of compensation should be at once set nt rest ,' Wid having regard to all th« oiroumstances of 'the oase,' ho believed the House would^do. well to^agree-to the motion of the hon,. member. Mr-JSVooD said, upon the very best authority whiclrxGoverument could get, there had been enter tained" # hope that the' occupation of- Tataraimaka would be effected amicably ; but it was evident that -they had been mistaken. At that time it was in tended to pay £120,000 out of the £200,000 at onco, ■for compensation to the settler*; the remaining £80,000 would be retained by Government for the purpose of re-instating the settlers and enabling them to stop on their farms by the raising of toilitia or other forces. When that agreement was* entered into between the Superintendent of Tara naki, he (Mr. Wood) had at once written to^Sis Excellency to inform him that the £120,000 was at his service. But before one sixpence of that money could be paid, the 4th of May arrived, and the murders were committed- The whole arrange ment was thus broken, for under these circumstances it would have been perfectly impossible to re-instate the nettlers, consequently, the payment of the money was deferred. He thought the payment of the money at present not desirable, and would move as an amendment, V^That out of the sum of £200,000, appropriated under the Loan Act, 1862, a sum shall now be set apart, not exceeding £121,000, for dis tribution amongst the Tarauafci settlers, to assist them to prosecute with success their present occupa tions, or resume the occupation of their lands and former pursuits; .such distribution to take place when the settlers cau be relieved from militia duty and devote themselves to industrial occupation*. And in the meantime, iuterest at the rate of £6 per cent, per annum on the £121,000 be allowed. That the balauce of all sums appropriated for Taranaki, re-iustatement or relief, deducting the •urn of £6Q,'000 already paid, shall be expended in constructing public works necessary to the advan tageous and profitable occupation of tho settlement. Th.it the debentures issued under the Loan Ordinance 1863 (Taranaki) ought to be oalfedin and cancelled, aud the said ordiuauce repealed.' 1 ftfr. 