My friends, The Chiefs, You have heard of old and you know yourselves that disputes about land have been the cause of most of the wars in N.Z. Large tracts of land are still disputed or held on sufferance and likely at any time to lead to feuds between tribes otherwise friendly to each other. Life is often expended for land which is not worth contending for. This is an evil and ought to be remedied. Now for the first time Chiefs from all parts of N.Z. are met together - consult then with each other and try if you cannot devise some plan by which these disputes could be settled without war. When Pakias disagree about land and two or more persons claim the same piece of land they do not fight but they go to a Court of law, each gives an account of his claim and the judge awards it to the one who has the best right to it. It is probable that the man who loses his case thinks himself aggrieved but he is obliged to sumbit for the whole community of the Europeans are ready to support the decision