✨ Correspondence regarding Native Affairs
No. 2. 3
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI,
NEW ZEALAND.
Published by Authority.
NEW PLYMOUTH, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1861.
New Plymouth, April 15, 1861.
THE following letter from the Minister for Native Affairs, and its enclosures, are published for general information.
G. CUTFIELD,
Superintendent.
New Plymouth, April 15, 1861.
SIR,—I have the honor to forward the copy of a letter (enclosure No. 1) addressed by the Native Secretary, by direction of His Excellency, to the Taranaki and Ngatiruanui tribes. No satisfactory answer having been received, it has been thought proper, before His Excellency's departure for Auckland, to communicate to them the terms on which their submission will be accepted, a copy of which (enclosure No. 2) I enclose for your information.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
FREDK. A. WELD.
To His Honor
The Superintendent,
Taranaki.
Enclosure No. 1.
To the Taranaki (or Ngatiruanui) Tribe.
The Governor came down to Waitara at the request of Hapurona, William King, and other Ngatiawa, to state the terms on which he would grant peace to them. The Governor is now at New Plymouth, and he is informed that you have retired from the European land to your own country, and that you desire peace. If this be true, he is prepared to state the terms upon which he will grant peace to you. The Governor will return in a few days to Auckland, and you must therefore send me an answer to this by Wednesday* morning, the 10th day of April.
(Signed) DONALD MCLEAN.
8th April, 1861.
Enclosure No. 2.
To the Chiefs of the Taranaki (or Ngatiruanui) Tribe.
Before I leave New Plymouth I will state to you the terms on which I am willing to grant you peace. In dictating
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1861, No 2
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🪶 Correspondence regarding terms of peace with Taranaki and Ngatiruanui tribes
🪶 Māori Affairs15 April 1861
Taranaki Tribe, Ngatiruanui Tribe, Peace terms, Native Affairs, Correspondence, Waitara
- Hapurona, Requested Governor's presence at Waitara
- William King, Requested Governor's presence at Waitara
- G. Cutfield, Superintendent
- Fredk. A. Weld, Minister for Native Affairs
- Donald McLean, Native Secretary