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OBSERVATIONS
ON THE STATE OF THE
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF NEW ZEALAND.
F. D. FENTON,
COMPILER OF THE STATISTICAL TABLES OF THE MAORI POPULATION.
NOTE. -- The object of the publication by the Government of this Paper is to draw attention to the state of the Native Population,--especially to its decrease in numbers,--with a view to invite inquiry as to the cause, and suggestions of a remedy.
AUCKLAND:
PRINTED BY W. C. WILSON, FOR THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT,
AT THE PRINTING OFFICE, SHORTLAND CRESCENT, AUCKLAND.
1859.
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