[Translation.]
No. 355, 1897.—Pitihana a Merehira Paerau.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana tera tetahi whenua, kotahi mano eka te nui, ko Pukereretu te ingoa, e tata ana ki Whiringi (Feilding), i te wa i hokona ai nga whenua o Rangitikei-Manawatu, i kiia ka rahuitia hei whenua mo raua ko tona teina, a e inoi ana ia kia uiuia taua mea a kia whakaorangia tona mate.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, kua kitea etahi korero hei whakaatu i tono ano te kaipitihana ki te Komihana kia hoatu mona taua rahui, engari kaore i whakatutukitia taua tono. Ki te whakaaro o te nei Komiti me pai te whiriwhiri a te Kawanatanga i tenei tono, a me whakahau kia tu he whakawa-uiui.