THE GREYMOUTH MAORIS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 171, 16 February 1867, Page 2

THE GREYMOUTH MAORIS.

(To thie 'Editor of the tft'ey lVer ■Artjiij.) SfQ— Considering tfo* Wge rent roll held, by tlie Maoils of this toavu, amounting, [ believe, to between L2O W and L3OOO I'or annum, and considering the few individuals , entitled to that large - suw if money, is ifc not ! scandalous that they positi vely ha I to ]>'oitow the monoy necessary to dacently inter one (if their, tribe who died the rfther day. I can well understand /he policy of placing their revenues in the hauMs of a Commissioner in older that their j/ouey shoirjd not be ' squandered, as it mhst certainly Avould be ! had they the^eai^e handling and. management pf it, biit surely this is taking too. gi eat a pare of the money to the positive detriment and injury of the Maoi-i, to say nothing of its injustice. Some other method than simply hoarding their? mpney in a bank should tic adopted. The hnpecmiiosiisy of the Maoris here has been the subject of general remark for along, time pjujt/'the. bare necessaries of life are? sometimes almost ' beyond their preach, and would be, Avere it npt for their peculiai style of living— eels and so forth being pretty plentiful 1 would suggest thjit the Commissioner Ayould attain the end -aimed at by the Government in , taking charge of the Maori fluids, Avere he, in the firs*; jilace, to appoint (by lowest tender) trades pedple'wlio Avould supply wholesome j>Foyisiohs to the Maoris ; apppin|; some medical man (they wou't'go into the hospital) to att-end to them Ayhen sick, and let a fund be on the spot at all. tin es available for extraordinary reuuirereents, sucli as funerals, &c. :; r J am,.&.c.y A.Resid-ext. -.-;..;■ Grejanbnth, February 14, 1867. [We believe something of the kind is' now doae— at any rate they had a medical officer, Dr Jaoksoij.— E p. GJt.A.I „- .':.