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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 371, 24 May 1856, Page 7

To the Editor of the " Lyttelton Times."

Sir, —I am much surprised to find, on ray return after a short absence from Lome, that m> public enquiry has been instituted about the human reuiaius found ou the banks of the Waimakariri, although the notice taken by you of my letter on the subject must have brought the affair to the uolice of the authorities.

On making further enquiries, I find the bones are still unbuiied, and that they cannot be interred without a certificate from the Ilegistrar, who cannot give a certificate until an inquest has been held". I also learn that the Coroner was informed of the circumstances by two of the gentlemen who found the remains. I am sorry to trouble you again on the subject, but it "really appears to me too bad, thjst

because the remains are supposed to be those of a poor man, who has no relations or friends here to care about him, they should be treated worse than those of a dog, —there being absolutely a penalty attached to burying them. Your obedient servant, Kaiapoi, May 19. J. W.