81

Value of prison labor at Asylum ... 1,305 0 0
about the Provincial Buildings ... 40 0 0
on Reclaimed Land and Buckle street ... 70 0 0

One Shoemaker, 309 days at 4s. ... 61 16 0
One Cook and two Wardsmen, 365 days, at 3s. ... 164 5 0
One Wardsman, 365 days, at 1s. ... 18 5 0
One Laborer, 365 days, at 3s. ... 54 15 0

Sweeping chimneys and emptying cesspools ... 6 2 0
Cutting and splitting firewood, 72 cords at 5s. ... 18 0 0
Scraping and whitewashing Gaol ... 12 0 0
Plastering, and repairs to brickwork ... 5 0 0
Painting interior of Men’s Gaol, and fence of Women’s Gaol ... 18 0 0

Repairing and painting chevaux de frise ... 5 0 0
Washing and repairing Gaol clothes, bedding, &c. ... 170 0 0
Getting metal and metalling road to Gaol, and levelling the yard of Women’s Gaol ... 10 0 0

Received for picking Oakum ... 35 1 11
Received for maintenance of debtors ... 14 8 0
Received for rent of Cottage on Gaol acre ... 11 15 0
Received for maintenance of prisoners in Gaol ... 242 2 2
Received for maintenance of Naval prisoners in Gaol ... 38 13 10

Cost of Gaol ... £2,300 3 11
... 1,948 14 3

Balance in excess of cost of Gaol ... £351 9 8

I have, &c.,

MICAIAH READ,
Warden of Gaol.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.

REPORT OF NATIVE MEETING AT FOXTON, 4TH MARCH, 1873.

His Honor the Superintendent and Mr. Bunny having arrived from Palmerston on the previous evening on their way to Wellington, were staying at the Foxton Hotel, where they were visited, shortly after their arrival, by the principal chiefs of both parties — some to prefer sundry requests, and others simply for the purpose of tendering their respects. It had been the intention of His Honor to start for town early in the morning, but at the pressing request of Major Kemp, backed by that of Judge Rogan, he promised to delay his departure for a few hours for the purpose of meeting the natives. Accordingly after the Court had risen on Saturday, Kemp’s party assembled in great numbers on the low hill just opposite the Manawatu Hotel, whilst the Ngatiraukawa and their friends mustered immediately in front of the building.

Major Kemp then, addressing His Honor, said he was sorry he was not in a position to receive him in a more befitting manner. Had he been at his own home (Wangaui) he would have entertained him in better style. It had been said by those whose interest it was to defame his character that he was an evil disposed man, and that he was desirous of breaking the peace; but he would assure His Honor, as he had already assured Governor Bowen on the occasion of his visit to Manawatu, at the last sitting of the Court, that he had no such intention; that no troubles of that nature would ever arise from any action which he might still consider it necessary to take with respect to the lands around him — the lands which had been the possession of his fathers, and from them inherited by himself and his people. Those lands had been usurped by the Ngatiraukawas; he had now received back through the Court but a small portion of them; and whatever course he might adopt with respect to the remaining portion would be strictly according to English law — of this His Honor might rest satisfied. It was his (Kemp’s) business to uphold