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.