No. 57.
Abstract Return of all Rejected Applications made by the Natives during the period intervening between 1st January, 1840, and 31st December, 1845, to sell Land to Her Majesty's Government.

Name of Applicant or Applicants.	Situation.	Estimated Extent of Land offered.	Terms of the Offer.	Reasons upon which the Rejection of the Application were founded	Accepted subsequent to 1845. Date.	Remarks.
	Acres.
Chief Arapiro	Taumaru		For a boat	Unknown	Not purchased
Chief Matai			None mentioned		Not purchased
Chief Pomare	Aotea, or the Great Barrier Island		None mentioned	Disputed	Not purchased	Supposed claim for the defeat of Mauparaoa by old Tahiwha.
Wiremu Kingi	Waimamaku, Hokianga		None mentioned	Unknown	Not purchased
Pi and others	Whangaruru and waikare		One mare	Unknown	Not purchased
Nopera Panakareao	Manga, Mangonui		£8,000, 59 guns, 200 casks powder, 1,308 articles of dress, 20 bales blankets, 2 casks tobacco	Disputed by Papahia, Te Anga, and others	Since purchased*	*
Rangatira	Kaipara		None mentioned	Unknown
Papahia	Kaipara and Hokianga		None mentioned	Unknown
Pi, chief of Waikare	Whangaruru		None mentioned	Unknown
Chief Tirarau			Schooner	Unknown
Ngatimaru	Waiheke†		None mentioned	Disputed
Chief Ruinga	Waiheke		None mentioned	Disputed
Hetaraka Takapuna	Whangaparaoa			Unknown	Since purchased
Kite, Mere, Kaheke, Pohokahu Wharerua, Wharemahitu	Aotea		None mentioned
Chief Hohepa	Wharekawa, Thames			Unknown
Chiefs of Ngatimaru Tribe	Waiheke†		None mentioned	Disputed		†
Chief Ruinga	Waiheke			Disputed
Wiremu Patene Repa	Ngongo, Kowhai, Ohao, and Kaitara		None mentioned	Unknown
Ngarata and party, Te Awa, and Hore	Waihou		None mentioned	Required first a sketch showing boundaries and area	Not purchased
Hore, Taraia, and Te Awa	Waihou			To be referred to Land Agent		Agent not appointed.
Hikohiri, Rangatahi, Hohua Wahe, Te Ihu o te Rangi, Wakatena, Te Amoranata, Hohepa, Tamati, Hamiora, Matenga Te Pakuriro, Te Nihomori, Taki Kaunanohi Turuturu, Rauheke and Taniwhanui	Tauranga	80,000	None mentioned	A sketch to be furnished before approval	Not purchased	page 169
		Acres.
Hore Kingi	Waipa		7 saws, 30 coats, 10 trousers, 12 shirts, 12 waistcoats, 12 jackets, 10 boots, 8 overcoats, 6 frying-pans, 3 new coats, 3 figured coats, 3 ovens, 8 double-barrelled guns	Unknown	Not purchased
Reweti	Waitemata		One horse in part payment
Tuaea, Konganihi, Tamahiki, Te Horo, Paremata, Tutu, Parenga, Hauraki, Paora, and Te Hira	Waitemata		£400, 3 horses, saddles and, bridles, 100 blankets, 4 tents, 2 casks tobacco, 2 boats, 10 cloaks,2 boxes candles, 1 cedar box, 10 blue trousers, 5 bags flour, 5 bags sugar	Unknown	Purchased
Chief Titipa	Otawhao, Waikato		None mentioned		Not purchased
Chief Wirihana Matiu	Rangaumu, at Mangonui		None mentioned		Purchased in 1858
Wi Tana, Papahia	Oruru		£1,000		Purchased in 1858
Te Keene and Paikea, Reweti and Mate Tinana	Oruawharo	3,000	None mentioned	Disputed	Purchased on 27th January, 1860
Jabez Bunting	Manukau			Unknown
Kikikoi	Kawhia			False claim		Offered without the, knowledge of the owners.
Nopera Panakareao	Kaitaia and Takahue	10,000		Unknown
Kurupa Tareha and One One	Ahuriri		None mentioned
Hoani Piha, Mohi, Raihaha Hohaia, Haka, and all the others	Papakura
Chief Rapo	Whangaroa			Unknown	Not purchased
Chief Hone Kari	Whangaroa			Unknown
Chief Te Pahi	Whangaroa			Unknown
Chief Te Hanu	Whangaroa			Unknown

Applications to sell land to the Government during the above-mentioned period were usually made in person, to which verbal answers were generally given.