A.—No. Be,

RETURN showing the NUMBERS and TRIBES of NATIVES, not on regular PAY, who have been EMPLOYED since the 1st July, 1869, on MILITARY EXPEDITIONS, etc., with the Cost of Provisions and Clothing supplied to them, and the Sums of Money that have been paid to them for Services they have rendered.

Expedition. No. of Natives. Tribe. Amount of Clothing and Provision Supplied. Sums Paid. Amounts still claimed. Total. Remarks. Taupo ... • «. 130 Taupo ... ... ... ~) Ngatikahungunu ... ...) £ s. d. 1,061 13 1 I £ s. 2,342 13 800 0 d. 6 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,342 13 6 Taupo 220 1,861 13 1 Maungapowhatu 370 370 Ngatiporou ... ... ...") Wnanganui ... 1,073 0 10 2,400 0 2,000 0 0 0 2,400 0 0 2,000 0 0 150 Bawhiti and Whakatoheas ... } i ] 200 0 0 1,273 0 10 Waikare-Moana (1) 60 Ngatiawa 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 430 Ngatiporou ... ... ...J 1,041 14 1 Waikare-Moana (2) 300 Wairoa 2,000 0 0 3,041 14 1 Total 8,176 8 0 7,542 13 6 3,700 0 0 14,419 1 6