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

Mangawhai

Mangawhai.

This was a very difficult case to deal with, there being no less than fifty-eight parties to the sale, the majority of whom were dead, but whose descendants had to be found: the money to be divided—£419 13s. 2d.—the smallest of all. These people failing to appear at Whangarei and Mahurangi, I met the principal of their chiefs at Auckland and other places, and they agreed to deal with the money in the following manner—namely: to appropriate to schools and hospitals £209 16s. 7d.; to expenses of administration, £14 6s. 6d.; and to presents, £195 10s 1d.: total, £419 13s 2d.

The chiefs Adman Karaka and Eranihi Paikea, principal men in the sale, gave me valuable assistance in allocating the amounts to the respective claimants. They had all quite forgotten the circumstance of the stipulation, and expressed their gratification at the Government having taken care of their interests. In this case, after paying £68 to those present, I had also to leave blank-receipt-forms with Mr. Commissioner Kemp, the Rev. Mr. Grittos, and Mr. R. Mair, to be signed by the absent Natives, to whom I promised to remit the amounts decided on.