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knowledge of the mineral wealth abounding in some of the land they have sold; and while the sums payable to them in each year secures their allegiance to the English, the amount in itself, compared with the advantages of settling such an important question, is very inconsiderable. I have, &c, Donald McLean, The Civil Secretary, &c. Land Commissioner.

Sub-Enclosure to Enclosure No. 5. List op Names entitled to 200 Acres Each. 1. Te Waha Piro. 10. Horomona. 19. Hoani te Okoro. 2. Nopera te Ngiha. 11. Rawiri Hikihiki. 20. Horopapera. 3. Ropata Wainui (Hurumutu). 12. Mohi te Hua. 21. Riwai te Ahu. 4. Te Whawharua. 13. Tungia. 22. Hohaia (Pokaitara). 5. Hohepa te Maihengia. 14. Pitiroi Paea. 23. Te Karira. 6. Mokau (Eangihaeata) 15. Tamati Hauhau. 24. Rene te Ouenuku. 7 Te Hiko. 16. Waka te Kotua. 25. Eraia te Hunga. 8. Rawiri Puaha. 17 Tamihana te Rauparaha. 26. Peti te Rau-o-te-Rangi. 9. Wi te Kanae. IS. Matene te Whiwhi.

Enclosure No. 6. Extract from the Neio Zealand Gazette, No. 106, of 11th November, 1880, page 1618. Notification respecting Ngatitoa Claims. Whereas by a deed of cession, bearing date the 10th day of August, 1853, made between certain Natives, members of the Ngatitoa and other tribes, of the first part, and Her Majesty the Queen, of the second part, it was stipulated, inter alia, that certain portions of the land so ceded should be granted by the Governor to some of the chiefs : And whereas it was subsequently arranged that the quantity of land to be set apart as aforesaid should bo 200 acres each for the twent} r-six persons whose names appear in a list appended to a document dated the 11th August, 1853 : And whereas the said stipulation has never been fulfilled in the manner provided, and it has been decided, in substitution thereof, to settle the question by a payment in money to the original claimants, a list of whom is appended hereto : And whereas the General Assembly did, in the year 1879, appropriate the sum of £5,200 in settlement of the claims of the said chiefs or their representatives to such land : And whereas His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, by a warrant dated the 12th day of October,. 1880, appointed us, the undersigned, Charles Heaphy, of Wellington, and Alexander Mackay, of Nelson, Esquires, to be Commissioners to ascertain who of the said twenty-six chiefs now survive, and who are the representatives now living of such of tho said chiefs who may have died, and to report to him as to who are the persons who may be entitled to participate in such sum of £5,200 and the interest that may have accrued thereon, and as to what may be the amount of their shares respectively : Now, therefore, we, the said Commissioners, do hereby give notice that we shall, on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1881, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at Porirua, in the Provincial District of Wellington, proceed to make such inquiry and take evidence respecting the claims of such chiefs or their representatives to such money ; and we call upon all persons lawfully interested in such claims to be there present. List op Names. 1. Te Waha Piro. 10. Horomona. 19. Hoani te Okoro. 2. Nopera te Ngiha. 11. Rawiri Hikihiki. 20. Horopapera. 3. Ropata Wainui (Hurumutu) 12. Mohi te Hua. 21. Riwai te Ahu. 4. Te Whawharua. 13. Tungia. 22. Hohaia (Pokaitara). 5. Hohepa te Maihengia. 14. Pitiroi Paea. 23. Te Karira. C. Mokau (Eangihaeata). 15. Tamati Hauhau. 24. Rene te Ouenuku. 7 Te Hiko. 16. Waka te Kotua, 25. Eraia te Hunga (Hongi). 8. Rawiri Puaha. 17 Tamihana te Rauparaha. 26. Peti te Rau-o-te-Rangi. 9. Wi te Kanae. 18. Matene te Whiwhi. Dated this 23rd day of October, 1880, at Wellington. Charles Heiphy. Alexander Mackay..

By Authority : Geoegb Didsbuhy, Government Printer, Wellington.—1881.

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