NATIVE PETITION.
The following is ' the text of the petition to the Queen signed by two hundred natives in the Kaipara District, praying that Sir Donald McLean might be made permanent Native Minister: — New Zealand, District of Kaipara, •Te Aratapu, May 29,1875. To Her Majesty Victoria, the Queen ; long may you live I We, the native tribes and people of New Zealand, desire to come into your presence, and to lay before you this our humble petition : The prayer of the petition is really this, that your Majesty may be pleased to let the dew of your loving kindness fall upon us, so that your Royal assent may thus’ be granted to this end, that the appointment of Sir Donald McLean as Native Minister may be confirmed to us for ever—an officer with whose administration the inhabitants of these islands Jhave already enjoyed good experience—by whom also, 'and through whom our requests may be made known before the Parliament of this colony; and thus be the means of preserving undisturbed the blessing of peace 'to us, and to all people throughout the length and breadth of this colony.—And your petitioners will ever pray.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 287, 7 July 1875, Page 2
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193NATIVE PETITION. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 287, 7 July 1875, Page 2
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