MAORIS AND BLACKMAILING.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —As the enclosed letter, received this morning, is of more than personal interest, I have pleasure in forwarding it to you for publication. The prompt action of the Government in the matter will un-
doubtedly be a matter of satisfaction to travellers, present and future. —I am, etc. E. Ernest Bilbrough. Auckland, May 29th, 1888.
Native Office, Wellington, 25th May,_ ISSS. Sir, — have the honour, by the direction of the hon. Native Minister, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, in which you call attention to a case of natives blackmailing some tourists in the Waiotapu Valley. In reply I am to inform you that the Resident Magistrate of the district has been instructed to see the natives concerned in the matter, and acquaint them that they must submit a reasonable tariff of charges for seeing the sights on their land, or for their services as guides, and that the Government will not countenance any system of blackmailing such as the one you refer to. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, T. W. Lewis. UnderSecretary. E. Ernest Bilbrough, Esq., Auokland. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9067, 30 May 1888, Page 3
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