PROPOSALS MADE BY SIR GEORGE GREY TO TAWHIAO, AT MEETING AT HIKURANGI ON THE lOth MAY, 1878.

Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 47, 23 November 1878, Page 590

PROPOSALS MADE BY SIR GEORGE GREY TO TAWHIAO, AT MEETING AT HIKURANGI ON THE lOth MAY, 1878.

1. You stand in your authority, to which the Government will add that you are to be the administrator within your district The Government will assist you and the chiefs of your district to so administer affairs that peace fid quietness wiH alight on the two .racea of this island. The Government will always look to you ; they will not loolc fo or>e side or' to tlie dtber.' It is for you to say lease (land), and jt will,be, leased, sell, and sales/will take pla.ce wi,thin your district. The Government will . give you" and. your chief a an ,aJlo wapce ; for the administration of your district. The,GovemuK>nt,.wiU give you, TawUiao, five hundred pounds a The moneys tt> be expended withit* the district -will'be given as - * whole to him (TBwliho), for- liiiri to''distribute *lB hetliinks proper to the chiefs of liis district. • ' 2. The Government will give you five hundred acres of lax»<} in'fhe district' of N'garlfawaMa/near your father's grave. "The Gov< rjinieiit will l»nild v<>u a liouse at Kav\liia f«.r y r ».iu to In Id your m«'etinfc:s in. 3. .TliVv9Ci>oi"iß of laud remaining to the Government which, have not yet been sold to European?, situate ou the

western side of the Waikato and-Waipa—those are the portions which will be returned to Tawhiao. 4. In addition to this, inasmuch as I am very desirous that you should become wealthy, I consider .that the Government should set apart certain town sections within all the townships situate on tho Waikato aud'Waipa, and give thetn to you in.trust for the people, the money arising therefrom to bo dealt with as you shall think fit, for I wish that you should speedily become rich, because these are the places which are rapidly increasing in value. 5. With reference to roads, it is my wish that you and I should carry out the arrangements respecting them, and that no person should presume to mike roads before it has been settled by you and the Government. 6. With reference to surveys, it is for you to say that surveys are to be m.-.de, and surveys will bo made. 7. I have thought over these matters, and it is my earnest wish that I may see you living comfortably on the lands which will be set apart for you ; should you consent to the proposals which I now make to you, I will give it my special attention, so that you may soon occupy' the lands in those places which will nosv be given back to you, and which have not yet been disposed of to the Europeans. With respect to other matters, that is ploughs, harrows, and other implements, requisite for the proper cultivation of the soil, the Government will make some arrangement for that, so that you may live comfortably and prosperously in the homes that will then be made. These are all the proposals that lam able to make to you. With reference to the pieces in the townships, Tawhiao and yourselves must examine the maps, and select the portions for you.