Napier May 7th. 1870. My dear McLean, You were entering Auckland Harbour by the ''Luna'' as the ''Coomeray'' left; so I conclude I shall hear from you by the ''Star.'' I have not a great deal to write you about this time; and nothing very pressing. I am sending you officially Mr. Witty's report of the return of the Mohaka expedition, after getting well into the Urewera country, where they killed one man, and caught one woman. It seems they could not make their way round the lake to Tikitiki, and I am rather glad they did not. Had the enemy been in any force on the lake he would soon have been after them; even if Tiki Tiki had been, as is stated, occupied only by a few old people; and their position might not have been safe, as the whole force consisted of only forty men and fifteen boys. However, the mere fact of such a party being able to make their way easily into the heart of the Urewera Country, shows it is not such a dreadful place as is presented. I have sent