[Translation.]
No. 371 of 1882.—Pukapuka-inoi a Ropata te Pokiha.

E Ki ana te kai-pitihana i tuturu i te Kauti Kaunihera o Hauraki kia bangaia tetahi piriti mo te awa o Ohinemuri, ki Paeroa, i te wahi ano e kino ai tona maara; na i whakaritea e te Tiamana me te kai-pitihana kia haere raua ki Kemureti kia kite i a Te Hiana mo runga i taua mea; na i tukua to raro te whakahe a te kai-pitihana i runga i te whakaae a Te Hiana ma te Kawanatanga e hanga be Whare mona ki paeroa; na kua hangaia taua piriti, engari kaore ano te Whare kia hangaia, koia na ia i inoi ai kia hangaia taua Whare, kia hoatu ranei kia £200 ki a ia.

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Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: —

E Ki tea ana i whakaae ano a Te Hiana, engari ko te tuturutanga o taua whakaaetanga kaore i tino marama. I te tau 1880 ka whakahaua e Te Paraihe, Minita Maori, kia tono te kai-pitihana ki te Kauti Kaunihera kia utua a ia. E whakaaro ana te Komiti me ata whiriwhiri tenei mea, mehemea hoki he mate kua pa ki te kai-pitihana me whakaputa ano he ora ki a ia.

E whakahau ana te Komiti kia tahuri te Kawanatanga ki te mani i tenei mea.