to lay a stress upon what we will not do rather than to say positively what we will do. I think the chiefs should be reminded that we went to Taranaki when the natives were very few in number and that they returned to take advantage of the Queen's protection, that the two populations are consequently so mixed that we can have but one law, viz. the Queen's law. That W. King must submit to that law, lay down his arms and destroy fighting Pahs. - that a Committee of chiefs should define the lands belonging to the different chiefs and that they should each hold or sell as they please. Say nothing of King going beyond the Waitera but say that we will not have a place made on terms likely to be broken. That we must have a permanent