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Baniera Kawhia Te Hotene Hirini Te Kani Ihaka Whaanga Paora Te Apatu Karaitiana Te Hapuku Benata Kawepo Tareha Wikiriwhi Matehe Te Matenga Tukareaho Te Pokiha Matene and Ngatipikiao Petera and Temuera and Ngatiwhakaue Wikiriwhi Te Tuahau and Tuhourangi Arama Karaka and Ngatirangitihi Hohaia Matatehokia and Ngatipukeko Wepiha Apanui and Ngatiawa Wi Parera and Enoka and Ngaiterangi Hori Tupaea Te Hoterene Taipari Taipari Bapana Maunganoa Te Karauna and Biwai Te Kiore and all Ngatimaru Meha Te Moananui Paora Tuhaere H. Tipa and Te Otatu Bapata Pokiha Taraia Ngakuti and all Ngatitamatera Kitahi Te Taniwha and Ngakapa Whanaunga and all Ngatiwhanaunga Te Hira Kake Hoera To Whareponga Poihipi Tukairangi.

No. 17. Wiremu Pukapuka to the Hon. Mr. M'Lean. Friend Mr. M'Lean, — Alexandra, 12th November, 1869. Salutations to you. We have arrived here safely this evening. I have arranged for a house for Te Hura ;it is the house belonging to Te Mokena. The whole of the four rooms were placed at our disposal, with all the furniture therein. The sum of five pounds, which was given by the Government, I have laid out entirely in food for them. There were, besides, two pounds ten shillings of my own. money expended, which. I handed over to Te Hura. Sufficient of this. I have heard from the children of Louis Hettit, that Te Kooti, with forty men, had dispersed into the mountains, and that his brother-in-law, Te Waru, had left him with sixty men, had abandoned the fighting, and was on his way to the Kuiti; but when I arrive at the Kuiti myself, I shall be better able to ascertain the truth or otherwise of this statement. I will then write, and put you in possession of all the particulars. Wiremu Pukapuka.

No. 18. The Hon. Mr. M'Lean to Manuwhiri. Friend Manuwhiri, — Auckland, 16th November, 1869. Salutations to you. The request you made to me, although one of great weight and responsibility, is complied with—that is to say, the release of Te Hura and his companions. Wi Te Pukapuka will conduct them safely to you. I am now engaged in considering the subjects we talked of while at Pahiko. There were, besides those we talked of, other subjects which I had desired at the same time to express to you ; but I determined to postpone it, and allow it for the present to remain as part of the whole matter between us, to be considered during the days and nights that are yet to come. Your friend, To Manuwhiri, Te Kuiti. Donald M'Lean.

No. 19. Manuwhiri to the Hon. Mr. M'Lean. Mr. M'Lean, Te Kuiti, 16th December, [Nov.?] 1869. Salutations to you. Te Hura has arrived. I was in doubt as to whether the evil spirit still 3