§ SIR J. GORST (Cambridge University)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is true that the graves of the British seamen and soldiers who fell at Rangiriri in 1863, in the Maori War, are now in a ruinous and neglected state; and whe- 1476 ther he will make a representation to the New Zealand Government on the subject?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarNo complaint has reached the Colonial Office of the state of the cemetery at Rangiriri, but if the right hon. Gentleman possesses any recent and authentic information an inquiry will he addressed to the Governor of the Colony. This was done on the occasion of a previous question in this House as to the graves at Tanranga, which it was alleged were in a discreditable condition, and the inquiry elicited the fact that they were kept in good order.