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that certain chiefs, twenty-six in number, whose names are written in the margin,* should receive grants of two hundred (200) acres of land each in such parts of the land aforesaid as the Governor should appoint; but the selection of the aforesaid acreage has never been made, nor have the chiefs above mentioned received any consideration in lieu thereof: And whereas the General Assembly, in the year 1879, did appropriate a sum of five thousand two hundred pounds (£5,200) in settlement of the abovementioned claim of the twenty-six chiefs ; and the said sum has been handed to the Public Trustee for investment for the benefit of the parties respectively entitled thereto : And whereas, for a just distribution of the aforesaid sum, or of the interest or proceeds thereof, it is necessary to ascertain what survivors remain of the above-named twenty-six chiefs, and who are the representatives now living of such of the said chiefs as may have died, and the proportionate share which each of such representatives is entitled to of the portion of the chief deceased from whom he claims : Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of tho Executive Council of the said colony, having full confidence in your impartiality, ability, and integrity, do hereby appoint you, the said Charles Heaphy and Alexander Mackay, to be Commissioners, with all the powers granted by " The Commissioners Powers Act, 1867," aud any Act passed in amendment thereof, and by all lawful ways and means, to ascertain the names of the persons entitled to participate in the benefits of tho said sum of five thousand two hundred pounds (£5,200), together with the proportion per annum of interest or profit accruing therefrom to which they are respectively entitled, and by all lawful means to take such evidence and make such inquiry in the premises as you shall think expedient: And Ido hereby, and with the advice and consent aforesaid, require you, within four months after the date of this Commission, or as much sooner as the same can be done, using all diligence, to certify to me under your hand and seal your proceedings and your opinion touching the premises: And, with the like advice and consent, I do hereby declare that this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, the said Commissioners, shall and may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof at such place and places and at such times as you shall j udge convenient, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. Given under the hand of His Excellency James Prendergast, Esquire, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the Government of Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty John Beyce. forster goring, Clerk of the Executive Council.

* List op Names Written in the Margin op the Commission 1. Te Wahapiro. 14. Pitiroi Paea. 2. Hopera te Ngiha. 15. Tamati Hauhau. 3. Ropata Wainui (Hurumutu) 10. Waka te Kotua. 4. Te Whawharua. 17 Tamihana te Rauparaha. 5. Hohepa te Maihengia. 18. Matene te Whiwhi. 6. Mokau (Rangihaeata). 19. Hoani te Okoro. V Te Hiko. 20. Horopapera. 8. Rawiri Puaha. 21. Riwai te Ahu. 9. Wi te Kanae. 22. Hohaia. 10. Horomona. 23. Te Karira. 11. Rawiri Hikihiki. 24. Rawiri te Ouenuku. 12. Mohi te Hua. 25. Erava te Hunga. 13. Tungia. 26. Peti te Rau-o-te-rangi.