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

Wellington.—Lands in Dispute between the Natives and the New Zealand Company. Russell, 9th October, 1840

Wellington.—Lands in Dispute between the Natives and the New Zealand Company. Russell, 9th October, 1840.

Sir,—

In answer to your Excellency's letter directing me to furnish you with a written report respecting the land in dispute between the Natives of Port Nicholson and the New Zealand Land Company, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the chief Moturoa stated to me that he had not sold his land to the Company; that he had neither signed their deed of conveyance nor received any part of the payment given to the other chiefs. Moturoa possesses a considerable part of the land, both at Pipitea and Te Aro (or Taranaki), on which the Company's town has been laid out.