THE HIKURANGI PROPOSALS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 75, 20 May 1879, Page 2

THE HIKURANGI PROPOSALS.

The folio jying are the terms of the off 3? made by Sir George Grey to King Tawhiao, at Hikurangi, on May 10 ot last year, as published in the native organ, Te Wananga. These proposals, it waa reported in our last issue, were absolutely withdrawn by the Premier when he left the Kopua meeting a fe»v days ago. They were as follows : — "1. You stan'l i n your authority, to which the Government will add that you are to be administrator within your district. The Government will assist you and the chiefs of your district to so administer affairs that peace and q'rietneua will alight on the two races of tbis island. The Government will always look to you ; they will not look to one side or to the other. It is for you to say lease (land), and it will be leased ; sell, and sales will take place within your district The Government will give you, Ta^bhe, five hundred pounds a year. The moneys to be expended within the district will bs given as a whole to him (Tawhiao), for him to distribute as ha thinks proper to the chiefs of his district. '

" 2. The Government will srive you five hundred acres of land :n the district ot Ngaraawahia, near your father's grave. The Government wi'l build you a house at Kaw .iia fo. 1 you to hold your meetings in. ":.. Tae portions of land remaining to the Gj/eviment which have not yei baei soid to Europeans, situate on the weota.a side of the Waikato and Waipa— thise are the portions which will be returned to Tawhiao.

" 4. In addition to this, inasmuch as lam very desirous that you should become wealthy, I consider that the Government should set apart certain town sections within all the townships situate on the Waikato and Waipa, and give them to you in trust for the people, the money arising therefrom to be dealt with as you shall think fit, for I wish that you should specially beoome rich, because these are the places whioh are rapidly increasing in value. "5. With reference to roads, it is my wish that you and I should catry out the arrangements respeotiug them, and that .no person ehould presume to make roads before it has been settled by you and the Government.

"6. With reference to surveys, it is for you to say ihat surveys are to be made, and surveys will be made. " 7. I have thought over these matters, and ii is my earnest wish that I may ccc you living comfortably on the lands which will be Get apart for you ; should you consent to the proposals which I vow make to you, I will give it my special attention, so that you may soon occupy the lands in those places which will now be given back to you, and which have not been disposed of to the Europeans. With respect to other matters, that is ploughs, harrows, and other implements, requisite for the proper cultivation of the soil, the Government will make some arrangement for that., so that you may Jive comfortably and prosperously in the homes that will then be made. These are all the proposals that I am able to make to you. With reference to the pieces in the townships, Tawhiao and yourselves must examine the maps, and select the portions for you."