hapus will stick to their work, if they do I am satisfied they are very unlikely to be interfered with and when once we get that road through, the other line to Cambridge will follow as a matter of course. The news you give me in your Telegram of tonight that Ngatimaniapoto is seceding from the Waikato alliance is the best thing that could happen for us - I am pleased you have agreed to what I proposed about the occupation of Rua Tahuna - if the work is well done it absolutely frees the East Coast from menace. As soon as the post at Rua Tahuna is formed a road connecting it with Taupo must be made and on this I hope to see the Urewera employed. As to Te Kooti I am not very