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EXHIBIT D. [Handed in Monday, 22nd November, 1897.] Names op Okiginal Geantkes. Te Kawakawa No, 2002. 1. Hemi te Miha (in all three blocks). 6. Te Koro te Euakirikiri. 2. Maraea te Toatoa (in all three blocks). 7. Eiria Tauhinu (in two blocks). 3. Eaniera te Iho (in two blocks). 8. Hiu te Miha. 4. Roka Piro. 9. Piripi te Maari. 5. Teone Whaiti. 10. Karauria Hape. Matakitaki No. 2003. 9. Piripi te Maari. 12. Ihipera Turakirae. 10. Karauria Hape. 13. Ani Pikinoa. 11. Heremaia Tamaihotua. " ,! 7. Eiria Tauhinu. *1. Hemi te Miha. 14. Hohepa te Whanga Aporo. *2, Maraea te Toatoa. 15. Tiopira Tahana. Te Kopi No. 2, No. 2698. ♦1. Hemi te Miha. *2. Maraea te Toatoa. *3. Eaniera te Iho. 16. Katarina Wharekura.

EXHIBIT E. Be Kawakawa and other Blocks. Deam Sib, — Greytown, Wairarapa, 6th December, 1897. Herewith I forward you schedule showing the acreage, yearly rent, amount of mortgage and interest thereon of twelve Natives in the Kawakawa, Te Kopi, and Matakitaki Blocks. This return is made up to the 31st July, 1893, on which date Mr. Pharazyn handed over the accounts to Te Arna te Whaiti and J. Sinclair. Since that date the accounts have been kept by those latter gentlemen; but the last column in the return, in italics, shows the total debt of each Native on the 18th November last, as made up by Messrs. Te Whaiti and Sinclair. Interest at 8 per cent., reducible to 7 per cent., has to be calculated to arrive at the interest payable yearly by each Native. 1 trust that my delay in forwarding this information has not caused any inconvenience to the Committee ; but since my return from Wellington I have not had time to prepare it before. If the Committee require anything further, I shall be pleased to give them any information that may be necessary. Yours, &c, The Clerk, Native Land Laws Amendment Bill Committee, H. Stkatton Izakd. House of Representatives, "Wellington.

EXHIBIT E. Sib,— 11, Featherston Street, Wellington, 6th December, 1897. 1 have the honour to acknowledge your note of the 3rd December, informing me that the Committee does not require my evidence. With reference to clause 2 of the Bill, my clients will be deprived of their rights if it be allowed to pass. The Hansard reports show that the clause was introduced to affect retrospectively the rights of Messrs. Rathbone and Matthews under their leases of the Piripiri Block. With reference to clause 3, I would point out that the Hansard reports show that it has been suggested that I in some way or another procured the passage of the amendment sought to be

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