Enclosure No. 16. 29th. October 1844. Richard Barret, settler, at Muturoa, complained to me that Wiremu Kawahu, and Poharama, natives living at Muturoa, had fenced in the road upon which he carried his produce, and drove cattle to and fro, putting him to considerable inconvenience; as he would have to go a round of a mile with his horses and cattle. I spoke to the natives, and asked their reason for fencing in the road. They said Barret owed them for some timber; and as they had not been paid for it, they had fenced in the road. They stated various other grievances; and had a dispute with Barret's natives,- the father of the native woman he is married to. They would not be then induced to leave the road open.