THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 303

Agreement of 1852 between the Government
and Native Tribes for the management of
Gold Fields on the Thames for the term
of three years.

1. That one system be adopted for the
   regulation of all persons searching and
   digging for gold between Cape Colville and
   Kauairanga.

2. The Government undertakes to pay in
   respect of the whole land within the above
   limits, per annum, for three years, for any
   number—
   Under 500..................................£600
   500 to 1000 .............................. 900
   1000 to 1500 ............................1200
   1500 to 2000 ............................1500
   and so on in the same proportion.

3. The Native owners to register them-
   selves, and point out their boundaries to the
   Government, and the money paid to each
   body of owners so registered to bear the
   same proportion to the whole sum that their
   land does to the whole block.

4. All owners to be free to dig gold on
   their own land, without payment to Govern-
   ment, but not to permit other persons,
   whether Native or English, to dig without
   a license.

5. The Government guarantees protection
   to all classes of persons, in consideration of
   which a license fee will be required from all
   diggers not being owners of the land.

6. The Native owners undertake to assist
   the Government as much as possible, by
   reporting all persons who are found digging
   without a license.

7. The Government to be at liberty to
   issue licenses immediately, but the payments
   to be reckoned from the 1st December 1852;
   the first payment to be made on the 31st
   March 1853, and quarterly afterwards.

8. The property of the land to remain
   with the Native owners; and their villages
   and cultivations to be protected as much as
   possible.

9. If any of the tribes of the Peninsula
   decline this proposal, their land shall not be
   intruded upon till they consent.

R. H. WYNYARD, Lieut.-Governor

Te Horeta, x his mark,
Kitahi,
Hopeha Paraone,
Eruera Tahurangi,
Tara,
Heta Rikiware,
Parawera,
Wiremu Maihi Mokongohi,
Eruera Ngahue,
Ngapuka Hopekau,
Hohepa Aramu,
Wiremu Patene Puhata,
Wiremu Oka,
Wiremu Hoete,
Arama Karaka,
Te Keene,
Rawiri Takurau,
Irai Taroku,
Wiremu Kepa,

One Matua,
Wiremu Kingi,
Taurua,
Pita,
Ta Nui,
Hauauru,
Rangihoro,
Mereana,
Wiremu Hopihana,
Hera,
Hohua,
Hoani,
Iharaira,
Wetere,
Rangi Kauwau,
Anarua,
Rutuhau.

Witnesses to the signatures,
G. A. NEW ZEALAND,
WILLIAM MARTIN,
THOMAS LANFEAR.

Witness to marks and signatures,
JOHN G. JOHNSTON, Interpreter.
Coromandel Harbour,
30th November, 1852.

NOTE.—The foregoing arrangements in-
clude the consent of three tribes, and com-
prise about sixteen square miles, or 10,000
acres.

Further Guarantee in respect to the Natives
who have agreed to lease their land to
Government:—

In addition to the terms of the agreement
or lease drawn up and signed on the 19th of
November, 1852, I guarantee that a fund
shall be created by a Tax of two shillings
on every License, for the purpose of paying
(independent of the rent thus agreed upon)
and for rewarding the native owners for their
faith and confidence in the Government, as
well as recompensing them for any damage,
annoyance, or inconvenience they may ex-
perience from Europeans while digging on
their lands.

R. H. WYNYARD,
Lieut.-Governor.

Copy of a letter from Mr. Brackenbury, late
Gold Commissioner in Victoria, to the
Chief Commissioner.

Auckland, November 9th, 1861.

SIR,—In compliance with your request, I
have the honor to forward you a Report of that
portion of the Coromandel gold country sup-
posed to be auriferous, and to append some
remarks as to the present condition and future
prospects of the Gold Fields.

On my arrival at Coromandel, I proceeded
to examine the external features of the country,
and was much struck with the resemblance
which it bears to some of the most highly
auriferous land in Victoria and New South
Wales.

I first visited a creek North of and near to
Roe's mill, and found a few persons at work