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CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO NATIVE AFFAIRS.

There are no schools in the district, and all means for the education of the rising generation have been long discontinued. Te Poihipi and some other chiefs are prepared to assist in maintaining a school if encouragement were given, and if it were carried out on undenominational principles. In all actions of this nature, undertaken for the advancement of the Maori, there is little hope of its succeeding so as to be lasting, unless they participate in the management, assist in its maintenance, and appreciate the material advantages to be derived. I have, &c, The Hon. the Native and Defence Minister, S. Locke, Wellington. Resident Magistrate