jj Cattle-run ' intended by the natives for ( C farms, to be enclosed i Ferry and location £90 „ £150 „ £50 „ £50 „ £40 „ .... .. _ ... £5 per annum claimed by natives ") £150 per aim. -was agreed to,but I ~\ > think the bargain has not been > ) carried out. ) jj Waitangi, Ahuriri Plains ... Olive Township John Chambers Waipureku Plains ... Havelock Plains Cattle commonage Sheep-run 2,000 ., 8,000 „