' A number of zealous humanitarians, including Lord Ebury and
'many members of the House of Commons, have addressed a rather inopportune memorial to Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, approving emphatically of his conciliatory policy towards the Maories, and trying to strengthen his hands against the sup- posed friends of the so-called " confiscation " policy in New Zea- land, with which Sir George Grey is now, we imagine, absolutely identified. Side by side with this malapropos address of confi- dence and encouragement was published a despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to Sir George Grey, conveying in no obscure language what amounts to a sharp reprimand for his ungenerous attempt to throw blame on the Government of his predecessor. As to the so-called " confiscation " policy, we believe it to be by far the best hope of the Maori race, and have discussed it at length in another column. At all events, the memorialists should have known that it. is the present governor, not the enemies of the Maori, who first initiated that policy in the case of the large block of land at Tataraimaka, near New Plymouth.
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