Enclosure 2. No. 1.

"Friend. This is our message to you. Hearken, our land lying between the Manawatu and Rangitikei rivers, the land in dispute between us and the Ngatiapa, we place in your hands for sale to the Government, as the only means of finally settling our difficulty.

The price to be paid for the land, and the portions to be reserved for us, will require careful discussion, in order that these matters may be properly adjusted.

But we wish you to understand that this is the individual act of a few, the leading men in the dispute and threatened fight. The general consent of the tribe has not yet been obtained to the proposed sale. The final decision as to selling or refusing to sell, rests of course with the whole tribe. But we are anxious to communicate to you at once, our own conclusions on the subject.

You are sufficiently acquainted with the system of land selling—that it is only when Chiefs and people are agreed the land can be absolutely ceded.

This is all we have to say to you at present. Ended.