first vacancy; on the sole reason of self-defence; and I trust others will follow so good an example. This same Brown is a singular conglomeration of good and bad; but withal, conservative, and a Government man, and most dreaded by the Charles Brown-ites, of those politically opposed to them. I understand, from Flight, that the Government have at length referred the proposition of junction of affairs to him for Report; and that the Superintendent, who was requested to furnish Flight with copies of the documents which were not sent from Auckland, on account of their voluminous extent, has taken the very unofficial step of referring him to the "Taranaki Herald" for the information which the Central Government considers Mr. Flight should be in possession of, before reporting. This is another manifestation of the of our Chief Magistrate's unsettled Constitution. I am not aware of Mr. Flight's intentions in the matter, but it appears to me that the political condition or overthrow of the Superintendent and Council, is a good reason for placing this question, as Dr. Knight would say, "in suspense." By the way, is there a Dr. Knight in Auckland now? It was said that the Auditor-General's office was to be closed. If not, I have one or two unanswered audit queries, --- one for a matter of 10d, or so; which Ritchie and I, by common arithmetic, and the use of