[Mr. Richmond.] Will you tell this House whether you think it would be well to stop supplies going to disaffected tribes, and to stop the purchase from such tribes of their produce, and to compel European traders to leave the districts inhabited by such tribes?

Ae, e whakaae ana ahau kia purua nga taonga, me nga mea katoa. Ki taku, ko te iwi tutu ko Waikato ko Taranaki. E pai ana ahau kia tutakina te hokohoko—e pai ana au ki tera. ko nga Pakeha e noho ana i roto i te iwi tutu, me whakahokia atu.

Yes, I agree to the stopping of supplies and all other things. In my opinion, the disaffected tribes are the Waikato and Taranaki. I approve of trade being stopped—I approve of that. Let Pakehas residing among disaffected tribes be sent back.

Do you think that stopping trade with tribes hostile to the Government would make them wish for peace, or would it make them more hostile?

Mana te whakaaro; nana i tutu mai.

That is for them to consider; it was for their misbehaviour.

[Mr. C. H. Brown] Would the tribe who were forbidden to trade, receive supplies from neighbouring tribes who were not forbidden to trade?

E kore e tae taku iwi; ko tetahi iwi pea e tae i runga i te tahae.

My tribe would not go; some tribes, perhaps, would go in secret.

If tribes permitted to trade, supplied tribes forbidden to trade, do you think that they would charge enormous prices for their goods, or do you think that out of friendly feeling they would be content with a moderate profit on what they themselves had given for those goods?

Ka whakanui te utu; e kore e tukua noatia nga taonga.

The price would be raised; supplies would not be given for nothing.

[Mr. Domett] Do you think most of the principal chiefs of your tribe would use their influence to assist in carrying out the Government plan of stopping trade with the disaffected Natives?

Ka kaha ki te arai atu, ka kaha ahau me aku rangatira.

If it was carried out with vigour, my chiefs and I would be strong (to assist).