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A Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the South Island. Volume Two.

Copy of letter from Mr. James Mackay, Junr., to the Native Secretary, Auckland

Copy of letter from Mr. James Mackay, Junr., to the Native Secretary, Auckland.

Auckland, October 3rd, 1868.

Sir,

Referring to your request that I should report on the present condition and prospects of the Natives residing in the Middle Island of New Zealand, I have now the honour to enclose herewith a report on that subject, in which I have endeavoured to show, as nearly as possible, the actual position of affairs, and the real feelings of the Natives towards the Governmnt. In ordeer to do so distinctly, I have placed the matter contained in it under five heads, viz:—

1.Population. Location of tribes.
2.General condition of Natives.
3.Native King movement, and the war.
4.Native Assessors, and Native Runangas.
5.Native reserves, and the individualization of Native title.

Hoping the information thus conveyed may not be without value, as showing the state of Natives when closely intermixed with a European population.

I have, &c.,

James Mackay, Junr., Assistant Native Secretary.

The Native Secretary, Auckland.