An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

Part I.—Province of Auckland

Part I.—Province of Auckland.

No. of Series.	Date.	Name of Writer.	To whom addressed.	Subject.	Page.
1	24 June, 1815	Governor Macquarie	Earl Bathurst	Respecting visit of the Rev. S. Marsden to New Zealand	1
2	16 Nov., 1831	Mr. William Yate	Colonial Secretary, New South Wales	Transmitting letter of Maori Chiefs to King William IV.	1
3	13 April, 1833	Sir Richard Bourke	Mr. James Busby	Instructions to the British Resident	2
4	10 Oct., 1835	British Resident	European settlers	Respecting land claims of Baron de Thierry, with copy of deed	5
5	2 Nov., 1835	"	Under-Secretary of State	Transmitting Declaration of Independence	8
6	25 May, 1836	Lord Glenelg	Sir Richard Bourke	Respecting the Maori Declaration of Independence	9
7	9 Sept., 1837	Sir Richard Bourke	Lord Gleuelg	On British settlement in New Zealand, with enclosures by Captain Hobson and Mr. Busby	10
8	1 July, 1839	Marquis of Normanby	Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty	Captain Hobson's appointment as British Consul	14
9	5 Feb., 1840	Lieut.-Governor Hobson	Sir George Gipps	Narrative of proceedings on arrival in New Zealand	14
10	17 Feb., 1840	"	"	Treaty of Waitangi signed at Hokianga	16
11	6 May, 1840	Colonial Secretary	Lieut.-Governor Hobson	Treaty signed at Kaitaia	18
12	4 June, 1840	Captain George Grey	Lord John Russell	Report on aborigines	19
13	15 June, 1840	Lieut.-Governor Hobson	Sir George Gipps	Disturbances at Kawakawa	22
14	17 July, 1840	Lord John Russell	"	Approval of Governor Hobson's proceedings	24
15	24 July, 1840	Sir George Gipps	Lord John Russell	Reporting proceedings of Major Bunbury	24
16	15 Oct., 1840	Lieut.-Governor Hobson	Secretary of State	Signing of Treaty, with enclosures	25
17	10 Dec., 1840	Lord John Russell	Lieut.-Governor Hobson	Approval of Governor's proceedings	30
18	5 Aug., 1841	Lieut.-Governor Hobson	Secretary of State	Result of first land sale	30
19	16 Dec., 1841	"	"	Reporting death of Captain W. C. Symonds	31
20	10 Sept., 1842	Colonial Secretary	New Zealand Gazette	Notice of Governor Hobson's death	32
21	26 Nov., 1842	"	"	Auckland appointed the capital of New Zealand	32
22	26 Mar., 1844	Governor Fitzroy	Proclamation	Conditions of waiving the right of pre-emption	32
23	14 Oct., 1844	"	Lord Stanley	On same subject	33
24	15 Oct., 1844	"	"	General report on the land question	34
25	19 Oct., 1844	"	"	Military protection required	34
26	5 Nov., 1844	Chief Protector	Colonial Secretary	Waiving Crown's right of pre-emption	36
27	15 Sept., 1845	Colonial Secretary	N.Z. Magistrates	Responsibility of Natives to British law	36
28	10 Nov., 1845	Governor Fitzroy	Chief Parore	Governor's departure to England	37
29	10 Dec., 1845	Lieut.-Governor Grey	Lord Stanley	General affairs of the colony	37
30	11 Dec., 1845	"	"	Enrolment of Native corps	38
31	11 Sept., 1845	"	"	Position of our Native allies	38
32	13 Dec., 1845	"	"	Respecting Regulation of Arms Ordinance	39
33	26 Jan., 1846	"	"	Free pardon offered to rebels	39
34	14 May, 1846	"	"	Military force still requisite	41
35	10 June, 1846	Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone	Lieut.-Governor Grey	Compensation for war losses	41
36	5 Oct., 1846	Lieut.-Governor Grey	Legislative Council	Introduction of British law amongst the aborigines	42
37	7 Oct., 1846	"	Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone	Respecting changes in the Constitution	42
38	24 Nov., 1846	Earl Grey	Lieut.-Governor Grey	As to military force requisite	43
39	1 Mar., 1847	"	"	Respecting pensioners, convicts, and troops	44
40	3 May, 1847	Governor Grey	Earl Grey	New Constitution proposed to bo introduced	44
41	13 May, 1817	"	"	New Zealand proposed to be divided into two colonies	47
42	19 May, 1847	Colonial Secretary	New Zealand Gazette	Illicit sale of arms to Natives	47
43	1 Oct., 1847	Governor Grey	Earl Grey	Transmitting Sale of Spirits Ordinance	47
44	20 Nov., 1847	Earl Grey	Governor Grey	The Constitution to be partially suspended	48
45	15 May, 1848	Governor Grey	Earl Grey	Good faith to be maintained with the Natives	48
46	27 June, 1848	"	"	General report	50
47	31 Oct., 1848	"	Chief Potatau	Letter to Her Majesty acknowledged by her	51
48	5 Dec., 1849	Earl Grey	Sir George Grey	Respecting memorial of settlers urging introduction of representative government	51
49	27 Nov., 1849	"	"	Reply to petition against introduction of convicts	52
50	15 June, 1854	Commissioner McLean	The Government	Organization of Native Land Purchase Department	52
51	28 Oct., 1854	Colonial Secretary	Native Secretary	Occupation of Native lands by Europeans	53
52	30 Aug., 1855	Chief Commissioner	Colonial Secretary	Respecting the purchase of Native lands	53
53	21 April, 1856	"	Governor's Private Secretary	Present state of Native land purchases	54
54	19 May, 1856	"	C. W. Ligar	Remarks on Native affairs	55
55	23 June, 1856	"	Memorandum	On legal acquisition of their homesteads by Europeans	55
56	20 Mar., 1857	"	Governor Gore Browne	Reporting visit to Whangarei and Kaipara	56
57	2 Mar, 1858	Governor Gore Browne	Public notice	Future designation of Raglan Harbour	58
58	29 Sept., 1858	Hon. C. W. Richmond	Memorandum	General principles of Native policy	58 page viii
59	19 Aug, 1859	Hon. O.W. Richmond	Memorandum	On Native land purchases	60
60	7 May, 1860	Hon. W. Swainson	"	On government of the Native race	60
61	10 July, 1860	Governor Gore Browne	…	Address to Maori chiefs at Kohimarama	63
62	1 Nov., 1860	"	Duke of Newcastle	General policy of the New Zealand Government	64
63	10 Nov., 1860	Colonial Secretary	New Zealand Gazette	Appointment on Minister for Native Affairs	66
64	4 Feb., 1861	Governor Gore Browne	Duke of Newcastle	On the establishment of a Native council	66
65	12 Mar., 1861	"	Memorandum	On Court for settlement of disputed land claims	69
66	25 May, 1861	Duke of Newcastle	Governor Gore Browne	Appointment of sir George Grey as Governor	70
67	5 June, 1861	"	Sir George Grey	Instructions of Governor Grey on his return to New Zealand	70
68	6 July, 1861	Governor Gore Browne	Duke of Newcastle	On the military force necessary in the Waikato District	72
69	"	"	"	Requesting that a Royal Proclamation may be sent	73
70	15 Aug., 1861	Governor Sir G. Grey	"	Reporting his departure from the Cape	73
71	4 Oct., 1861	"	"	Governor Grey's arrival at Auckland	73
72	8 Oct., 1861	Colonial Ministers' Minute		Present position of the colony	74
72a	"	"	Machinery of Native government in operation	77
73	30 Nov., 1861	Governor Sir G. Grey	Duke of Newcastle	Plan for self-government in Native districts	79
74	6 Dec., 1861	"	"	Present state of the country	79
75	"	Colonial Ministers' Minute		The Governor's proposed visit to Waikato	81
76	Dec., 1861	Governor Sir G. Grey	Notification	To the Waikato and other tribes	82
77	7 Feb., 1862	"	Duke of Newcastle	Respecting Crown grants to Natives	83
78	26 Mar., 1862	"	"	On issue of Crown grants to Natives	84
79	26 Aug., 1862	"	"	Respecting the relations of Governor and Ministers on Native affairs	84
80	7 Jan., 1862	"	"	Visit to Lower Waikato District	85
81	21 April, 1863	Duke of Newcastle	Governor Sir G. Grey	Plan for military settlements in the Waikato	86
82	9 May, 1863	Governor Sir G. Grey	Duke of Newcastle	General rising in the North Island apprehended	87
83	5 April, 1864	"	"	Murders committed by Natives	87
84	25 April, 1864	"	Right Hon. E. Cardwell	Enclosing letter from Bishop Williams	87
85	27 June, 1864	Right Hon. E. Cardwell	Governor Sir G. Grey	As to mode of dealing with the Rangiriri prisoners	88
86	1 Aug., 1861	Colonial Secretary	Government Commissioners	Removal of seat of Government from Auckland	88
87	20 Aug., 1864	Governor Sir G. Grey	Right Hon. E. Cardwell	Government of Native affairs, with memorandum by Ministers	90
88	25 Oct., 1864	"	Proclamation	Amnesty to the rebel Natives	97
89	27 Oct., 1864	"	Right Hon. E. Cardwell	Transmission of Proclamation	98
90	1 Mar., 1865	Colonial Ministers	Memorandum	Taursnga prisioners to be tried by martial law	98
91	4 Mar., 1865	Governor Sir G. Grey	"	War in Waikato not prosecuted for the profit of colonists	99
92	1 April, 1865	"	Proclamation	Discontinuance of Native Land Purchase Department	100
93	4 Sept., 1865	"	"	Martial law to be in force at Opotiki and Whakatano	100
94	4 Jan., 1866	"	Right Hon. E. Cardwell	Respecting petition from Auckland as to control of Native affairs	101
95	2 Feb., 1866	"	"	Remarks on Sir William Martin's letter on the Waikato war	101
96	8 Mar., 1868	Governor Sir G. Bowen	Duke of Buckingham	Condition of Maori race	102
97	17 Dec., 1869	Native Minister	Memorandum	Peace arrangements in Waikato	104
98	22 Dec., 1869	Governor Sir G. Bowen	Earl Granville	State of military defence	104
99	18 Aug., 1870	Earl of Kimberley	Governor Sir G. Bowen	The Queen's Maori godson to be properly educated	105
100	10 Dec., 1870	Governor Sir G. Bowen	Earl of Kimberley	Arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh in Auckland	105
101	26 Dec., 1870	"	"	Visit to the Lake District	105
102	20 May, 1871	"	"	Report on the slate of the Natives	106
103	10 June, 1871	"	"	Report on the Province of Auckland	107
104	15 Nov., 1871	Earl of Kimberley	Governor Sir G. Bowen	Death of Tamati Waaka Nene	109
105	15 May, 1872	Governor Sir G. Bowen	Earl of Kimberley	Visit to Taupo	109
106	10 June, 1872	"	"	Visit to Waikato, &c.	110
107	17 Mar., 1873	Native Minister	Memorandum	Condition of Native affairs	111
108	19 Mar., 1873	Governor Sir G. Bowen	Earl of Kimberley	Inauguration of Waaka Nene's monument	111
109	10 April, 1873	Sir George Arney	"	Visit to Kawhia, with memo. by Native Minister	112
110	"	"	"	On the same subject	113
111	30 April, 1873	Earl of Kimberley	Sir George Arney	Address of the Ngapuhis laid before the Queen	115
112	8 June, 1874	Governor Sir James Fergusson	Earl of Carnarvon	Visit to Native districts	115
113	20 Oct., 1874	Earl of Carnarvon	Governor Sir James Fergusson	On retirement from the Government of New Zealand	116
114	25 Nov., 1874	Governor Sir James Fergusson	Earl of Carnarvon	Shall leave Auckland on Governor Normanby's arrival	116
115	21 Dec., 1874	Marquis of Normanby	"	Assumption of the Government of New Zealand	117
116	7 June, 1875	"	"	Reporting his visit to the South	117

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