Friend Alexander Mackay,—

Salutations to you. Our thoughts are all agreed to your word about the school; it is good.

We, the meeting of Taieri, acquiesce in this proposal of yours, that is, the training of our children to good habits and principles.

We are also of one thought about your word, that the Government should provide one portion, and we one portion of the payment of this work of instructing our children at school. It will be for us to consider about the land for the school, and we propose to give tea acres for that purpose; but this is an important word to you, for you to make clear to us the principle of this land to be given to the school. This is our opinion that, if the school ceases, the land should revert again to us, the original owners, but if you say that this land is to be vested in the school without any restrictions, we will not agree with it.