SETTLEMENT OF NATIVES ON WAIKATO LAND.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 678, 17 October 1876, Page 2

SETTLEMENT OF NATIVES ON WAIKATO LAND.

The fol'owtng i« the copy of* peHt'on f rwardorl by 192 settlers of ihe Wni^a River, ami Rajlin dw nets t) the House of R 'urnsent .tires, proteitin^ a^iinst the •c t ompnt of natives wit Inn the confiscated boiinda y, and slkms conclusirelf enough tli* we h ive on sereral occa* oni, when representing the gate of public f.-eli-ig on ths maner in the district truly ex -rened the feelings, not mereiy nf "a f wp>)'sona riot re-iHy settlers," ai stated by th* Nitire Minister, but of tie uroit nmjoiity, we might any of nineteen out of twenty of the bona file st< tl nolthe entire VVaikato district. The p t tioji. hid it not be^n co .fined to a mere c>rnor of the district, the portion more directly ititfrest.-d, might hare re» coired a thousand aiguatures : To t l c Honorable Members of the Home of Representatives in Parliament asieuibled. The Peti ion of the umlertipned set»ler» ia the Distri.t* of Waipa and R*glan, rtsjiectfully glieweth 1st — That your petit i iners haro hoard wit!) extreme- surprise and re: ft of tb. slatemrtnt made by the Hon the I Native Minister to your hon rable Honst*. •' He wns nware th-re w«s a feeling to a small exfenfc, not Among thwe who were really Eqttlori, but con fi ipd ton four in iho Waikato, that it would be unwise to Jiore any nauv. s within the settled districts " 2nd — That your peti'ioners most empr»Ucally deny lint thi- u a true representation o f the fe ling* of the Waikato s.-itlrrs or the proposal of the Na ive Minister to grunt considerable areas of land in this dutricf, purolmserl f-orn Europ* ni to the so. rall"d King Natives, but on fheeontr ry (ha groat majo itv of the bona file settlers are of opinion that it would be a most im olitic st«p and retrogride in every way, be.sicl ■• iufliciingan injustice on the resident s ttler*. 3rd— Thityoor pe'itioners earnestly request that your Hono able House will not be please 1 to s no ion th* pro\oifd ao'ion of the Native Minister in this matter. And your petitions will ever pray. Signed by 192 settl Ti o f Waik i o and ft »q m.