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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6564, 30 November 1882, Page 4

-Mu. Faxro.v has been si far successful in ids negotiations witn the Waikatos, that they have appointed a deputation to go and look at the land < tl'red to then;. Tiiis looks like acceptance, tor if the natives st-io.; on principle, they would never even look at the land, and would not consider either its quantity or its quality. Supposing the Waikatos to accept, as a matter of course they would come down and iive on their own land, and thus would materially affect the difficult problem of Kiugistn. Tawhiao would be sure to come with them, for he could not remain al me amongst the Ngatiinaniapoto. That tribe, on the other hand, would no longer be embarrassed by rlieir allegiance to the King, but would act as they sat» tit as the owners of the land. There would be, no doubt, two parties amongst them, one eager to sell land, and another anxious to retain it. The latter would, however, in order to protect themselves, soon bo driven to put .some portion of their lands under the Natives Keser,e3 Act, aud thus the object of the Government would be --I'.tahiec,, and a line of railway secured through the island. It -.sill thus be seen that Mr Fenton's negotiation, which has been so quietly conducted, may prove of the utmost importance.