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[Price 3d}

EXTRACT from RETURN of NATIVE LAND PURCHASES laid before Parliament 18th June, 1856, vide pages 19 and 20, Parl. Paper C. 4, Votes and Proceedings, House of Representatives, Session IV. PROVINCE OF NELSON.

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District where situated. Date of Purchase. Extent in Acres. Description of Land. Dates of Payment. Sums paid. Sums payable. Totals of each Purchase. Tribes from whom purchased. £ s. d. 2,000 0 0 £ b. d. £ s. d. Waipounamu (Nelson and part of Canterbury Provinces) Aug. 10, 1853 8,000,000 A great portion of this district on the west coast of the Island is as yet unexplored by Europeans, but the Natives report that there is a large extent of grassy and available country inland of the ranges that border the coast Aug. 10, 1853 Ngatitoa, ffl O to B (TO O I Gore's Harbour and Totaranui, Queen Charlotte Sound, claims of Tamati Wiremu Kingi Te Awaiti, Queen Charlotte Sound, claims of Ngatiawa chiefs Wairau Arapaoa Mar. 2, 1854 Mar. 10, 1854 Dec. 13, 1854 Nov. 10, 1855 Mar. 5, 1856 Nov. 16, 1854 Nov. 29, 1854 Feb. 1, 1856 Feb. 9, 1856 Good harbours, land generally hilly, with a few flats Grass swamp and timber Hilly, witli small level flats in the different coves or bays Rich agricultural land, with fine timber Do. Do. Do. Mar. 2, 1854 Mar. 10, 1854 Dec. 13, 1854 Nov. 10, 1855 Mar. 5, 1856 Nov. 16, 1854 Nov. 2i, 1854 Feb. 1, 1856 Feb. 9, 1856 Feb. 16, 1856 200 0 0 500 0 0 2,000 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 Ngatiawa. Ngatiawa of Taranaki. Ngatitoa. Ngatirarua and Ngatitama. Ngatikoata. Ngatiawa. Ngatiawa. Rangitane. Ngatiawa. Ngatikuia. .. Hoiere and Kaituna Feb. 16, 1856 Do. claim of Noa Te Whata Do. Rawiri Te Puaha Do. Matene Whiwhi Te Eei Ngangiho Whakapuaka Natives ... Arahura do. Separation Point, Takaka, and Aorere, unextinguished claims, within Mr. Commissioner Spain's Award to the New Zealand Company Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ... Dec. 11, 1855 Jan. 22, 1856 Jan. 22, 1856 Mar. 8, 1856 10 0 36 0 0 11 0 0 19 0 0 Mauapoko. Ngatitoa. Ngatitoa. Ngatiawa. Ngatitama. Ngaitahu. Mar. 8, 1856 100 0 0 100 0 0 6,667 0 0 Mar. 6, 1856 Mar. 7, 1856 Mar. 7, 1856 Mar. 6, 1856 Mar. 7, 1856 Mar. 7, 1856 60 0 0 150 0 0 110 0 0 320 0 0 Ngatirarua and Ngatitama. Ngatirarua and Ngatitama. Ngatirarua and Ngatitama. Totals £6,787 0 0 £200 0 0 8,000,000 £6,987 0 0 Note. —In the latter end of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two (1852), Major Richmond purchased from the Natives the Pakawau coal district for a sum, as far as I can ascertain, of fire hundred pounds (£500). I do not know the estimated extent of this purchase. In addition to the cash consideration paid to the Ngatitoa Natives for the entire surrender of their claims, the right of selecting fifteen scrips of fifty acres in any Crown lands in New Zealand has been guaranteed to them by Sir George Grey. Twenty-six chiefs were also to have two hundred (200) acres each in the Nelson Province, to be selected in such places as the Governor may set apart for that purpose. A tribe of the Ngaitahu, about twenty-five (25) in number, on the West Coast, are entitled to a small compensation for their claims, not exceeding one hundred pounds (£100). In the event of the Wakapuaka Natives relinquishing a portion of the land claimed by them as a reserve, they would also be entitled to one hundred pounds (£100). Donald McLean, Chief Commissioner for the Purchase of Land from the Natives.