Railways, 326, 367, 406. Rata, 8. Rangi, 60, 62, 65. Rangihaeata, 219. kills Captain Wakefield, 201. Rangitiri, fight at, 280. Rauparaha, 140, 143-151, 187. and Captain Wakefield, 200. at Akaroa, 148. taken by Grey, 220. Rauparaha's treachery toward the Ngaitahu, 146. Reeves, Hon. W.P., 395. Reform, 354. Rehua, 60. Rent of Government land, 359. Revenue, 406. Rewi, 282. Rivers and streams, 22-24. Robe, the Charon of the Maori, 62. Rolleston, 344. Rona of the Moon, 64. Ropata at Ngatapa, 302, 303. Ropata Te Wahawaha, 294-296. Ruapehu volcano, 28. Rua-peka-peka taken, 218. Ruatara, 112-115. Rusden's History, 418. Schools in Otago, 232. public, 340. Scots settlers, 232. Scriptures translated into Maori, 119. Seddon, Rt. Hon. R.J., 362, 370, 393. Self-reliance policy, 290. Selwyn, Bishop, 212, 225, 261. Sentry Hill repulse, 287. Servants' registry regulations, 386. Settlement by Polynesians, 33. Settlers among the Maori, 99. difficulties, 238. sent to Port Nicholson, 177. Sheep-lifting by Mackenzie, 241. Shipping and Seamen's Act, 390. Shop Acts, 384, 385. Assistants Act, 395, 396. Shortland as Acting Governor, 196. Shortland's financial troubles, 202, 203. Slang, 403, 404. Smith, Percy, 417. Social life, 412. Socialism, 396, 397. South Island a later settlement, 191. South Sea tribes, 33. Speech of New Zealand, 403. Spelling of Maori words, 121. Spirits' Leap, 61. Stafford and Fox, 256. State institutions, 367. Land Board, 358. socialism, 396, 397. Stewart arrested, 149. assists Rauparaha, 147. Stout, Sir Robert, 345, 362, 364. Strikes, 388. Sugar-Loaves pa attacked by Te Whero Whero, 141. Sunday schools, 401. Swainson as Speaker, 254. Swainson's book, 418. ordinances, 224.