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A compendium of official documents relative to native affairs in the South Island, Volume One.

Enclosure 1 in No. 1. — [Translation.]

Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
[Translation.]

Lyttelton, 24th March, 1852.

Friend Governor,

Greeting. My address to you is this: with reference to the conversation I had with you on board the ship, referring more particularly to the island which stands close by—Te Kawakawa is the name of that island. I was not present when it was paid for by Mantell. Only the land within the Port Cooper District did I witness the payment of by Mantell; viz., the land on this side and on the other side also. That island was separated from it because a space of water lies between. What I think is, that I should still keep possession of that island as grazing land for my cattle, since it is not right that they should remain on the mainland; because if they trespass on the Europeans' land they will require payment, and where is the money to come from?

Tame.
Petera.

His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief.