Nov. 24th. 1864. Left Napier for the Mahia, for the purpose of concluding the purchases made by Mr. McLean, at the Mahia, Nuhaka, Wairoa, and Waihua; also to purchase fresh country, as opportunity offered. For particulars of Mr. McLean's trip, see Mr. Grindell's Journal. Those purchases, as will be shown in the sequel, tendered much towards the safety of this Province; through giving the Government a hold on that end of the district; by which means we were enabled to occupy the country for defensive and other purposes, without reference to the native population. On my arrival at the Mahia, I completed the purchase of that Block, although opposed by Turanga natives and others. The Nuhaka Block Mr. McLean entered into arrangement for. It was