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(Omitted from p. 27.) Ramarihi examined. 801. The Chairman?] Are you acquainted with the purport of the petition of Mrs. Douglas ? —No. [Petition read.] 802. What tribe do you belong to ?—I belong to Ngaiterangi and live at Hairini. 803. Are you related to Mrs. Douglas ? —Yes. 804. What is the relationship? —I do not know about her mother, but her father was my uncle, the elder brother of my father. 805. Has Mrs. Douglas a claim to this land? —Yes, a real claim. 806. Hon. Sir George Grey.] Did you consent to sell this land? —No. I wanted to turn Captain Morris off my land. 807. Did you ever speak to Captain Morris about it ? —I told that European about it. I said, " This is the land of my mother." My mother is alive now ; my father is dead ; both my father and mother had real claims upon that land. 808. Did Captain Morris ever tell you that he would do nothing for you, but referred you to the Government, to whom he paid the money ? —Captain Morris said ho had the land, and it would never pass into the possession of anybody else. I said, " I do not care about the Government; I will never agree to the land being leased to you." 809. Did you go to Captain Morris to ask him for money due to you ? —Never. [Letter read.] I went to Mrs. Grace, who was my teacher, to get her to write the letter for me. 810. Has Mrs. Douglas any claim to the land ?—Yes, both of us have a real claim to the land. 811. Have you never parted with your claim ? —No. 812. Do you intend to sell it ?—No. I intend to keep it for my mother and my children, who have no land. 813. Was your name in the Crown grant ?—I was not present at the investigation, nor was I present at the sale. 814. Did you often tell Mr. Clarke of your claim? —I have not told Mr. Clarke. 815. Did you ever write a letter to him ? —I wrote the letter to Mr. Clarke, Sir George Grey, and Mr. Sheehan, asking them to stop the Crown grant, and not allow it to be issued to Captain Morris. 816. Did you write a letter the Governor ? —Yes. 817. Is that your letter to the Governor about the land of your father's at Pukepoto?—l do not know anything about the Governors. The only Governors I know are Sir George Grey and Mr. Sheehan. 818. Did you write this letter [produced.] ?—Yes, I meant it to reach Sir George Grey and Mr. Sheehan. lam an ignorant person ; Ido not know exactly how to do these things. 819. Hon. Mr. Fox.] How comes Pita's name to be at the bottom of your letter ? AVho is Pita ? —My brother. 820. Hon. Mr. Nahe] Did Mrs. Grace write the letter? —I went to Mrs. Grace to get advice as to what I should do about the land because I was ignorant myself. It was a daughter of the Rev. Ihaia To Ahu, who is staying with Mrs. Grace at school, who wrote the letter. It was Mrs. Grace who advised me what to do. She was my teacher at school, and I thought she was the best person to give me advice. 821. AVhy did not your relations put you on the land?— Because I was married to a European, and my living with a European was objected to by all my relatives. 822. Did you before object to Mrs. Douglas marrying Mr. Douglas ?—I cannot say. I do not like to give an answer that might not be true in this place. They did not object to my marrying a European until I came back to re-assert nry claims to the land, which they objected to. They objected to my marrying a European, because my relatives were killed at the Gate Pa by Europeans.