[translation.] Wi Tamihana Te Waharoa to Mr. Commissioner McLean.

Your letter has been received, which says that (we) have to go Mangere to a meeting. I have said to you that at Taranaki must be the meeting for Taranaki (on matters relating thereto), and at Waikato must be the meeting (on matters relating to Waikato), and the words respecting the war of Taranaki, let it be left at Taranaki (or that the meeting take place there relative to that war), and the talk respecting the king let it be at Waikato ; and now, I will not go to Mangere.

Enough is mine, or this is all I have to say.