Volume 11: The Economic Impoverishment of Hauraki Maori Through Colonisation 1830-1930

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PART III A SUMMATION OF ECONOMIC GRIEVANCES

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Chapter 9 Revisiting the MacCormick Report

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The argument for reopening the issues

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The genesis of the MacCormick report

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Agreements bearing on disbursement of goldfields revenue

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A chronicle of goldfields agreements with comment

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The Ohinemuri issue

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The quarrel over miners' rights

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Changing systems for administering miners' rights, 1861-81

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An epitome of complaints laid before the MacCormick inquiry

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Broadening the claim for restitution

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MAPS   1 Hauraki Region

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2 Proclaimed Thames Gold Fields, 1869

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3 Hauraki Gold Mining Agreements, 1861 and 1867

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TABLES 1 Population Totals

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2 Yield of Hauraki Mines, 1880-1905

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3 Turn-of-century Domination of Hauraki Field by Waihi

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4 The Waihi Gold Mining Co. Ltd—The Bonanza Years, 1895-1911

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5 Auckland District Goldfields—Disbursements of Revenue

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6 Goldfields Revenue, 1877-83

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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