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PAPERS RELATIVE TO NATIVE

No. 46. Copy of a Letter from Mr. G. S. Coopee to Mr. R. Paeeis. (No. 12-2.) Sib,— Native Office, Wellington, 19th January, 1869. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, No. 12, reporting that a party of the rebels had recently visited Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, and giving other information as to the movements of Natives in the southern part of your district. A copy of the first portion of your letter has been forwarded to Colonel Whitmore for his information, and I am directed by the Hon. Colonel Haultain to instruct you to warn Paraono and Taurua, and any other friendly chiefs who may be in the neighbourhood of the rebels, to remove at once, lest trouble come upon them in the operations about to be undertaken against the rebels. I have, &c, G. S. Coopee, The Civil Commissioner, Taranaki. Under Secretary.

No. 47. Copy of a Letter from Mr. R. Paeeis to Mr. G. S. Coopee. (No. 17.) Sic,— New Plymouth, 13th January, 1869. I have the honor to report, for the information of His Excellency's Government, that I have received information of late advices from Tokangamutu having been received by the tribes favourable to the Maori King movement of a proposal for a very large meeting to be held at a place called Moerangi, near Rotoaira, in March next. The object of the meeting has not yet transpired, but it is believed it is to get all the tribes which attend it to arrive at a general understanding for their future line of policy, which, it is suggested, will aim at repudiation of the authority of the Government in certain districts which are to be subject to the administration of the King. I have, &c, R. Paeeis, The Under Native Secretary, Wellington. Civil Commissioner.

No. 48. Copy of a letter from Mr. G. S. Coopee to Mr. R. Paeeis. (No. 39-2.) Sic,— Native Office, Wellington, 13th March, 1869. I have the honor to inform you that the arms belonging to the Ngatitama have not been sent from the Chatham Islands by Captain Thomas, but the ammunition will be shipped by next opportunity hence. Arms should, if necessar3 r, be given to these people on the understanding that they are to be returned when their own guns arrive. I have, &c, G. S. Coopee, The Civil Commissioner, Taranaki. Under Secretary. P.S.—This is in reply to your letter of the 4th instant, No. 44. —G. S. C.

No. 49. Copy of a Letter from Mr. R. Paeeis to Mr. G. S. Coopee. (No. 62.) Sic,— New Plymouth, 19th March, 1859. On the Pukearuhe Military Settlers' block, north of the Mimi River, there are some crops of potatoes and maize, which the owners were indifferent about getting away, and on consulting with His Honor the Superintendent and Major Brown, it was decided to offer them three pounds per acre for the potatoes, and thirty shillings an acre for the maize, and to give the crops to the returned Natives from the Chatham Islands, in order to prevent their being used by the enemy in case they came on to the district. The quantity is said to be about twelve acres of potatoes, and fifteen acres of maize. I hope this arrangement will meet the approval of the Government. I enclose herewith a copy of my letter to Captain Good on the subject. I have, &c, R. Paeeis, The Under Native Secretary, Wellington. Civil Commissioner.

Enclosure to No. 49. Copy of a Letter from Mr. R. Paeeis to Captain Good. Sic,— New Plymouth, 11th March, 1869. With the view to prevent the crops of the Europeans on the Pukearuhe Block being used by the enemy, a jjroposal has been made to the owners thereof to pay them at the rate £3 an acre for the potatoes, and £1 10s. an acre for the maize. A list of those who agree to the proposal will be sent you, and you are authorized to give the crops of those only who consent to the proposal to the Maruwehi and Pihanga Natives, on condition that they get the said crops away immediately.