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RETURN OF PERSONS

OF ALL PERSONS SQ' ATTlNGr OX, OR IN ANY WAY OCCUPYING MAOEI LANDS OVER WniCH TUE XATITE TITLE HAS NOT BEEN KXTINUUISHED, NV1X1I THE FULLEST PARTICULARS THAT CAN BE OBTAINED AS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE TENANCY, ETC. PROVINCE O ? welli: GTON— a mtinued. Name, &c. Nature of Tenancy. Term unexpired. Tearlyrent. Quantity of land. Time in occupation. Locality. Native owners. Eemarks. £ s. d. A. R. P. 0 2 0 Manuel, seaman, Otaki Verbal permission to occupy; no term specified Free gift 3 years Village of Otaki Eria, Mateawa Occupier is of African descent, and lives with an aboriginal female. Occupier lives with an aboriginal female,whoserelations granted the land Dr. Hewson states that, being in need of a residence, " land was offered to him by the natives, and was accepted, with consent of local authorities." "*) A bakehouse is erected on the one I roodsec. ,which Mr. Eagarretains, but [-has sublet remainder, and the whole | of the two rood section, to John F. J Schultze, storekeeper, Otaki. Native owner assigned this land to occupier, rent free, for 7 years,provided he continued during that period to ply his trade in the village of Otaki. Obtained through marriage with a native. The parcel, contained 12a. 1r. Op., was surveyed by Mr. Stewart. Granted to oceupier's half-caste children bv aboriginal chiefs. "William Edgell Seymour, carpenter, Otaki Charles George Hewson, Esq.,M.D.,nativemedical attendant, Otaki See remarks 21 0 0 10 0 0 17 years 8 years 3) )> Three representatives of Hukiki, Ngatiraukawa Richard Eager, account- ) ant, Wellington Lease for 15 years 0 10 9 years 33 Tamihana to Eauparaha, Ngatitoa Pepe te Euapuia, Ngatituara, N gatiraukawa Ona Warihi, Ngatiraukawa 6 years 5 0 0 Lease for 15 years 5 years 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 years 33 Robert Kirk, blacksmith, Otaki Written agreement for seven 1 year 0 3 6 G years J) years f Free gift 4 0 0 9 years •J James Cootes, settler, J Otaki r i Free gift Free gilt 12 1 0 500 0 0 8 years 22 years » Island of Kapiti Village of Otaki Arapata Hauturu, Ngatikikopiri; Hinenuitepo and Puke, Ngatipare Te Aomarere Puna, Ngatipare Hinenuitepo, ditto Eoera, Hukiki, Ngatiraukawa Lease for twenty-one years U years 12 0 0 9 0 0 10 years Thomas Dodds and AV TilliumDodds, publicans, <j Otaki I See remarks 0 2 0 3 months j> "1 On Nov. 8,18G3, occupiers purchased > fromTeAomarerePuna andHinenui- ) tepo. Native title not extinguished. About 3 months since occupiers purchased for £20 10s. from Eoera and a half-caste lad named Thomas Harvey. Native title not extinguished. See remarks See remarks 10 0 2 0 0 3 months 3 months )) 3)