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INDEX TO PAPERS RELATIVE TO IMPERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND ; WITH REMARKS BY THE COMMISSIONER. Paragraphs of Report. Commission ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Recapitulation of the contents of the Despatches referred to in the Commission ... 2-3 Interruption of examination of Accounts; with reasons, as shown in the correspondence between the Commissioners ... ... ... ... ... 4 Imperial Claim, of 6th October, 1860, transmitted to Accountant on 9th October, 1866 ... 5 Substituted Account, dated 4th April, 1807, received on 4th April, 18G7 ... ... G Substituted Account forwarded to Accountant on sth April, 1867 ; Analysis of Report in reply ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Reasons for selecting the last Account for examination ... ... ... ... 8 Reasons for deviating from Instructions ... ... ... ... ... 9 Division of Report— I. Matter of Account 11. Grounds of Equity ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Division of Imperial Account into specified periods ; with Analysis of each ... ... 11 PART I. Account. Liability of the Colony to Imperial Treasury : — I. Anterior to Ist April, 1858, no charge except for New Plymouth Barracks. 11. From Ist April, 1858, to 31st December, 1861, namely £5 per soldier, as Colonial contribution to Imperial Government ... ... ... ... 12-1G 111. From Ist January, 1862, to 31st December, 1864—£26,000 Colonial contribution ~\ IV. A proposal, not accepted. From January, 1865, onwards—Colonial contribution, > 17-18 £40 per man, with limitations ... ... ... ... ) Remaeks ojt Claim. New Zealand Fencibles — Grounds for disallowing charge of £68,029 ss. 9d. ... ... ... ... 19-23 Interest — Grounds of rejection ... ... ... ... ... ... 24-27 Militia and Volunteers, Pay of— Colony irresponsible and Claim subject to future adjustment ... ... ... 28-29 Imperial demand conditional and Colonial acceptance of ditto ... ... ... 30 Provisional admission by Commissioner of liability of Colony to the close of ISG1 —viz., £74,807 16s. 2d. ; remainder (from January, 1862) claim admitted ... ... 31-32 2T.8. —Colonial irresponsibility again asserted, par. 35. Construction and Maintenance of Military Hoads — Charge subject to future adjustment—Claim for payment urged by Imperial Government and declined by Colonial Government ... ... ... ... 33-35 Two-thirds of the entire cost fairly chargeable, in view of the Commissioner, on Imperial Government ... ... ... ... ... ... 36 Block Houses — Rejection of Claim anterior to 1864 ... ... ... ... ... 37 Extra Allowance to Her Majesty's Troops — Partial acknowledgment of claim ... ... ... ... ... 38 Losses sustained by Meat Contractor — Grounds for rejecting Claim ... ... ... ... ... 39 Material and Workinq Pay — Grounds for rejecting Claim ... ... ... ... ... 40 Lodging Money — Field Allowances — Forage Commutation — Clothing — Grounds for rejecting Claims ... ... ... ... ... 41 Labor in Coal Mines — Grounds of objection ... ... ... ... ... .... 42 Colonial Counter Claims — Received from Colonial Treasurer ... ... ... ... ... 43 PART 11. Equity. Moral Responsibility ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 I. Colony had no control: therefore was irresponsible ... ... ... 45 11. Colony has a claim on the Empire as a matter of right; and the grounds thereof ... 46-47 111. Responsibility was not transferred on passing the Constitution Act, but only imposed by force in 1863 ... ... ... ... ... 48 IV. Question divided into three periods, namely— a. From 1840 to December, 1853 ... ... ... ... ) b. From that date to 1863 ... ... ... ... [• 49-50 c. Thence onwards to 30th September, 1866 ... ... ... )