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could be done without an infringement of the terms of the 
Treaty. 
Captain Hooker observed that they had the undoubted 
right to grant leases, and in this case might do so for 99 
years, but that it was time enough to raise the question 
when the matter was before the Executive Council. 
The Resolution, as follows 
“Resolved .—That copies of the minutes of this meeting 
be forwarded to each member of the Executive Council 
immediately, and that Captain Bedford Pirn's suggestion of 
throwing open the Reservation to a coloured emigration from 
the Southern States of America be brought before the 
Executive Council at their next meeting." 
—was then put and carried unanimously. 
Captain Pirn then proposed a vote of thanks to the 
Chairman for the fearless and straightforward manner in 
which he had acted. This was carried unanimously. 
The Chairman, in reply, said that he thanked the meeting, 
and begged them to give their thanks also to Captain Pim, 
but for whom they would have been kept in darkness as 
before on the question affecting their very existence, or 
kept quiet by Mr. Martin, who was always talking about the 
Foreign Office, and what would be done, but they had now 
been waiting for years for something to be done, and nothing 
had even been attempted in spite of Mr. Martin's fair 
promises. 
Captain Pim said he was very glad to find such unanimity 
amongst them, and that he would do his best to be of use to 
Mosquito; it was quite true that their affairs had been 
shamefully mismanaged, but the people must now look after 
their own interests, and that sharply; he could only say to 
them that God helps those who help themselves. 
The Meeting then terminated. 
(Signed) T. A. Hooker, Chairman. 
