whakawhema, whai-hauanga ranei o to tatou nei whenua o Nui Tireni:

Ko nga Rawa i mea ai au kia whaihangatia mai, koia enei; me takitahi mai.

Ko Nga Muka papai.
He One, Kia 28 pauna
He Parekoritawa, te tiamaha, o ia
He Ngutunui, muka, o ia marie
He Raumoa,
He Witi.

He Nga Witi rui a Kia 120 pauna
te Maori, te taimaha.

He Wewu Weru Maori.
He Kahu Waero,
He Topuni,
He Kaitaka,
He Korowai,
He Porera.

He Putea Maori,—me tuku ki nga Wai
Hinau ki te Kiritawai, ki te Kiri Rata, ki te Akawhero.

He Matua Hi Ika.
He Paua,
He Aho,
He Hinaki,
He Kupekanga matariki rawa.

Ko nga mea whakairo hoki, aha ranei, aha ranei, a te tangata Maori.

Na, e toru nga marama, e takoto ake nei,—ka oti ake nei mea te whaihanga e nga Maori, hei te ra whakamutunga o Hepetema ka hoatu ki nga kai Whakawa, ki nga Mihinare ranei, ki nga Pakeha rangatira ranei, o ia wahi, o ia wahi, a ma ratou e homai ki konei ki Poneke nei;
kia tirohia, ko nga mea i hipa rawa ake te pai, ka kawea e te Kawanatanga ki Ingarangi ki te Hui a te Kuini. I konei ano i Poneke nei, ka riro he utu mo te taonga i pahika ake te pai; a, ka tae ki Ingarangi tara ano pea e riro he utu; otira kia mohio mai nga tangata, ekore nga tangata katoa e tu i te utu, inahoki, ko te ritenga o te painga o nga Rawa te tukunga o te utu. Ko nga mea i mahue, me hokohoko ki nga Pakeha o Poneke,—i kona mai ano, ka tuhia mai te utu mo ia mea, mo ia mea—otira me karanga kia ngawari marie te utu,—ka kore nga Pakeha e aro, me whakahoki marie ano e ia Pakeha, e ia Pakeha ki nga Maori nona nga taonga. Heoi ma nga tangata Maori e minamina mai, ma ratou e kore,—Otira, me minamina mai.

Naku—Na Te KEPA.
Na te Kawana i ki kia tuhia,
Poneke.
No te tahi o nga ra o Hurai, 1850.

Printed at the “Independent” Office.

The Governor of Port Nicholson has thought it right to invite the natives to join with other nations in exhibiting articles of New Zealand manufacture or produce.

The articles I would recommend to be made and sent are these; one of each kind.

Specimens of the best kind of Flax, viz.
The One
The Parekoritawa
The Ngutunui The weight of
The Raumoa each specimen to
be 28 lbs.

Specimens or Samples of Wheat.
Wheat grown by the Natives 120 lbs.

Specimens of Native Garments or Mats.
The Full Dress, or outer Chief's Garment.
The Dog’s Skin Mat,
The Kaitaka, or Bordered Mat,
The Undress Mat,
The Floor Mat,

Specimens of Native Baskets.
Dyed with the following Dyes,
Hinau—Kiritawai, Kiri,
Rata—and Akawhero,

Specimens of Fish Hooks and Lines.
An Eel Pot, and a small Net,
Also specimens of carved work or of any other articles of either produce or manufacture which the natives may like to send in.

Three months from this time will be given to collect these things, and when collected, should be delivered on the last day of September, to the Magistrates, or in their absence to the Missionaries in each District or to any respectable European who will undertake the charge, who will then send them on to Port Nicholson where they will be examined, and the best specimens will be forwarded by the Governor to the Queen’s Exhibition.—a prize will be given here for each article selected to be sent to England and there will still be the chance of obtaining another prize in England.

All natives who send in articles for the exhibition cannot receive prizes, because only the best will be chosen—but those that remain may be offered for sale to the Europeans at Wellington, therefore all articles should have reasonable prices affixed to them; if not sold they will be carefully returned to the respective owners through the Europeans who sent them in to the Government.

It is now left for the natives to accept the invitation, some may not—but they are recommended to do so, and it is to be hoped they will.

By direction of the Lieut.-Governor.

H. TACY KEMP, Native Secretary.
Wellington, 1st July, 1850.