Chief Haimona to the Hon. Surveyor-General.

Salutations to you. This is a word to you. You and your men (Natives) have broken the seal of Waikoukou. This is a dishonest transaction of you and your men. Did you suppose that in thus acting dishonestly all would be right? It will not be right, for I still live. I live, and my land lives too. This is a species of a murder of the whole of you with reference to me.

(Memo.)

This letter relates to the making out of a boundary on the west side of the river Waikoukou, about midway between the Kaiparar and Waitemata, by a Native named Arama Karaka.

The stream, Waikoukou, is now made the boundary by Haimona, which is still disputed by Arama Karaka.