the Ngatiraukawas" "Do you retain the river?", and with determination they all replied "Ae." "I know what that determination is. Do you consent that the Ngatiapa should have their own land?" Reply, - "Ae." "And that the Pakeha should have the opposite side of the Rangitikei river?" Reply, - "Ae." Turning to the Ngatiapa, - "Ngatiapa, - do you agree to the land being yours?" Reply of the Ngatiapa, - "Ae." "Do you consent that no Europeans should live on this side?" Ten strangers of the Ngatimaniapoto, sitting on the side of the Ngatiapa, said, - "Ae." - and Ihaka, and either one or two of the Ngatiapa claimants, - "Ae.", with the Ngatimaniapoto. The others firmly objected to consent, from having previously ceded their land to the Government."