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*Tamati Karu, Hona *Wi Nga Waka, Matiaha, ♦Kewiri, Haimona, *Eruera, Hori Taharoa, *Epiha, *Honiana, *Ropoama, Piripi, *Hita, Bona, *Ropoama, Herewini, *Hori, Paruka, *Harawira, Mangcrc. *Bupuha, *Te Wari, *Watene, Pirika, *Paranihi, Ihaia, *Pene, Taiti, *Hone Hira, *Otimi, *Tipene, *Matiu, Wi Te Arei, *Werahiko, Otene, Tamati, Hakaraia, *Wiari, Heremaia, Erueti.' Now we are the persons adhering to the Queen, to the one law, to our one parent. Though we be tempted by the tempter, though we be threatened, we will not fear. We will be faithful to our Queen. We will be like the Tui which conveyed pebbles into a calabash, water appeared it drank, aud was satisfied. We will not be like a hen; the eggs were a duck's, a hen hatched them So we do not approve of the King cherishing us, rather let the Queen cherish us. We do not wish to cherish the plans of the King, as a hen broods over the eggs of ducks, geese, and turkeys. One only will we embrace, the Queen only. No more. Friend, I have marked the names of the persons to whom that piece belonged *. As for Tipene, Otnm, Paranihi Tiwana, and Pene, their wives give them a claim to the land. The others belon.' to our Runanga. B Te Teira Manuka.

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RESPECTING THE WAITARA.