SIR GEORGE GREY'S SECOND PROCLAMATION.

Press, Volume VI, Issue 673, 26 December 1864, Page 3

SIR GEORGE GREY'S SECOND PROCLAMATION.

1 The following Proclamation was issued by Sir | George Grey on the 17th inst. :— A PKOCLAIIATION f By his Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the ' Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and ) its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, i &c, kc, kc 1 Whereas the Governor did on the twenty-fifth day of October last issue a Proclamation offering to grant ' a pardon to all persons engaged in the present rebelI, lion who should comply with certain conditions : therein spec led before tlvi tenth day of December instant, whh time has pxpired : Aud where.;- •'■< now expedient that the mind of the Governor suu..ia be fully declared, so that all persons may know his intentions : It is therefore declared and made known that the Governor will retain and hold as land of the Crown all the land in the Waikato taken by the Queen's forces, and from which the rebel Natives have been driven, within thefollowing lines ; that is to say, Commencing at Pokorokoro in the Gulf of the Thames, thence proceeding southward in a straight line to tbe Hapua Kohi pass, thence in a straight line to the summit of Pukemoremore, thence in a straight line to the summit of Maunga Kawa, thence in a straight line to Pukekura, thence in a straight hue to Orakau, thence in a straight line to the nearest- point of the Puniu river, thence following the Puniu river to its junction with the Waipa river, thence in a straight lino to the summit of Pirongia, thence in a straight line to the nearest point of the Waitctuna river, thence by the Waitetuna river to Waingaroa harbor, thence by that harbor to the sea, thence by the Sea Coast to the Waikato Heads, thence by the Waikato river to the Mangatawhiri river, thence by the Mangatawhiri river to the Great South Road, thence Northward by the Great South Road to the Razor Back Redoubt, thence by the boundary of the Rama Rama and Hunua purchases to the Wairoa river, thence by the Wairoa river to tho North-eastern boundary of the land of the Kowbairiki tribe, thence to the summit, of the , Whare Kawa Mountain, thence following the of Whare Kawa to the Surrey Redoubt, thence in a straight line to the point of commencement. And all lands northward of the above boundaries belonging to rebel Natives or tribes up to, and as far as, the waters of tho Manukau and the Waitemata. The land of those Natives who have adhered to the Queen shall be secured to them ; and to those ' who have rebelled, but who shall at once submit ; to the Queen's authority, portions of the land taken will be given back for themselves and their ' families. The Governor will make no further attack on those who remain quiet. Those guilty of further violence the Governor will 1 punish as he has punished the Waikato tribes. ' The Governor will also take possession of and retain, in the country between Wanganui and New 1 Plymouth, and in the province of Taranaki, such ; land belonging to the rebels as he may think fit. ' The Governor will cause roads to be made not only at Taranaki and in the Waikato, but throughout the ' island, from time to time as he may think fit, as well ' through lands of Europeans as Natives. These f roads will be for the protection of the peaceable, the ! upholding of law, and for the benefit of both races. This is a rule of all nations. I To those, whether Europeans or Natives, who con- ' sent to the making of roads through their land there shali be paid fair compensation for the land so taken ; ' and to those who will work in making the roads pay- ' ment will be made in money. Those who obstruct 1 with violence the making of roads will be forcibly re- > pressed. ' To all those who have remained and shall con- ' tinue in peace and friendship the Governor assures 1 the full benefit and enjoyment of their lands. The rule with regard to arms will be this. The Governor does not insist upon all Natives giving up 1 their arms, but arms shall not without permission be r brought into settled districts, and arms will be taken 1 from such as are unruly and turbulent. This also is ■" the law of all nations. " The Governor excepts from pardon those who have in any way been engaged in the murders of women and children, or treacherous murders of unarmed men. ' Given under my hand, and issued under the public Beal of the colony of New Zealand, at the j Government House, at Auckland, this sevenT teenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, j t G. Obey, : Governor. • By his Excellency's command, ' Feed. Whs. r God save the Queen !