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Index.

• Abolition of Provinces Bill, iii., 76–80, 92–96; dissolution after, 99; effect of, on compact of 1856, 135; Mr. Rolleston on abolition, 143; Mr. Stafford on the method of, 143; financial results on provincial districts visible, 156; deplored by Hall, 157.

• Aborigines Protection Society, i. 172; remonstrates against the treatment of the Maoris by the colonists, ii. 285; reply of Sir George Grey and the New Zealand Ministry to the, 286; urges Mr. Cardwell to inquire into all questions connected with the native policy, 433, 434; befriends a deputation of Ngapuhi chiefs, who arrive in London to present a petition to the Queen, iii. 347, 348.

• Acclimatization Societies established, ii. 516.

• Ahumai intervenes to save Mr. Meade's life, ii. 317, 320.

• Aihipene's peaceful efforts discouraged by Fox, ii. 284–285.

• “Alligator,” H.M.S., at N.Z., i. 168–174.

• Alphabet, the, framed by the missionaries, for the Maori language, i. 39.

• Amnesty, question of, ii. 506; Bill, iii. 339–341.

• Andrews, S. P., denouncing in Parliament injustice of Maori Prisoners Bill (1880), says, “I never knew a Maori to break faith,” iii. 234.

• Aotea, a Maori canoe, i, 2, 7.

• Aotearoa, general name for New Zealand in Maori tradition, i. 42.

• Aporo and Mr. Fox, ii. 179, 207, 224, 225; at Kopua, iii. 189.

• Arawa, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 5, 6, 26.

• Arawa, district of the, i. 35.

• Arawa tradition of the discovery of New Zealand, i. 2; first arrival of the, and their feuds, 5, 6; their territory, 6, 56; attacked by Hongi, 111; their wars, 143; and Waharoa, 144; accept Sir G. Grey's new policy, ii. 183; fight for the government, 294; they capture Hau Haus, ii. 353, 379; their treatment by the Government, 388; their petition, 452; their schools, 508.

• Arei Te, Maoris attacked at, Rewi's devices, ii. 145; Waharoa arrives at, ii. 146–149, 280.

• Armed constabulary, ii. 524; iii. 5, 214, 216, 219, 238, 279, 286, 291, 293, 295, 297, 301, 306, 312, 319, 320, 354.

• Ariki, the head of the tribe and chief priest, i. n. 17, 23, 25, 255, 365, 464; iii. 354.

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• Arney, Sir George, Chief Justice, ii. 61, 64, 262; Administrator, iii. 42; the murder of Sullivan, 47.

• Aroha case before the Land Court, i. 31, 134; ii. 501.

• Assembly, first general, convened, ii. 2.

• Atkinson, H. A., ii. 86, 167, 197, 247; member of Weld ministry, 344, 350; joins Sir G. Grey, Sir C. Clifford, H. Sewell and J. L. Campbell in protesting against Lord Granville's despatch of March, 1869, as “calculated to drive the colony out of the empire,” 564; becomes Vogel's colleague, iii. 78, 83; movessecond reading of Abolition of Provinces Bill, 92, 103; alleged advice to electors to secure their interests, 106; forms a ministry, 111–115, 120–122; his financial proposals, 134; ejected, 144; strives to return, 145, 147, 148, 149, 153, 157, 159, 177, 194, 196, 197; joins Hall Ministry, 203, 205, 206, 217, 219; on Maori Prisoners Bill (1880), 232; moves second reading of Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill (1880), 260; on the West Coast with Hall, 276; his speech at Hawera, 290; at Pungarehu with Bryce and Rolleston, 298, 301, 302, 311; opposes fulfilment of promises in Middle Island, 328, 359, 368, 372, 373, 378, 380, 385, 386, 391; death of, 394.

• Attainder Bill, see Peace Preservation.

• Auckland, founded by Hobson, i. 220; opposition there to payments to the New Zealand Company, i. 486; alarm at, ii., 128, 129, 338.

• Australian Colonies Dutcies Act (36 and 37 Vic. cap. 22), passed 1873 by Gladstone and Kimberley making England a foreign country to Australia, iii.63.

• Awamutu, Gorst at, ii. 199, 206–208, 287.

• Baker, Capt. T. D., 18th Regt., leads a storming party at Orakau, ii. 288.

• Ballance, J., iii. bewails demoralization of the House, 144; denounces Fox, 146; becomes treasurer, 165; wants money, 179; orders sale of lands occupied by Maoris, 179; resigns office, 194, 363, 372, 376, 379 n, 380, 381, 382, 386–390, 393; death of, 395.

• Ballot, vote by, adopted, ii. 634, 642.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, visits N. Z., i. 43, 66; at Turanga, 67, 70, 73; unfounded charge against, 76 n.

• Baring, Mr. F., his scheme of colonization, i. 178.

• Bates, Lieut., proves the truth about Waitara, ii. 209, 210.

• Bay of Plenty, i. 35, 70.

• Beach, Sir M. Hicks, on question of privilege reported to him by Lord Normanby, iii. 153; approves Lord Normanby's action in declining to refuse his assent to a Bill passed by both Houses, 155; is railed at by Sir G. Grey as “an exterior authority,” 155.

• Bell, F. D., i. 299, 322 n, 334, 366, 461, 468, 476, 481 n.; ii. 4, 25, 71, 84 n, 107, 115, 118, 119, 124, 134, 141, 151, 167, 186, 187, 195, 197, 208; is “amazed” at Taranaki, 210–214; finds facts in 1862 condemning his advice to the Government in 1860, 215, 219, 226, 235, 236, 251, 269; Dunedin Maori Reserve, 401, 525; Commissioner with Dr. Featherstone to England, 586, 636; Speaker of House, iii. 7, and Fox 29 n., 60; rules it not proper for Government to carry out by resolution what it has failed to carry out by bill, 81, 91;

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  on log-rolling, 95; on extravagance, 164; an award by him, 173; on Waimate Plains, 177n., 182, 183, 195, 198; on Maori members, 209; on confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Bill, 211; on unfulfilled promises at West Coast, 211; West Coast Commissioner, 215–230; on shameful treatment of Te Puni and Ngatata by governments, 226; supports Maori Prisoners Bill of 1880, 235; and the West Coast Settlement Bill 1880, 240; supports Whitaker in extruding Taiaroa from Legislative Council, 241, 256, 288, 361.

• Berry, A., rescues survivors of massacre on the ship “Boyd,” i. 97.

• Bidwill, J. C., i. n. 4, extract from “Rambles in New Zealand,” describing a Maori chief, Te Heu Heu, i. 36, 202; a war-dance, 203.

• Biggs pursues Te, Kooti, ii. 528, 543; massacred, 544.

• Birds, number of species of, in New Zealand, i. 58, 59.

• “Blood and Treasure” despatch, i. 421; Sir G. C. Lewis on, ii. 106, 107.

• Bourke, Sir R., i. 166.

• Bowen, Sir George, appointed Governor, ii. 465; assumes office, 477; his remarks regarding his predecessor, 477; visits the Bay of Islands, 516; and the Waikato district, 517; describes in a despatch his impressions, 517; professes respect for treaty of Waitangi, 517; pleads for troops at Wanganui, 536; goes thither with Stafford to ask for Maori aid, 547; asks for more troops, 548; thinks that the attempt to occupy confiscated lands caused Titokowaru's outbreak, 549; writes despatches to avert the recall of the troops, 554; censured for referring to confidential despatches, 566 n., 555, 556, 566; his reply to Earl Granville's despatch regarding rewards offered for Maoris, 577; fails to influence Lord Granville, n. 578, 590; praises Rangihiwinui, 591; fears the New Zealand colonists will abandon their allegiance, 592; “pain and sorrow” at the thought, 597, 610; on the title of “Honourable” for retiring Ministers, 639, 640; makes tour through the Middle Island, iii. 2; visits Lake Taupo, 20; assures Maoris that treaty of Waitangi will ever be inviolate, 21; wants to see Tawhiao and cannot, 21, 27, 32; commends McLean's pledges on Maori rights within confiscated blocks, 39; his departure, 40.

• Bowen, Mr. C., iii. 93, 134; on Education Bill, 136, 153; on Maori Prisoners Bill, 230 n.; on female suffrage, 392.

• “Boyd,” ship, massacre on board of, i. 96.

• Bracken, Mr., implores the House not to “allow the finger of scorn to point for all time” at the passing of the Bill to attaint Te Whiti, iii. 324.

• Brooks, G., his book on Industry and Property, iii. 384.

• Broughton, Dr., Bishop of Australia, warns the missionaries in New Zealand against seeking personal advantage in buying land, i. 151–152; his visit to New Zealand, 152, 164.

• Brown, member of Assembly, privilege, ii. 593.

• Browne, Colonel Gore, Governor, his opinion regarding affairs at Taranaki, ii. 21; is warned in reference to them, 22; dissolves the General Assembly, 24; his interviews with Maoris, 24; convenes another General Assembly, 24, 27–36, 38, 39, 43, 46; his

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  despatch regarding Potatau's grievances, 49 n., 51; on Martin, 53, 55 n., 56–59, 62, 63; on the lust for Maori lands, 65–66; praises Bishop Selwyn and Sir W. Martin, 67; urges the appointment of a Native Council, 67; at Taranaki, 68; his surrenderin reference to the Waitara, 69–79; orders the proclamation of martial law at Taranaki, 80; and sends troops to take possession of the land, 81; demands more troops, 96; sends reply of his advisers to the protest of Bishop Selwyn, 93, 94; warned by Sir W. Denison, 97–99, 100, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 122, 127, 128, 134,. 136, 139; holds a conference with Aihipene and Ngapora, 141–145, 149–152; consults with the Judges regarding the establishment of a Land Court, 153; argues against Bishop Selwyn, 155–160; Wellington representatives wait upon him, 161; his personal message to House, 162, 163, 166, 167, 169–172; leaves New Zealand, 172.

• Bryce, Mr. J., ii. 410, 411 n.; iii. 141; Native minister, 203; his statement which made Tomoana quit the Hall Ministry, 206, 209; his Confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Trials Bill, 210–213, 219; his Maori Prisoners and West Coast Settlement and Maori Prisoners Detention Bills, 230–240; a list of Bills proposed by him for native affairs, 243; deplores the “iniquity” of the dealings of former governments with Maori lands, 243; his Native Land Sales Bill, 243, 246, 248, 249, 250; his memorandum on the Maoris, 251; resigns his office of Native Minister because his colleagues differ from him, 255; his account of himself, 255; is reinstated, 286, 287, 289, 293–299, 301, 302, 307 n., 310n.; tells Rewi that he speaks as the representative of H.M. the Queen, 318; he destroys houses, 318 n. 322 n., 325, 326; on unfulfilled promises in Middle Island, 328, 330, 332, 336; opposes the Native Committees Bill, 336; his dealings with Te Rerenga, 337–339; shakes hands with Te Kooti, 341, 343, 344.

• Buckingham, Duke of, Secretary of State, ii. 412, 428, 462, 463, 466, 467, 476, 517, 524, 525, 530, 562.

• Buller, Mr. C., i. 290 n., 375, 378; his motion in the House of Commons on New Zealand, 380–383; his acrimony against Sir J. Stephen, 380; death of, 453.

• Buller, Rev. J., on Colonel Wake-field's dealings for the N.Z. Company, i. 195.

• Busby, Mr. J., appointed British Resident at New Zealand, i. 166, 172–175, 207, 213, 225.

• Cambridge, Duke of, declares that the military authorities must be subordinate to the civil, ii. 427.

• Cameron, General, is appointed to the military command, ii. 154; complains of the smallness of his force, 202; attacks and defeats the Maoris at the Katikara river, 223; crosses the Maungatawhiri, and destroys canoes, 228; praises Te Wheoro, 233, 254; captures Mere-Mere, 255; and Rangiriri, 257–258; occupies Ngaruawahia, 260; receives the thanks of the New Zealand Parliament, 261; at Paterangi and Te Rore, 281; at Rangiaohia, 283; at Pukerimu, 287; at Orakau, 290, 292; at Tauranga, 294; his attack on the Gate Pah, 294–299, 332, 337, 342; denounces confiscation jobs, 351, 352; at Wanganui, 352; his differences with Governor Grey, 364, 365–366; retires, 367, 373 n.;

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  returns to England, 373; judgment of the War Office on his dispute with the Governor, 373–375.

• Cannibalism among the Maoris, i. 28, 42, 43, 80, 106, 123, et seq.

• Canoes, Maori, i. 17, 18.

• Canterbury Settlement, the origin of, i. 448–452; Mr. Godley's work in establishing the, 451; province of, husbanded her lands be ter than other provinces, iii. 124, 158.

• Cape Egmont, i. 33.

• Cape Palliser, i. 34.

• Cape Rodney, i. 32.

• Cape Runaway, i. 35.

• Cape Te Reinga, tradition connected with, i. 44.

• Capital, site of, i. 220; ii. 262; Wellington made the, 338.

• CardWell, Mr., i. 355, 356; ii. 247, 262; Minister for the Colonies, his despatch to Sir George Grey as to prisoners of war, ii. 273; on 10,000 troops having been placed at disposal of Governor of New Zealand, 274; on prisoners of war and blood and treasure, 274; his despatch on the Settlements Act, 304; on confiscation or cession, 304, 305, 306, 327, 330, 331, 336, 339; on the pretensions of Whitaker-Fox Ministry, 340; declines to ask Imperial Parliament for money, 349, 364; refuses to send reinforcements to New Zealand, 366; on the dispute between Sir G. Grey and General Cameron, 374, 375; on withdrawal of troops, 432, 436–438, 441, 446, iii. 166.

• Carey, G. J., Brigadier General, his operations at Orakau, ii. 287–293.

• Carey, R., Colonel, at Waitara, as to commencement of Waitara war, ii. 87 n.; his statement as to the treatment the natives received at the hands of some colonists, ii. 340 n.

• Cargill, Captain, leads Otago settlers to Otago, i. 448, ii. 1.

• Carleton, Hugh, i. 495 n., ii. 11, 81 n.; on Waitara, 115, 489; becomes Vice-Chancellor of New Zealand University, 633, iii. 42.

• Carnarvon, Earl of, ii. 64, 65, 426 n., 427, 429, 431, 456, 457, 461, 462, 612; iii., on annexation in Pacific, 100.

• Carrington, Mr. F. A., ii. 58, 209; his statement on native reserves made by N.Z. Company, iii. 87, 88; his connection with the Sartoris and Downe claim, 120–123, 304.

• Chatham Islands, account of the, i. 38, 39; efforts of N.Z. Company to buy, 260–263; prisoners at, ii. 507.

• Chesson, F. W., ii. 285; letter to the Times, ii. 434, iii. 348, 361.

• Chiefs of the Maoris, usages regarding, i. 16, 21, 26, 30, 40.

• Church Missionary Society, the, expresses regret at the death of Samuel Marsden, i. 149; its dealings with the missionaries, 151; its answer to charges against missionaries, 422; Fitzroy on its members, 423; reinstates Henry Williams, 493.

• Churches and religious bodies in New Zealand, brief notice of, ii. 510–512.

• Chute, General, his march, ii. 421; his treatment of a Maori prisoner, 422, et seq., 529, 550, 563; receives the thanks of both Houses for retaining the 18th Regiment, 586.

• Clarke, Mr. G., protector of the aborigines, i. 220, 266, 268, 269, 279, 287, 302, 314, 328, 332, 334, 335, 336, 339, 351, 368, 369, 371, 385; decision of the Supreme Court regarding land claimed by, 446, 469, 493.

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• Clarke, Mr. G., junior, i 282, 338, 350, 351; opposed to Mr. Spain's award at Taranaki, 350, 351; at Kororarika, 369.

• Clifford, C., i. 317, 455, 456; Speaker, ii. 2, 7, 8, 564, 597.

• Climate and temperature of New Zealand, i. 58; Appendix, 446.

• Colenso, W., extracts from two papers by, on the Maoris, i. 9, 17; ii. 626 n.

• Colonial Office distinctions, Herman Merivale on, ii. 464, 476; Sir G. Bowen on, 639, 640; iii. 27.

• Colonial Institute (Royal), formation of, ii. 610, 611.

• Colonization of New Zealand, various schemes for the, Lord Durham's, i. 124; Baron de Thierry's, 125; Edward Gibbon Wakefield's, the New Zealand Land Association, 177; N.Z. Company, 180–182, 247–254, 288–292, 380–383; downfall of, 453–454; the Manukau Company, 310–312; the Otago Settlement, 337; the Canterbury Settlement, 449–452; the Emigrants' and Colonists’ Aid Society established, iii. 19.

• Commissioners to England to obtain troops in 1869, Bell and Featherston, ii. 586.

• Commons, House of, Select Committee of, 1836, and re-appointed 1837, i. 157, 163, 164, (in 1840) 247, 248; Committee in 1844, 355–358; Lord Stanley on the report, 359–362, 368, 371; Debate in, 375, 378, 379, 382, 383; iii. 350.

• Compact of 1856, ii. 25, 125; iii. 76, 135, 157.

• Compensation Court at Taranaki, chap. xiv., fate of its awards described, iii. (226; the disgrace to the Government, 226.

• Concealment of official report, requested by Hall, and acquiesced with by Kimberley, iii. 259 and 286, 288 n., 381 n., 326.

• Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners Trial Bill (1879) iii. 210 et seq.

• Confiscation of land threatened by Governor Grey and Domett Ministry, ii. 222, 227, 230, 247–251, 263–265, 267, 285, 286; cession of at Tauranga, 291; Mr. Card well on cession of, 305, 321– 325, 328–331, 333–330, 336; during Weld ministry, 349; General Cameron on 351; proclamation of Sept., 1865, 376, 377, 450; called by Don. M'Lean “an expensive mistake,” 601; he announces there will be no more, 624; confiscated lands allotted to returned rebels by McLean, 628; McLean's arrangements recognizing Maori ownership within, sanctioned by Secretary of State, iii. 39, 257, 258.

• Constitution Act, 15 and 16 Vict, cap. 72, i. 482–485; iii. 340 n.

• Convict Prevention Act, ii. 262; iii. 4.

• Cook, Captain, his Tahitian companion, i. 1; his observations on the habits of the Maoris, 17–19, 27; his visit to one of their pahs or fortified villages, 28, 29; on the cannibalism of the Maoris, 43; his admiration of their skill in tattooing, 43; his first visit to New Zealand, 65; and intercourse with the natives, 66–67; takes formal possession of New Zealand for His Majesty, 72, 73; discovers and takes possession of East Australia, 76; his second visit to New Zealand, 78–85; honours paid to him, 84–85; his third visit, 85–89; his death, 89; praise of Heete Heete, 80.

• Cooking among the Maoris, i. 12

• Cook's Strait, i. …, 53, 74.

• Conriaria ruscifolia, or Tutu, i. 11.

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• Corynocarpus laevigatus, or Karaka (laurel), i. 2 n., 12.

• Counties Bill, passed after abolition of provinces, iii. 115; graduated scale of voting power, opposed by Sir G. Grey, 115; revenues of, 115; advances to, 116.

• Crawford, J. C., extract from his “Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia” regarding the peopling of New Zealand by the Maoris, i. 3 n.; on death of Wareaitu, 411; at Wanganui, ii. 177; question of privilege, 539.

• Creighton, Mr. Robt. J., moves in vain for returns about rewards for Maoris, dead or alive, ii. 584.

• Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, 1880, iii. 260, 262; is reintroduced in 1882 and passed, 334, 335.

• Crown grants to Maoris delayed, ii. 181.

• Crown Land Sales Act 1877, Sir G. Grey and the Governor, iii. 154, 158.

• Crown Land Sales in provinces, iii. 124, 157, 158; Appen., 453, 454.

• Crozet, a Frenchman, avenges the death of Du Fresne, his commander, i. 77; and pays a tribute to the ability of Captain Cook, 78.

• Cruise, Captain, R.N., his remarks regarding fire-arms among the Maoris, i. 44.

• Darling, Sir Ralph, Governor (of New South Wales), his efforts on behalf of the Maoris, i. 130 et seq., 160–162.

• Davis, C. O., Mr., i. 15; ii. 45, 46, 136, 434, 582; iii. 172, 190, 337.

• Dawson, Mr., a magistrate at Wanganui, i. 294–295.

• Dead, Maori usages regarding the, i. 14–16; ii. 628, 629.

• Debt, public, iii: 117, 123, 162, 163, 196, 206, 379, 380; and Appendix, 449, 450.

• Denison, Sir W., his advice to Col. Browne, and comment on Mr. Richmond's memorandum, ii. 97–99.

• Derby, Lord. See Stanley.

• Despard, Col., at the attack on the Ohaeawae Pah, i. 386, 389; operations against Kawiti, 394; his report on Ruapekapeka, 396.

• Diepfenbach, Dr., i. 187, 198, 199, 200.

• Disqualification Act, iii. 97; manoeuvres of Atkinson Ministry as to disqualification, 111, 113, 114; an Indemnity Bill passed by them, 115; not applied in the case of Taiaroa, 242.

• Disraeli, Mr., i. 358 n.; his remarks on Earl Grey's “Constitution,” 439.

• Dissolution of Parliament styled by Sir Rob. Peel “a great instrument in the hands of the Crown,” iii. 153.

• Disturbed Districts Bill, Fox's, 1869, ii. 592–593.

• Domett, Mr. A., i. 318, 325, 327, 366; his Ministry, ii. 186, 187, 193, 213; consent to abandon Waitara block, 214, 219, 220; threaten confiscation of lands, 222, 230, 231, 244; recommend “axe and fire,” 244; resign, 245.

• Dunedin, the Maori reserve at. See Maori Reserve, Princes-st., Dunedin.

• Durham, Lord, aids in promoting a settlement in New Zealand, i. 124, 177, 178, 180.

• Earthquakes in New Zealand, i. 55, 62 n.; ii. 23.

• East Cape, i. 35.

• Easter Island, inhabited by a race akin to the Maoris, i. 1; the stone buildings and gigantic sculptures of 4 n.

• Edinburgh, the Duke of, visits New Zealand, his reception, ii. 569, 580, 641.

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• Education; public, resolutions, ii. 633; iii., Bill(1873), 58; 1877 Bill, iii. 136, 137, 369–371; App. 445.

• Election case, history of a Maori, iii. 102–105.

• Electors’ Qualification Bill (1875) of Mr.Reynolds, iii, 96; App., 417.

• Electoral Lodger Franchise Bill, iii. 96.

• Emigrants' and Colonists' Aid Society established in London for the promotion of emigration, iii. 19; colonists, 19.

• Election Petitions, parliamentary, Bill passed for trial of by Supreme Court Judges, iii. 247.

• E Puni, see Te Puni.

• Evans, Dr. G. S., i. 178, 218, 222, 228, 243, 263, 286, 317, 318, 377.

• Eyke, Lt. Governor, i. 425, 473, 476, 479.

• Fairburn, Mr., i. 142, 153, 154.

• Fauna of New Zealand, the, species originally introduced by the Maoris, i. 2; past and present condition of the, 59–60.

• Feasts and festivals among the Maoris, i. 19.

• Featherston, Dr., i. 455, 456, 475; his speech on the Waitara war, ii. 119, 161; his speech on the Taranaki conspiracy, 168, 186, 195 n; meets Maoris at Waikanae and Otaki, 232; at Wanganui, 275; at Moutoa, 278, 279, 421; accompanies General Chute in his march, 421, 423; at Manawatu, 439, 495; joins Fox Ministry, 584; commissioner to England, 586, 636; obtains disclaimer from Lord Granville of any wish to separate New Zealand from England, 636; Imperial guarantee obtained, 637; becomes AgentGeneral in England, 642; sends emigrants, iii. 19; aspersed, 63, 64; dignified defence, 65 n, 68, 86; his despatches, 97; his death, 101; both Houses adjourn in sympathy, 108; Mr. Fitzherbert on his loss, 108.

• Federation discussed, iii. 378, 379 n.

• Fenian flag sent to the Maori king, ii. 568.

• Fenton, Mr. F. D., his knowledge of the Maori language, ii. 42; is appointed magistrate at Waikato and Waipa, 43; his diary, 44, 45–51, 53; his opinion as a judge on the rape of the Waitara, 104, 105, 191, 247, 252 n, 275, 342, 407, 413–416–420, 436; presides over Land and Compensation Courts at Taranaki, ii. 478 et seq.; his Bill to amend the Native Lands Act, ii. 594, 595; iii. 15, 17, 73, 264, 362 n.

• Fergusson, Sir James, is appointed to succeed Sir George Bowen as Governor, iii. 39; arrives in the country, 48; makes a provincial tour, 70; his despatch on the condition of the natives, 71, 72; resigns, 82.

• Fiji Islands, annexation of, iii. 100.

• Financial Arrangements Bill, Atkinson's (1876), iii. 115, 134, 135; (Sir G. Grey's 1877), 157; assailed by Hall, 157; statement of Atkinson 1879, 206.

• Fire-Arms, introduction of, among the Maoris, i. 44; effect of, 46–47, et passim.

• Firth, Mr., ii. 517; his remonstrances with Earl Granville on the policy of abandonment, 578, 579; meets the Maoris at Orahiri, 582–584; meets Te Kooti, 613; is blamed by Mr. Fox for doing so, 614; sumptuously entertains Tawhiao and his followers on their visit to Auckland, iii. 314.

• Fitzgerald, Mr., i. 451, 452; ii. 1, 2, 4–6, 186; moves for representation of Maorisin Parliament, ii. 197; animadverts on building redoubt at Kohekohe, ii. 206,

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  231; opposes Suppression of Rebellion and New Zealand Settlements Bills, 249, 253, 267n., 345, 365n.; becomes native minister, 376, 431; speech in the House, 435, 439; his letter to Sir C. Adderley, 441, 442, 449, 451; on state of alarm in 1868, 554.

• Fitzherbert, W., i. 331, 456, 475; ii. 115; on Maori character, 116n., 118; on Waitara war, 121, 161, 186, 197; Treasurer, 344, 346–349, 446; becomes Treasurer under Stafford, 449, 450; passes a Loan Bill £7,000,000, 467, 468; his mission to England, 471; successful, 524, 588, 633; joins Stafford Ministry in 1872, iii. 26, 48, 49, 59, 61, 64; on Vogel's forestry, 75, 78, 79, 80; on abolition of provinces, 93, 94; on Stafford, 94; as speaker, 105; on Dr. Featherston, 108, 147, 148; on duty of legislators, 163; becomes Speaker of Upper House, 194, 362; death of, 393.

• Fitzroy, Captain, i. 176, 241, 312; Governor of New Zealand, 312; his arrival, 331; interview with Colonel Wakefield, 332; visits Nelson and Waikanae, 333–335; his interview with Rauparaha, 334; his decision regarding the Wairau affray, 335; and as to the Te Aro Maoris, 336; sanctions purchase at Otago, one-tenth reserved for Maoris, 338; ten shillings an acre proclamation, 340; attends a Maori meeting at Remuera, 340; his decision regarding New Zealand Company's claims at Taranaki, 352, 353, 354, 355, 365–378, 384–388; his conditions of peace, 389; his opinion on charges against the missionaries, 398.

• Flax, N.Z., uses of, i. 11; Appendix, 453.