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We have been liberal enough in the past in parting with our lands to the Crown for settlement than one-half of the lands in our district have been acquired at prices that we in the after-wisdom of experience are convinced were inadequate. We are holding now to the remnant. We ask that you deal leniently with us and with the remnant of our lands ; we ask that you take into your consideration our treatment in the past. We ask that you take into consideration the trammels which prevented our having in our midst pakehas of our choice that could have taught us the art of farming. You find us now ignorant and suspicious and tenacious of our lands. We want to see our way very clear before us this time, because we have no other lands. We cannot give as freely as formerly we did out of our abundance. But we ask that the bulk of our lands be reserved for our use, we ask that we be assisted to utilise them properly, and we are confident that the same alertness we showed in the fighting-days gone by will be shown in these times of peace, when the taiaha must give way to the Jco. He oi ano. Na Ngati-whakaue. Akapita H. Pango. Winiata Matia. his Eotorua. Te Naera te Houkotuku. Ketireti x Tapibana. H. Te Wheoro Poni. Bangi-tauira-whenu. mark Korowhiti Iwingaro. Ngatai Hamuera. Tamihana Korokai. Araina Karaka Hutuha. Taekata te Tokoihi. his Henare Werahiko. Te Wiremu Matene. Akuhata x Kihai-oa. Mapunui E. Tiriraupeka. Matiu Whareure. mark Tuianekai Takurua. F. A. Bennett. Hemi Kokiri Wharepurangi. Hohepa te Kaki. Taiporutu te Mapu.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE. Lands within Rotorua County and Thermal-Springs District. A. Lands recommended for Maori Occupation.

Name of Block. Owners. Owners. Area. Area. Remarks. i i Waiteti 2a No. 1 . . „ No. 2 .. „ No. 3 .. „ No. 4 .. „ No. 5 .. „ No. 6 .. „ No. 7 .. Parawai No. 1 Waikuta Kawaha No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 Tβ Koutu No. Iα No. Iβ . . No. 2 No. 2a .. No. 3a . . No. 3b .. Ngapuna No. L . . No. 2 No. 3 Koutu Owhatiura Iα Iβ 2 Okoheriki No. Id 6b „ No. 1h North No. Ik North Kaitao No. 2c „ No. 2n Rotohokahoka CI . . C2 .. E .. 1 262 57 60 23 5 2 2 116 . "32\ 17 109' 169 177 ! 5 2 5 121 66 62 2 28 31 125 ! 10 1 246 28 161 196 37 98 31 38 50 49 16 15 A. B. P. 281 0 0 11 0 0 12 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 140 0 0 257 0 0 706 0 0 90 2 17 28 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 0 33 0 24 166 3 8 17 0 0 20 0 32 J 10 3 31 55 3 0 126 2 0 167 2 0 338 0 0 467 1 31 162 1 38 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0