TURANGA.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 2, 15 June 1857, Page 3

TURANGA.

We are sorry to hear that in consequence of the great dronght which has been experienced at Turanga on the East Coast, the potatoe crop has proved very had this year. so much so, Ilia I in many planialieits :.hey h';\e not been worth gathering. *»Ye a.'V pardeabriy for this, because she people ;;f T{.}■■;»ngo. a?c iadri-arious. and deserve io ::-l;*t !.;:." fruit of their Industry. The Maoris at Tnrn'.iga number abcai 2,000 is) all, and amongst them they euitlvaie large crops. Of wheat, ihev have this year about 50,000 bushels, -;; d oih>>r crops in proportion. They have abo a.:. 4-00 horses, from *OO to 300 cattle, and 5200 s!)<'.ei«. The quantity of land cubb-aied b\ teeoi is np-yards of r\ooo acres. Ploughs are used .si :s early a:! the plantations, and lhe»e have Decn ;.e\ : e?'a> ploughing n;aiciies, al which some of lh.° ploughing has been excellent.' We Liopp to tbad oar aa'iv.-!r':---'ids generally ir?ki.ic>- an interest in ih.se :"' • uese thev s n.»ke the yo'uag aiaa -.:;;.\."wi!o ;, > oivcel la s he use of the pioa;h, that, wiioe, the dav nf the i!u ; lch ceases, 'hry ia.iy win the pri/.e. Recently, abont 500 acres of land have been nhcn bv la Whanun a Taupura, as a a v!ndowfi»!-iil fur Industrial >cbools. and a smuHor piece lias beeu sold to the Gov-jrii-»a(:<il by Te Whuuat: o r.vh as a place a;, which a Magistrate can residue. Tins shews that these people are desirous of obtaining instruction, and the benefits which result from it, and that they are willing to have their conduct towards each other rrgnlaied by the laws of England, the object of -whir'} is to protect equally -he interests of ail the people, and to abandon the system which has hliberio prevailed, and which has aimesL always favored the powerful against the weak, and proved itself the fruitful source of much bad feeling, and even of war.