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o to matau pouri mo tona matenga, ko tenei, haere te mana, haere te rangatiratanga, haere te kii. Haere c Tutewehiwehi, haere c Tutcwanawana. Haere te mv rau ate tini te wenerau ate mano. Ka mutu nga mihi. Kia ora koutou ko to whanau, ma te Atua koutou c tiaki, Mana ano hoki c whakamarama nga ngakau i roto ite pouritanga. Heoi ano. Na to pononga, Eruera Wikiriwhi te Tuaahu (Mo Tuhourangi katoa). Taupo Natives. (Telegram). Hon. J. Carroll, Wellington. Taupo, 22nd June, 1906. Taupo mourns, men, women, and children, for Mr. Seddon who now lies prone. Go, 0 Sir ! in your goodness. A totara has been planted in the square at Taupo, a token of remembrance by the Maoris for Mr. Seddon. Karaitiana Poi. Timi Kara, Wellington. Taupo, 22 Hune, 1906.' Tena koe. Kei te tangi a Taupo, taane, wahine, tamariki mo Te Hetana kua hinga nei, haere ra c koro me tou pai, he totara i tiria kei te koea o Taupo hei whakamaharatanga ki a Te Hetana, na nga Maori. Karaitiana Poi. Sir,— " Opepe," Taupo, 27th June, 1906. Greetings. A farewell for my chief : Go, 0 Premier Seddon !go to join your ancestors. Go to Queen Victoria. Great grief, affliction, and soreness of heart came upon me because my rangatira friend, the Premier, has passed away from this world to the other. My aroha (love) will never cease, or my heartburning for my rangatira friend the Premier, whose administration for the well-being of the colony was so vigorous, and for the well-being of the Maori as well, in providing pensions. " A chief dies ; another takes his place." That is all. From your most humble servant, The Hon. James Carroll, Wellington. Ngamotu Wiremu. Timi Kara, Minita mo te Taha Maori. " Opepe," Taupo, 27 Hune, 1906. E pa, Tena koe, he poroporoaki mo toku hoa rangatira : Haere atu c te Pirimia Hetana. Haere ki o tupuna, haere ki a Kuini Wikitoria, he nui te pouri me te aroha me te mamae i pa mai ki ahau mo toku hoa rangatira, mo te Pirimia kua wehe atu i tenei ao, c kore c mutu te aroha me te tumanako o taku ngakau ki toku hoa rangatira kite Pirimia, te tangata kaha kite whakahaere ite ora mo te koroni, ite ora hoki mo te iwi Maori, koia ra tenei ko te penihana. Heoi. E mate ana he tete kura, c ara ana he tete kura hai riiwhi mo tana turanga. Heoi ano, Na to pononga iti rawa, Ngamotu Wiremu. (Telegram.) The Hon. the Native Minister, Wellington. Whakatane, 14th June, 1906. Yes, greetings to you, the Maori people grieve for our parent who has passed away from us. Kia ora. Hurunui Apanui. The Hon. the Native Minister, Wellington. Whakatane, 14 Hune, 1906. Ac, tena koe, c pouri ana te iwi Maori ki to tatou matua kua wehe atu na i a tatou, kia ora koe. Hurunui Apanui. Matatua Maori Council. Whakatane, 27th June, 1906. A sympathetic letter from the Matatua Council on the death of Mr. Seddon :— The sympathetic message : Go, O Mr. Seddon ! the parent of the orphan and the poor. Your just, right, and beneficent deeds for man and the land will live after you, and this causes the heart to feel sore and sad, death having taken you away. It will be impossible at the present time to conjecture how much justice, goodness, and benefit will be derived by man and the land now that you are gone. The heart will therefore cherish all your good deeds for your Maori people, and they will be held in remembrance by us and our descendants in the days to come Go, O Sir !goto Po (the place of departed spirits), leaving your honoured name to be held in respect by all the world. Go, O Sir ! go. This of your Councils is on the pinnacle established by you as a resting-place for your Maori people ; hence it is that this one of your Councils greets you, the man who conferred this work on your Maori people, freeing them from those evil measures that weighed heavily on them m the past. A sympathetic message to the widow and her family : O lady ! greetings to you and all your house —that is, family—yonder, who are in great grief and pain for our parent who has been taken away by death, leaving us in pain and sorrow these days. Ended are the greetings.