had approached within a distance of four miles. At Te Kiwi we found a very great extent of oultivation, shewing that a large number of persons must have been industriously employed for a great length of time. We found here a letter from Te Whiro, to the dwellers at Te Kiwi, dated from Kati Kati Kareao, - a settlement on the Waihori Range, asking for potatoes to be given to some persons going to the Lake. This Te Whiro was one of the late Chatham Island prisoners. This letter adds another link to the chain of evidence which implicates those people in the proceedings of Te Kooti. We left Te Kiwi, nothing having been seen or heard of Gemmell, or wife, at half past 4 a.m. on Wednesday; and reached Clyde by 3 p.m. passing through by way of the Waihau Valley. Under the circumstances I consider it absolutely necessary that the Officer in Command here, should have at his disposal, a sufficient force to enable him to undertake an Expedition at a moment's notice, as it is perfectly clear that the large supplies of food in possession of the enemy would enable him to concentrate a large force within a comparatively easy