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Note.—The persons appointed by the Bishop to act as his attorneys were Major Richmond, Dr. Greenwood, and Archdeacon Paul; but no steps were taken to alter the terms of the leases previously issued by the Native Eeserves Trustee, until the arrival of the first Bishop of Nelson, Dr. Hothouse, when new leases were granted for twenty-one years.—A. Maokat.

Telbgeam from the Bishop of Nelson to the Pbemieb. Copy of telegram read to the House (see Hansard, 6th May, 1887, p. 121) : "The Trust has received destitute children according to the grant, and when the repairs to the building now in hand are finished, by the funds which accumulated during the last few years, will be able to receive more children. It is, and has been, open to Maoris. lam prepared to maintain that the Maoris agreed to give the land for the purpose. It stands on the same basis as numbers of other trusts given in. the same way.—Bishop op Nelson."

[TRANSLATION.] Whakamahaiiatanga mo runga mo to Pitihana o Tapata Harepeka me etahi atu kia whakahokia atu etahi whenua kei Motueka kua karaatititia kite Pihopa o Niu Tireni hei oranga mo tetahi Kura, i tangohia tenei whenua i roto i etahi whenua kua rahuitia hei oranga hei painga monga Maori. I te mea kei te huihui te .korero mo te whakanohonoho nga te Kainga o Whakatu me te korero mo nga ritenga o te pitihana nei, c kore c taea te korero whakamarama mehemea kaore c matua korero poto i i nga tikanga mo taua whakanohonohonga taea noatia te wehenga me te whakatapunga o enei whenua rahui i Motueka c korerotia nei. Tetahi tikanga nui i roto i te mahi o te Niu Tireni Kamupane, he whakarite rahui Maori, me te whakauru hoki i tetahi kupu i roto i nga pukapuka hoko whenua o nga Maori kia puritia kia rahuitia' c ta'ua Kamupane tetahi walii o te whenua c rite ana kite kotahi te kau eka i roto i ia rau eka hei painga hei oranga mo te hunga c tuku nei i o ratou whenua a ka puritia aua wahi i runga i te tikanga tiaki. I runga i te whakamauanga o tenei tikanga i rahuitia c taua Kamupane i te Kainga o Whakatu c ruatekau nga 100 eka, ara 100 nga 4 eka ; 100 nga tekiona kei waho tata c 50 eka kite tekiona kotahi me te 100 tekiona he 150 eka kite mea kotahi kei waho ahua tawhiti. A heoi te wahi c man ana 5,057 eka. Hei apiti hoki mo ia 10 eka o rato i te rau i whakaae ano te Kawanatanga me te Kamupane o Niu Tireni, me hoatu ano etahi atu whenua hei nohoanga mo nga Maori, i te mea hoki ko ia 10 eka i rahuitia ra kaua c nohoia era, erangi me waiho era tv whenua kia whakahaerea a ko nga hua c puta mai ana me vvhakapau hei oranga hei painga hei ahatanga ma te hunga tuku. Ko te whiriwhiringa i aua rahui ra he mea rotarota, pena me o nga pakeha. Ko aua te kau ra, i roto i nga taone me waho atu he mea whiriwhiri c te Tumuaki o nga Pirihirnana, c Te Tamihana i te tau 1842. Hei whakamanga mo te ritenga i whakaotia c Kapene Wekipire me nga Maori i muri tata o te taenga mai o nga pakeha hei noho, i whakaritea kia puritia c nga Maori etahi wahi rahi o te rnotu ngaherehere nui i Motueka kei reira hoki a ratou mahinga kai i taua wa. A i te mea kua oti te ruri a ratou mahinga i roto i nga tekiona na reira ka whiriwhiria ka rahuitia enei rimatekau eka mo ratou i raro i te ritenga o te Niu Tireni Kamupane, ara Nama 157, 159, 160, 161, 183 me 187, hui katoa 300 eka, na Te Tamihana i rahui. I te tau 1844 I tukua mai a te Peina me te mana nui hoki ki aia na te Kawanatanga o Ingarangi i tuku mai hei rapurapu hei whakatau te Kereme o te Niu Tireni Kamupane ki etahi whenua ite koroni nei. A i tae atu ia ki Whakatu kite rapu i nga tikanga mo te kereme o taua Kamupane ki taua takiwa. No tona taenga atu ki Motueka rokohina atu c noho ana nga Maori i runga i o ratou na rahui, ara i aua tekiona, me to whakanoho me te mahi kai hoki ki etahi atu whenua kua oti te whiriwhiri c nga pakeha mo ratou ake. Na reira i peneitia kia mana te ritenga a te Kamupane ki nga pakeha i hoko ona whenua, a ka whakawhitia enei tekiona ka hoatu etahi mea ke kei roto i nga tekau kua oti te rahui i etahi atu takiwa Tona mutunga iho ka riro c whitu nga tikiona hei riwhi mo nga tekiona c whitu c rite ana to pai kei te Ngahere nui. Hoatu ana c Te Komihana Peina c tona nga tekiona hou hei apiti huihui katoa nga tekiona 16, nga eka o roto 800. I te tau 1853, ia Hurae me Akuhata ka whakaputaina nga Karauna karaati c rua mo nga eka 1078 :0: 5. Xi te Pihopa o Niu Tireni hei painga hei oranga mo tetahi kura hei whakaako i nga tamariki ki nga tikanga Karaipiture me nga tikanga o te Ingirihi me nga mahi kimi oranga. Me uru nga tamariki o nga iwi c rua me nga tamariki o nga rawakore me nga tamariki o nga tangata o nga moutere. 918 :0: 5. Eka o aua whenua i tangohia i roto nga te kau ara nga whenua c tiakina ana mo nga Maori, 160 eka no te whenua Karauna. I roto i te wahi i tangohia i roto o nga whenua tiaki mo nga Maori. Ko nga whenua pai rawa atu era otiia ko te 160 ote whenua Karauna he whenua pakihi rawa atu, a c takoto nei tona ahua inaianei. I roto i te 918 kua tangohia ra, kei kona te 350 eka i ata rahuitia c Te Peina i mua mo nga Maori a koina ano te take i kore ai c vfhai painga taua kura, he pouri no nga tangata kite tangohanga hetanga o to ratou whenua. I te whakatannga o nga whenua rahui i Motueka a ka rangona taua whakaotinga ka paahitia c te Porowinihera Kaunihera Whakatu tetahi motini c whakahe ana i te whakaputanga ketanga o enei whenua, me te ki hoki c tino takahi ana "tenei i te ritenga i whakanohoia te takiwa o Whakatu. I tukua hoki tetahi memoriara kite Heketari o te Koroni kei Ingarangi c whakaatu ana i nga take c tika ana kia kaua c Whakaputaina nga karaati o aua whenua kite Pihopa,

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