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Enclosure 2 to No. 31. CIVIL COMMISSIONEB, BAY OF PLENTY, TO THE NATIVE MINISTEE. Civil Commissioner's Office, Maketu, July 7th, 1863. Sib,— I have the honor to transmit herewith two original letters with translations addressed to the Government by two Native Assessors in this District, Eaharuhi of Te Awa o te Atua, and Matena of Tarawera on the subject of the Tataraimaka murders. These letters may be regarded as expressing the sentiments of the tribes to which the writers respectively belong, and they correspond with what I have heard from other sources as to the prevailing tone of feeling throughout this District. I have, &c, Thos. H. Smith, ——— Civil Commissioner. Te Umuhika, June 23, 1863. To Me. Bell,— Friend.—Tour messenger has come to me. It is well. It is well to give information about the murder by Ngatiawa. Friend, great is the evil of that work, of murder. This is my thought with reference to the crime of that tribe. Let the men who committed that crime be taken; if their relations spring forward to protect them, they will be murderers together; if the tribe spring forward they will be murderers together. Friend listen to my thoughts ; do not you and our loving friend the Governor of New Zealand be suspicious that I shall implicate myself in that crime of murder. Nay, I have no other thoughts but what I have expressed, and if the quarrel becomes very deep (serious), yet I will not budge.—Enough. From your friend, Eahaeuhi, Pububtt, Native Assessors at Te Umukika, Te Matata. Matutawa, June 26,1863. To THE GOVEBNOB, TO Me. BELL, — Greeting you. I have seen your letter which Mr. Smith sent to us, to the Assessors; your letter to Matutaera about the Pakehas killed at Tataraimaka, has been publicly read to my tribe, and all my hapus. That letter was read at Waipa where the Roman Catholic Minister lives, that is, Waipa between Kotokakahi and Eotorua. There was a meeting of the Catholics of the Arawa there, and two letters were read at that meeting, yours and the Bishop's (Pompallier). The word in the Bishop's letter was, the Catholics must not go to fight at Taranaki, but pray to God that the fighting at Taranaki may be made to cease. And the principal word put forth at that meeting was this, that they should go to fight at Taranaki. I heard only the word of the Catholics of the Arawa; these are the names of the hapus,—Ngatiwahiao, Ngatitu; these are sections of Tuhourangi and Ngatiwhakane.—Enough. From your friend, Matin a Topia Te Kakato, Assessor.

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No. 32. copy of DESPATCH fbom goveenoe sie geobge geey, k.c.b., to his geace the duke of NEWCASTLE, E.G. Government House, Auckland, July 28th, 1863. My Loed Duke, — I have the honor to transmit Copies of Letters which, the Lieutenant-General has received from Colonel Warre, C.B., Commanding at Taranaki, from which Your Grace will be glad to learn that throughout considerable districts of country the well disposed Natives are separating themselves from those tribes who have committed the recent murders, and who are promoting the existing disturbances in this Colony. 2. From the enclosed Letters, and from similar information from many other quarters, I now entertain a hope, which I believe to be well founded, that the existing insurrection will only be a partial one, and that the majority of the Native population will remain faithful to the Government; still, however, the Colony is in great danger, and no permanent peace can now be hoped for until the Waikato and Taranaki tribes are completely subdued. I have, &c, G. Geey. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, E.G.

Enclosure 1 to No. 32. COLONEL WAEEE, C.B., TO ASSISTANT MILITAEY SECEETABY. New Plymouth, New Zealand, 16th July, 1863. Sib,— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, enclosing copy of a letter from the Governor of the 6th instant, and I beg you will assure the Lieutenant-General that I will use my best endeavours to meet the wishes of His Excellency and the Colonial Government.

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TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.