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PAPEES RELATIVE TO NATIVE

No. 2. Copy of a Letter from Mr. G. S. Coopee to Mr. R. Paeeis. (No. 83-2.) Sic,— Native Office, Wellington, 13th May, 1869. I have the honour to enclose the copy of a letter from Mr. Booth, R.M., reporting the detention of a Ngaire chief named Te Ika, by Lieut.-Colonel Lyon. Colonel Haultain has directed that Te Ika shall be detained in custody until something further has been ascertained as to his intentions, and I am to request that you will supply any information you may be in possession of regarding this man to the Government. The Chief Iraia, of Manutahi, was shot by the Ngatiporou, on a late expedition up the Patea River, with three others of the rebels. I am to request that you will caution Ngahina as to his conduct in reference to the men belonging to Te Ngaire. I have, &c., R. Parris, Esq., Civil Commissioner, G. S. Coopee, Taranaki. Under Secretary.

No. 3. Copy of a Letter from the Hon. J. C. Richmond to Mr. R. Paeeis. (No. 95-2.) Sic,— Wellington, 25th May, 1869. The Government have learned in a letter from Mr. Booth, that Tukino with a party of about 100 men, women, and children of the Tangahoe, lately with Titokowaru, are now at Pariaka with Te Whiti and the Taranaki Tribe. Peniamine Tuhaka and Hatiuria Houkamau, two chiefs of the Ngatiporou, now in Wellington, state that the Ngatiporou Constabulary recently pursued to tho Waingongoro River, and that in their opinion they mean to surrender. Under these circumstances, and as I gather from your letter of the 28th April, to the Hon. the Defence Minister, that others of the rebels from time to time wish to come in, it is proper that you should be clearly informed of the intentions of the Government in such cases. Two conditions must be insisted on —First, a number of serviceable guns proportioned to the number of men must be given up ; secondly, the surrenderors must settle in such places, and under such of tho chiefs, as may be appointed by the Government. The number of guns to be required I will not limit strictly. It will be your duty to find out what is possible in each case, but the spirit of the condition must in every case be substantially fulfilled. The mode of securing compliance with tho second condition will require careful consideration, and you will receive a further communication on the subject. The above conditions are not offered to any of those who were part of the men with Titokowaru in the first instance, who are therefore implicated in the atrocities perpetrated on the men murdered at Ketemarae and Waihi, or on the wounded who fell into the rebels' hands at Ngutu-o-te-Manu. With respect to Tukino's party I feel considerable confidence, remembering the circumstances under which they joined Titokowaru, that a surrender on their part, if made, will be sincere. They should be required for the present to live in the neighbourhood of Oeo, or of the seaward reserves for the Tangahoe within the Military Settlers' Block. They must be placed under Hone Pihama and Natanahira Ngaliina. A roll should be made of their names, and the chiefs should ascertain by a muster periodically that they are fulfilling the second condition. The Government calculate that Hone and Ngahina will exert themselves, should the party return to their allegiance, in confirming their good dispositions. It must be understood that in asking those chiefs to take a charge of their tribe, they will not be left destitute of food by reason of the large increase of numbers thus thrust upon the loyal party under them. The surrendered men will be supplied with sufficient food to keep them from being a burden on their relatives, in terms of work to be done upon the roads in their neighbourhood. The Government will be glad to receive any propositions from yourself or Mr. Booth as to the mode of dealing with these cases, and will attentively consider any addition to, or modification of, the terms proposed above. They will look to you to see that the grace offered is not extended, for the present, to individuals excluded by these instructions. Those who accept the terms must understand that their renewed rebellion has forfeited all claims to the lands formerly reserved for them, and that the re-acquisition of any part must be the result of some considerable term of steady continuance in orderly and peaceful behaviour. I have, &c, R. Parris, Esq., Civil Commissioner, Taranaki. J. C. Richmond.

No. 4. Copy of a Letter from Mr. R. Paeeis to the Hon. the Native Ministee. (No. 177.) Sic,— New Plymouth, 15th June, 1868. His Excellency's Government will no doubt be in possession of the unhappy news from Patea before this leHer can reach Wellington, in reference to the murder of three Europeans at Ketemarae by a party of ten of the Ngutu-o-te-Manu Natives. As soon as it was known that these unfortunate men had been waylaid and murdered. Wirernu Hukanui, of Te Kauwae, sent off immediately to Hone Pihama at Oeo, and Hone Pihama sent word to Wiremu Kingi o Umuroa, requesting him to recommend any Europeans that might be coming along tho coast from New Plymouth on their