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taugata, oia tangata, kite pukapuka, me tona whakaaetanga kitte Ture a te Kuini. Ka mutu tenei, me haere ia kite wahi c pai ai te Kawanatanga hei nohoanga mona, me uoho ia i taua wahi. kin oti ra ■DO to whakarite he kainga tuturu mona. Ko nga whenua katoa o nga tangata i uru kite whawhai kua riro ia Te Kuini. Erangi ka whakalmkia atu ano tetehi wahi ki nga tangata c hohoro te haeremai ki a Te Tienara whakarite ai i nga tikanga o tenei pukapuka he whakaaro hoki ki nga tangata, ki nga wahine, ki nga tamariki. Na, ka whakahokia atu o Te Kawanatanga etehl whenua hei nohoanga mo ia tangata, mo ia tangata: ka ho atu ano hoki he " Karaunu Karati" mo aua wahi. Akarana, Bth Maehe. 1884.

[iKAXSLATION.] To the Iw i Maori who have been fighting in Waikato. General Cameron and the soldiers have taken possession of Waikato, and are now encamped al Rangiaohia, Awamutu, and Kihikihi. The Government intends immediately to put Military and other settlers on the lands of Waikato, there to have farms for themselves, their wives, and their children for ever, so long as they shall live. The Maoris fighting against the soldiers have had several opportunities of laying down their arms, and giving over fighting. They have been very obstinate, and now their land, the land of Waikato, is gone; but the Government is desirous of giving them one more chance, before all Waikato is given to the Pakeha settlers. Let those, therefore, who desire to remain in Waikato, and will be obedient to the Queen's law, come before General Cameron, or some Queen's Magistrate, wherever he may be. Let every man who comes give up his gun, his powder, his bullets, and his caps. Let him give them to General Cameron or to the Queen's Magistrate. Let his name also be written down, that he will obey the Queen's law. Then let him go to whatever place the Government shall tell him to goto ; let him live there till it shall be pointed out to him where shall be his permanent place to reside. All the land of those who have been fighting is forfeited to the Crown, but part of it will bo restored to those who now come in without delay, as pointed out in this paper, from consideration of the wants of themselves, their wives, and their children. The Government will give them back enough for each man; for this each man shall have a Crown Grant. Those who agree to this, and do as above written, will not be made prisoners, nor punished personally for what they have already done, except those who have committed murders. Murderers shall not be forgiven ; when they are discovered they shall be tried, and if found guilty punished by the law for their evil work. Auckland, Bth March, 1801.

No. 4. MEMORANDUM respecting the course to be adopted with the Native Prisoners. Referring to His Excellency's request, more than once repeated, that Ministers would decide on the course to be adopted with the prisoners taken at Bangiriri, and in other engagements with Her Majesty's Forces, without further delay, Ministers beg respectfully to state that they have deferred advising any action in the matter chiefly from the following reasons: — Ist. That they hoped that the anticipated capture of Maungatautari, the last remaining stronghold of the Natives in "Waikato, might have led to a decisive result, and would have enabled them to :ulvise that the prisoners should be released, or at least dealt with in some way which might have obviated the necessity of a trial. 2nd. The fact that the Royal Assent to the Suppression of Rebellion Act, under which they conceive it most expedient to try the prisoners (if at all) has not yet been received in the Colony, qhould a trial under this Act take place, and the Act be found to have been disallowed, the consequences might be serious, and greatly complicate the position of the Government towards the Natives, both loyal and in rebellion. 3rd. Though Maungatautari has now fallen into our hands, that event has not occurred under such circumstances as to give it all the signification which it might have had, and at this moment Ministers have no information as to what may be the result, whether it may end (as they would hope) in shaking the confidence of the rebels, and leading to their submission, or may operate in a contrary direction. 4th. For the above reasons. Ministers still feel that to bring the prisoners to trial is a step which requires grave consideration, and which they would not at this moment have recommended of their own motion. But as His Excellency has pressed them so strongly on the subject, and appears to entertain so decided an opinion upon it, Ministers are prepared to surrender their own views and acquiesce in that of His Excellency. sth. They therefore beg to advise that the whole of the prisoners now in the hands of the Government be forthwith brought to trial before a Court constituted under the Suppression of Rebellion Act, consisting exclusively of Officers in Her Majesty's service; it being, in the opinion of Ministers, desirable that the tribunal should consist solely of persons not in any way personally interested in tinColony, as settlers or otherwise. Auckland, 7th April, 1864. W. Fox.

No. 5. MEMORANDUM of His Excellency respecting the Detention of the Native Prisoners on board the Hulk. The Governor would observe, in answer to the Ministerial Memorandum of the 7th instant, regarding the Native Prisoners detained on board the hulk " Marion," and who have been in confine-

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