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Did Watt tell you not to go again to Halse but to come to him and he would go with you?—He did and said the reason was that Halse was an officer below Flight but that (Watt) was not.

Do you remember Watt telling you that Mr Flight did not wish to receive informations?—He did, and I replied that Flight was an old man and afraid but if he were younger he would understand these things better.

Did you lay an information on Wednesday last?—Yes.

Did you apply to be sworn to your information?—I asked Flight for the Testament to be sworn, but that Mr Flight spoke to the Europeans in English which I did not understand.

When Mr Watt was with you in the Court, did he tell you to say anything more than you had seen?—He did not tell me to say anything different to that which I had told him before.

Do you recollect telling the Resident Magistrate that you laid the information before him because he (Flight) was a Magistrate?—I recollect it.

Were you sworn to the information?—I was not sworn.

Do you think that a native passing through the proclaimed district armed for the purpose of fighting is infringing the Proclamation?—I do; whether there may be one or more their arms should be taken from them.

At the conclusion of his examination Poharama stated that he considered it desirable that if any single individual native should traverse the European boundary armed, his arms should be taken from him that the Governor's proclamation might be respected.

I. N. WATT,
Chairman.

Native Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 17 February, 1858.

Sir,—I have the honor by direction of the Governor to request that you will take every opportunity of explaining to the Natives the object of the Proclamation issued by His Excellency on the 12th instant cautioning them against entering the district of New Plymouth as defined in the Schedule attached to the said Proclamation in armed parties.

You will be good enough to inform them that this is done in order to prevent the European settlers from becoming involved through accident or other cause; that His Excellency adopts this course not from any present intention to assume a hostile attitude towards either party, but in order to secure peace between the races, and also to show to all that the proceedings of the Natives in arms against each other are not countenanced by Her Majesty's Representative, and will not be permitted to take place in the presence of Her Officers, and to the danger of Her peaceable subjects.

I have, &c.,
JOHN ROGAN,
District Commissioner.
In the absence of the Assistant Native Secretary.
The Assistant Native Secretary,
New Plymouth.

Te Whare Whakawa,
Nui Paremata, 22 Pepuere, 1858.

E hoa ma e nga tangata katoa,

Tena kutou. Whakarongo mai, whakarongo katoa mai. He Panuitanga tenei na te Kawana kia koutou katoa e whawhai ana tetahi ki tetahi. Korotia mai tenei Panuitanga, korerotia ra, kia mohio ai koutou katoa. Te tikanga o tenei Panuitanga koia tenei, kei rere ta koutou pakanga ki runga ki nga pakeha e ata noho ana i runga i a ratou whenua i a ratou nei mahi. Ehara i te mea kia rere atu matau inaianei ki runga ki ta koutou whawhai, e rangi kia mau te rongo ki nga pakeha, kia kaua e huri ki runga ki tenei he.

Tenei ano tetahi, kia whakakitea atu kia koutou, kia mohio mai koutou, e whakahengia ana tenei pakanga a koutou e te Kawana, a ekore hoki ia e whaka-kae kia kumea mai tenei he ki runga ki te whenua o nga pakeha, i te aroaro hoki o nga Hapiha a te Kuini.

Naku, na to koutou hoa,
JOSIAH FLIGHT,
Resident Magistrate.

(Translation.)
Resident Magistrate's Court,
New Plymouth, 22 February, 1858.

To all the Natives,
Greeting. Listen. Listen all of you. This is a Proclamation from the Governor to you all who are fighting with each other. Read this Proclamation, read it, that you may all know the meaning of that Proclamation, which is, that your war must not be brought upon the Pakeha who are living peacefully upon their lands and attending to their cultivation (or work). It is not that we should hasten now upon your quarrel, it would be better that peace prevail with the pakeha, that they do not turn upon this evil, (that is, involve themselves in the quarrel.)

There is this also, to be made known to you, know that the Governor disapproves of this war of yours, and that he will not consent that this evil be pulled (that is, brought) upon the territory of the Pakeha, in the presence also of the officers of the Queen.

From your friend,
JOSIAH FLIGHT,
Resident Magistrate.