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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

Enclosure

Enclosure.

[i roto i te reo Māori]

Bay of Islands.—Urging Purchase of the Kahikatea Reserve. Kawakawa, Waiomio, 17 Mei, 1865.

E.hoa,—

Tenei ano te kupu ki a koe Ki te oti te ruri a te Pepene, i te Kawakawa, ki te hoki-atu raua, kia hohorotia mai nga moni te whakaputa kia wawe te riro atu te whenua i a koe, kei puta nga raruraru a te Maori; engari, kia tere nga moni te puta. I mea atu au ki a koe i to taua korerotanga i Kororareka, ki te oti te ruri, o te Kawawawa e hohoro ranei te whakaputa, i nga moni? Mea mai ana koe ki au, "Ae." Ka mea atu au, kei pera me ta Mita Hane Wiremu me Ngahuhu na te roa, ka he; ki te puta nga moni, hei Kororareka puta ai—ka mutu ena kupu.

Maihi P. Kawhiti.

Ki a Te Henare Kepa, kei Te Kerikeri.

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

[Translation.]

Kawakawa, Waiomia, 17th May, 1865.

Friend,—

My address to you is this: As soon as Mr. Fairburn has finished the survey of the Kawakawa, and they have returned, let no time be lost in paying the money, and cause the land to fall into your hands at once, before any further questions (unforeseen) arise on the part of the Native sellers. Let then there be no delay in paying the money. When we were discussing the matter at Kororareka, I inquired of you thus: "When the survey is finished will the money soon after be paid?" Your answer was, "Yes." I then observed that it was better that it should be so, lest a similar proceeding arise to that which has taken place in the negotiations entered into by Mr. Henry Williams for the purchase (under the new Act) of the Ngahuhu Blocks, viz., the delay in the payment of the money has set aside the purchase. When the money is paid, let it be paid at Kororareka.

Maihi P. Kawhiti.

Mr. Henry Kemp, Kerikeri.