CUSTOMS AND BEER DUTIES FOR APRIL.
Wellington, This day. The Customs- revenue for. the colony last month was £100,819 4s sd, the amount collected at the four principal centres beino-— Auckland, £23,528 2s 2d ; AVcllington, £10,292 10s Id; Lyttelton and Christchurch, £17,840 0s 8d ; Dunedin, £29,420 Is 9d. For March last the total was £115,799 0s 3d, and for April, 1883, it was £121,086 Ss 3d. The beer duty for last month was £4960 10s lOd, the" principal amounts being—Auckland, £1088 13s 2d ; Wellington, £385 12s Od ; Christchureh, £1056 10s 10d; Dunedin, £1166 15s 9d. For March last it was £4742 18s 4d, and for April, 1883, £5052 7s Bd.
MAJOR ROPATA AND TE KOOTI. ; ' ".', Giseoene, This day. . Major Ropata writes to the Poverty Bay
Herald, sayins, " I have been much disturbed in thought about Te Kooti coming to this side of tbe island. These people (Wairoa natives) who hare invited him wore his soldiers, and helped in his murderous work. They have left traces of their evil deeds behind them at Poverty Bay and other places. Then, let those who have not suffered, who have not had relatives and friends murdered by this man and his minions, invite and cherish him. It would be the same as killing our own flesh and blood wore we to allow him to come here. If anyone wants him here it must be his friends who were fighting with him in 1868. It was the Ngatikatunga, from Wairoa, who were his soldiers when he made his raid on this place, and led them on to kill his own relatives with tho Europeans." After giving a list of Europeans and Maoris killed by Te Kooti, Major Ropatasays, "Now, with all this fresh in our memory are wo to tolerate this man's presence in our midst? I should say not. Let Mr Bryce be ever so friendly with him it is not to bo supposed the relatives and friends of those I have enumerated could endure his jiresenco in these parts. I would recommend the Government to advise their friend Te Kooti to keep at a safe distance from the East Coast, otherwise trouble may come of his presence here.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3987, 2 May 1884, Page 3
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