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selves at their makeweights coming in as equal sharers in the rents of the leased lands. Some of these outsiders draw 7 their shares, but there are a good many of the shares of such persons lying unclaimed in the hands of the Public Trustee. When I held meetings of two hapus, the Umutahi and the Inuawai, at the Mawhitiwhiti and Hokorima Pas, Waingongoro, for the purpose of investigating the title of each name on the grants of these reserves, I came to the conclusion, after an exhaustive inquiry, that only three-fifths of the names on the respective grants of these hapus were strictly entitled to the benefits of the reserves —see following particulars of one —the Umutahi Grant, No. 3805, of which one of the principal chiefs, Te Karere Omahuru, appeared before the Committee on the 23rd July, and complained that sixty of his people had been left without land: — Census taken by Beserves Trustee at Mawhitiwhiti Pa, 17th October, 1883:—Total number of names on grant, 79 : Dead, Nos. 5, 39, 59, 69, 70 —5; not known, Nos. 30, 60—2 ; twice down, Nos. 44, 76 —1; represented at the meeting, (adults —9 males, 7 females; under age—2 boys, 9 girls), 27 ; Te Whiti-ites living at Mawhitiwhiti or near it who would not attend the meeting, 13 ; names protested against by those present as neither belonging to nor living with the hapu, most of whom are Te Whiti-ites living at Parihaka, 31.

Schedule. — West Coast Settlement Reserves. — Tirotiromoana to White Cliffs. — Disposal.

A S B § 30 hi © CD <D sS : d >H i rH^ •3 I Name of Reserve. j j Hapu. Total Area. A o 0 VA£ Cj3 m grHjj; l-J cj o ! tfl CQ rH d O no O <l d j O 03 CJ W > § a CtA Acreage. 3,257 3,129 300 705 2,103 2,160 3,582 5,944 2,772 2,081 1,706 1,148 352 1,834 763 393 144 218 219 24 6,909 7,531 2,463 6,186 7,223 15,070 2,259 5,745 1,895 2,505 2,720 4,724 460 1,506 1,206 1,561 3,144 2,262 4,473 697 1,430 1,300 5,800 360 567 127 158 214 Acreage. 2,698 2,229 Acreage. Acreage. 559 517 300 3,780 3,779 3,748 3,727 3,805 3,800 3,804 3,799 3,802 3,801 3,803 3,631 3,629 3,585 3,668 3,925 3,928 3,987 3,795 3,796 3,924 3,923 3,922 3,936 3,937 3,938 3,947 3,948 3,944 4,036 3,946 3,945 3,819 3,892 3,890 3,891 3,888 3,889 3,887 3,886 3,873 3,874 3,875 4,092 5,282 5,283 5,284 132 133 35 35 81 79 57 76 50 23 61 1 1 1 64 6 *21 *21 •• :: 21 *21 50 51 17 31 21 68 55 147 47 62 67 117 28 25 24 25i 40! 25 45| 13' 19! Ill 43| 15 9 9. 9 4 1 Tirotiromoana ... a Stratford Umutahi Inuawai Continuous reserve it n Opunake a a a Ngatitupaia Ahitahi ... Ngatimanuhiakia... Ngatitu ... Ngatihaua Ngatimanuhiakia... Ngatitamaahuroa... Ngatitamaahuroa... Ngatimana Ngaruahine Waiotama Ngatitamarongo ... Ngatikahumate ... Ngatitara Ngatituhekirangi... Ngatihaupoto Waiotama N gatirangit umamao Upokomutu Ngatimoeahu 705 1,300 844 2,303 2,399 2,005 1,593 1,013 1,129 1,949 195 2,037 1,243 3,643 383 ibo 2,'l05 '975 1,114 1,367 1,068 761 207 1,805 703 1,316 1,279 1,440 767 488 731 135 352 1,834 763 393 144 218 219 24 4,666 4,215 1,200 3,388 5,773 9,622 2,259 5,745 1,895 2.505 2,720 4,724 460 1,506 442 552 2,010 1,824 3,405 219 1,430 1,300 5,800 360 567 127 158 214 Parihaka Stoney Eiver 364 1,009 548 438 765 478 400 if 586 if 303 if it • • • Patuha Eanges ... „ ... Pukiekie Puketapu Matatiore Eeserve Puketapu *Sa: ie grantees in each.