G—2. (Appendix C.)

3, —Order in Council of 11th Mag, 1871, renewing the Regulation as to 5 per cents. (Gazette, ' 1871, p. 258.) ' [Extract.] G. P. Bowen, Governor. OEDEE IN COUNCIL. At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh day of May, 1871. AVhereas, &c. : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him in that behalf, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, revoke all Regulations . . . in force immediately before the coming into operation of the Eegulation s in the Schedule hereto, and with the like advice and consent doth hereby make the following Eegulations, &c. William Fox, Presiding. IV. —Native Eeserves. 8. An amount of land equivalent to 5 per cent, of the value of every rural and suburban block within the West Coast District shall, before the same is offered for sale, be reserved for the benefit of such persons of the tribes of Ngatiawa, Taranaki, Ngatiruanui, and Ngarauru, as were residing in the district aforesaid on the 30th day of June, 1867, and have since remained loyal, and as the Governor may from time to time appoint in accordance with the Proclamation to that effect made on the 26th November, 1867. Approved in Council, 11th May, 1871. Porstee Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council.

No. 5. Notification, 25th January, 1867, by the Crown Agent, purporting to abandon the Confiscation of the Territory between Wanganui and Waitotara. (Gazette, 1867, p. 112.)

In exercise of the authority contained in section 6 of "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865," the Colonial Secretary, on behalf of the Crown, abandons the right to take all or any of the land in the Ngatiruanui Coast Block, lying eastward of the western boundary of the Waitotara Block, and of a line 22-j degrees east, in production of that boundary northwards to the north-eastern boundary of the said Ngatiruanui Coast Block. And the aforesaid land is accordingly excluded from the operation of " The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," " The New Zealand Settlements Amendment Act, 1864," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865." (By authority) W. S. Atkinson, Wanganui, 25th January, 1867. Crown Agent, Compensation Court.

No. 6. Notice, sth August, 1870, by the Secretary for Crown Lands, cautioning all persons to abstain from dealing with the Compensation Awards. (Gazette, 1870, p. 397.) General Crown Lands Office, sth August, 1870. Notice is hereby given, that no transactions affecting lands formerly awarded by the Compensation Court, and the Native owners of which have since been in rebellion, will be recognized by the Government. All persons are hereby cautioned to abstain from dealing with any such lands till the Government has determined the relations of the Natives with respect to them. Alfred Domett, Secretary for Crown Lands.

No. 7. Eeport from Major Beown, respecting the Survey of Land South of Waingongoro. [See Evidence, Q. 1,110.]

Sie, — New Plymouth, 9th January, 1877. In elucidation of my telegram from Hawera to the Hon. Major Atkinson, dated the sth instant, I have the honor to state that so far as regards the confiscated lauds now unoccupied between Waitotara and Patea Eivers, the Natives concerned have agreed to the external boundaries of their lands being surveyed as between themselves and the adjacent tribes, when they propose to arrive at a final arrangement with the Government relative to the unoccupied portions, in which will be included the confiscated lands not yet occupied. As regards the portion between the Waingongoro and Patea Eivers, this comprises about 70,000 acres of confiscated land. It is, however, in a very peculiar position. The former Native claims in it interlace to a great extent, and there is so much jealousy of one another on the part of the chiefs concerned, that if one assists a Government survey, some other—even perhaps a near relative—feels bound to stop it, because it is not his survey; and, if it were his survey, the other would feel bound to oppose it. The late survey of the Waingongoro Eiver is a case in point. This was commenced in May last, at the instance of Wharerata and others, under Mr. Skeet. Owing, however, to the opposition of Heke Pakeke and others, the Native labourers disappeared, and Mr. Skeet had to engage Europeans and half-castes to do the work. I stopped the survey in June, among other reasons, because I was in doubt if it had not reached the limit of the confiscated land, and I thought it advisable to drop this survey until the telegraph wire had been taken inland of Mount Egmont. 2—G. 2 (App. 0).

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