[Translation.]
No. 253.—Pukapuka-inoi a Retireti Tapihana me Matenga Waharoa (No. 3).

E whai kupu ana te kai-pitihana i runga i te maha o nga raruraru i to ratou Iwi te whakahae i a ratou take tika mo Kaikokopu mo Waitahunui me Te Puke poraka, i te tau, 1878, ka tu te kooti a Tiati Hira i Maketu; e ki ana hoki ratou i whakaae a te Hiana Minita Maori ki te whakamutua ta matou whakararuraru ka utua e ia tetahi wahi o te utu o te whenua kia ratou, a i runga i tenei whakaaetanga hoki ana ratou ki o ratou kainga, ka rima nga tau kua pahure kahore rawa tetahi mea i oti. E tono ana ratou kia whakawakia turuatia ranei, kia whakaputaina ranei tetahi tikanga mo to ratou mate.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—

I tae ano a Retireti Tapihana ki te aroaro o te Komiti korero ai, erangi i hiahia ia kia whakamutua te whakahaere o te Pitihana inaianei, me waiho mo a tenei Paremete e haere ake nei ka korero ai. I whakaae te komiti ki tenei huarahi.