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Report of the result of an inquiry as to desirability of selling the Native Reserve at Greymouth : ordered by the Legislative Council to be translated into Maori and printed, 14th August, 1872

Ko te tikanga tika ki taku titiro

Ko te tikanga tika ki taku titiro.

Ki taku whakaaro, ko nga take enei e kitea, ana i roto i enei korero.

1.E tika ana kia tukuna nga whenua i roto i te Rahui mo te hoko, kia kore he tikanga whakakahore a te hunga kai reti, o a ratou hoa ranei, ko nga utu kia rite ki te £7 i roto i te rau kotahi (7 percent.), kia kaua e iti iho i te 5/6 o nga reti e puta mai ana inaianei.
2.I mua o te hoko whenua ki Mawhera tiriti, me tapahi tetahi raina, i runga i te whakaaetanga o te Kawana, hei whakatika i nga pihi whenua i tu ai nga whare o taua tiriti, no te mea e pikopiko katoa ana.
3.I roto i nga rihi kahore ano kia puta, ko te kawenata mo te whakawhitinga me whakarere, me te rarangi hoki e mea ana, i te rawakoretanga o te tangata me tapoko ano te kai whakahaere ki runga ki te whenua; mehemea e hiahiatia ana kia tuhia he rihi hou, e pai ana kia tuhia, engari ko aua rarangi me whakarere. Ma te kai reti ano e utu i nga moni mo taua rihi hou.
4.Kahore he take hei kawenga i aua whenua ki roto ki te Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori, no te mea kei a te Kawana te mana, i raro i te "Ture Rahui Whenua Maori o Niu Tireni, 1856," me te "Ture Rahui Whenua Maori hou 1862," mo te hoko, mo te whakawhiti ranei i tetahi wahi o te Rahui kia whai tikanga ki nga maori.
5.Ko te "Ture Whakawhiti Whenua, 1870," me whakahou i etahi o nga tikanga, kia tukuna ai nga whenua e puritia ana e te Kuini i raro i te "Ture Whenua Rahui Maori, 1856," ki te "Ture Whakawhiti Whenua, 1870," kia rite ki nga whenua e puritia ana i runga i te mana o te Karauna Karaati.
Akarana, Hune 5, 1872.

Na Te Hiwhi,
(C. Heaphy .)