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stick of the beads, ? one piece of the tobacco and wrapping them up in a leaf, gave them to the first messenger. Then he gave the same to the second & till each messenger was supplied, i.e? the messenger of each town first. Her? council being dissolved, all the members {{unclear]] their respective towns; and as soon as convenient, each first/must collected the inhabitants of his town, when his messenger, at a unclear season brought forward the stick.of beads & tobacco and delivered them to the [[principal?}} (me -word cut off] of the town, together with the talk from the national council. While delivering this talk, or making known the arts of the council, the womem were smoking the tobacco. The messenger then selected a man to own? the next unclear unclear first, and gave him native of the selection. He then took the beads from the stick, and wound them round a stalf? from one end to the other, and went out into the town house yard, and called a low, Atri nu sti. The man above selected, started, went out of the house, danced round the yard singing "Mi-ta ka ni-hi ta ka ni" then came to the messenger of the council, took the staff and exclaimed, Na ski go ni ka li sta, to which all exclaimed {{unclear]]. With there beads from the council the man received full authority from the Uku?, the national council to hold the first of green fruits in that particular town.

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The above plan of authori.. each town to hold the green fruit feast seperately, was probably adopted to unclear the labour and trouble of all