at a stated price so soon as any native outstanding questions admit of it. Alexander wants to buy 1,000 acres, principally grass, fern and some patches of timber, for himself at Taramoku; if he gets this, and is willing to settle it on his wife, from a business point of view, I have no objection to his marrying one of my daughters; but he has Mrs. Brown and my daughter to gain over, which I am not