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which they Maigi tas "Treaty was concluded this was coutumed by the Freally . the block, or of resisting Kingi in his attempt to enforce the wa Alla hal Natives before the Troaty, but which came to an end when tho WO ve יבנו bertas Correde for of views upon this question. I have seen in a published despatch from the Governor to the Secretary of State a quotation given from the evidence of Mr. Merivale, one of the Under Secretaries in the Colonial Department, before a Comnuittec of the Legisla- true, to the effect-I quote from memory—that the proprietary rights of the New Zealanders had been admitted as analogous to those of landlords in England." The same number of words could scarcely be made to convey a morc citoneous impression. With the exception of the Colonies of Australia, where the Natives were in too degraded a state to admit of any dealings in respect to the land over which they wandered with as little right muerte whichu or pretension to any property in it, as their fellow wanderers the Kangaroos, aboriginal titles have always been restricted by the sw.lee ala no case did the land bocome subject to the laws repuding pro- boise niers perty until tho Vative title was extinguished. The recognition of the title of the New Zealanders to the sovereignty of their henderismod country and the property in its soil , on the part of the British sullemalay na temerarment, involved the necessity of obtaining by treaty the an incident of tho right of the Nation to colonize a country which was occupied by scattered tribes not numbering the one-thou- sandth part of the human beings which the land was capable of maintaining With this diffcrence, that, in one case, tho right was assumed as an incident of power, and that in the other case Pocály tran the it was acquired by treaty, Lcan porceive no difference between es built there the aboriginal tiles, as recognised in America, and those possessed had Wartu been see any injustice has been done to the Natives by withholding from Pready there had their titles tho rights of property as established by law. The advantages they have obtained by the Treaty immeasurably out- weigh the value of their lands, even if they had partod with all It is therefore with pain that I see a clain put forth by some of their friends of a right to all aan hoend by the value of their lands whatever they might bring in content market. It is from its security that property derives its chief value. What right can tho Natives have to claim that the British Meer neleine de Corcrument should give to their property a value which it could never acquire otherwise than. by the protection of the British Government? While they are paid for their aboriginal titlos at in sersachsen the question of a se no Colony there being a relation than to deal penting probling the same neh elathin, they der mi feofpeficia delle queen by Freaky, han confirmed the Raine bount to the every orksh' aftha healy felly carried sel
