7. I pointed out to him how very desirable it was that every question calculated to interrupt the harmony of the two races inhabiting the same Island should be fully and frankly considered on both sides, and some remedy applied for their settlement. That it was not the intention of the Government to disregard the rights of the chiefs but that they by the course pursued by them had trampled upon the rights of the weaker parties among themselves. That the object of the Government was to extend impartial justice to all alike. That neither Wiremu Kingi, nor any other party who could substantiate a just claim to the land at Waitara had been precluded from doing so; that, on the contrary, he had been freely invited to prefer his claim. This he had only done by