F—No. 7

AVhakarongo mai e nga iwi katoa. Ko matou ko nga Rangatira ko nga tangata o Ngaitahu kua tuhi nei i o matou ingoa i o matou tohu ki tenei pukapuka i tenei ra i te 12 o Hune, i te tau tahi mano waru rau wha tekau ma waru ka whakaae kia tukua rawatia atu kia Wairaweke (AA Tilliam Wakefield) te atarangi o te AVhakamiuenga o Niu Tireni e noho ana ki Ranana, ara ki o ratou Kaiwhakarite, o matou wlienua, o matou oneoue katoa e takoto haere ana i te tahatika o tenei moana; timatamai i Kaiapoii te tukunga aNgatitoa i te rohe hoki o Whakatu, haere tonu, tae tonu ki Otakou, hono tonu atu __1 te rohe o te tukunga a Haimona, haore atu i tenei tai a te mounga o Kcihiku, a puta atu ki tera tai ki Whakatipu AVaitai (Milford Haven) otira kei to pukapuka run te tino tohu, te tino ahua ota whenua. Ko o matou kainga nohoanga ko a matou mahinga kai, me waiho marie mo matou, mo a matou tamariki, mo muri iho i a matou ; a ma te Kawana e whakarite mai hoki tetahi wahi mo matou, a mua ake nei ate wahi e ata ruritia ai te whenua e nga kai ruri. Ko te nui ia ote whenua, ka tukua whakareretia mo nga Pakeha oti tonu atu. Ko te utu kua tukua mai mo matou e rua mano pauna moni (£2,000) e tuawhatia mai te utunga mai o enei moni ki a matou, utua mai ki a matou inaianei, e rima rau pauna (£500), kei tera utunga e £500, kei tera atu £500, kei terarawa atu e £500, huihui katoatia, e £2,000. Koia tenei tuhituhinga i o matou ingoa i o matou tohu, he whakaaetauga nuitanga no matou, i tuhia ki konei ki Akaroa i te 12 o Hune, 1848. The mark of Taiaroa x, Maopo x. Paora Tau x, Tainui x, Koti x, Karetai, Pohau, AVireniu Te Raki, Solomon Pohio, Te AVhaikai Pokeno, Eangi Whakana, Potiki, Tiare Wetere, Ko Tare Te Aruru, Haereroa, Te Raid, Te Matahara, By proxy Taiaroa and Solomon for Topi Kihau, son of Tuhawaiki and Te Korako, John Tikao, John Pore, Tiaki x, Ko te Hau, Matiaha, Ihaia, Waruwarutu, Taki, Ko Rirawa, Korehe, , Ko Te Poriohua, AVireniu, Ko Hape, Pukenui, Tuawau, Tuahuru, Te Hau, Manahi, Ko Te Uki. Nga ingoa o te kai titiro : Witnesses : R. A. Olliver, Commander, H.M.S. Fly. T. Bull, Lieutenant. John Watson, Resident Magistrate. Charles H. Kettle, J.P., Principal Surveyor, New Zealand Company. H. Tacy Kemp, J.P., Commissioner. James Bruce, Settler.

PAPERS RELA'IING TO A PURCHASE OF LAND FROM THE NATIVES IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.