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

No. 18. — Statement showing Sums Paid and Value of Stores issued to Aborigines in exchange for Land during the Years 1840, 1841, and 1842

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No. 18.
Statement showing Sums Paid and Value of Stores issued to Aborigines in exchange for Land during the Years 1840, 1841, and 1842.

Particulars of Purchase.	Amount.			Total.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Amount paid the Native chief Noble Panakareao for land in the District of Kaitaia	100	0	0
Amount paid George Clarke, Protector of Aborigines, to enable him to purchase from Natives a tract of country situated on the Waitemata	52	0	0
Value of Stores issued to Natives in completion of the above purchases	215	16	2
Total expenditure in 1840				367	16	2
1841.
Purchase from the Ngatipaoa Tribe of a tract of land on the River Tamaki	100	0	0
Payment to the Native chief Pororua for his interests in lands at Mangonui	100	0	0
Purchase from Native chiefs Davis and Te Kawau of land in the vicinity of Auckland extending towards Manukau	200	0	0
Amount paid the chief Davis in lieu of ten cloaks, part of the above purchase	25	0	0
Amount paid the chiefs Tinana and others for laud to the northward of the Harbour of Waitemata, in cash	100	0	0
Amount paid the chiefs Tautari, Tinana, and others in lieu of a boat which formed part of the above purchase	10	0	0
Repayment to Mr. Clarke, Protector of Aborigines, of a sum given by him as a deposit on the part of Government towards, purchase of land at Waitemata	6	o	o
Value of horses and stores issued to Natives in completion of the above purchases	904	18	0
Total expenditure in 1841				1,445	18	0
1842.
Amount paid the Native chiefs Tihi and others for land in the vicinity of Manukau	200	0	0
Amount paid Kainga and others for land at Mahurangi	433	0	0
Amounts paid Davis and Te Kawau for land on the north-west of Auckland	300	0	0
Amounts paid Te Whero Whero and E Kati for land in the Districts of Tongaporutu and Waitotara	150	0	0
Amount paid Te Pomare in purchase of his interest in land at Mahurangi	50	0	0
Amounts paid Tihi and others for land on the East side of Manukau, being completion of purchase money	200	0	0
Amounts paid Te Kawau as a deposit of ten per cent towards the purchase of land situated between Manukau and Waikato	50	0	0
Amounts paid Te Kawau and Davis for a piece of land on the Manukau Road	40	0	0
Value of horses, cattle, and stores purchased for issue to Natives in completion of land purchases this year	636	6	2
Expense attending the removal from Russell to Auckland of horses given to Natives in part payment for land	22	2	0
Purchase of the cutter "Elizabeth" given Te Pomare in part payment for his interest in land at Mahurangi	150	0	0
Total expenditure in 1842		2,231	8	2
Recapitulation.
Amount expended in 1840	367	16	2
"" in 1841	1,445	18	0
"" in 1842	2,231	8	2
4,045	2	4
Total expenditure				£4,045	2	4

Felton Matthews,

Commissioner of Audit.

R. A. Fitzgerald.

Audit Office, New Zealand, 15th September, 1843.

t.—C.

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