no trouble but be orderly and obedient,It seemed a relief to them to find when Herris was leaving them that Watt the Sheriff could talk to them in Maori, and in many ways the power to communicate with them will be valuable to us. I minuted Trithers papers on the duplicates left by Vogel, and you will have received them before this. I am sorry for you, but none of your colleagues seem to give you any help or consolation in that affair. Like Vogel, however, I have the disadvantage of not having seen the evidence. I return you McLean's letters which bear a little of the old savour that Fenton used to find so much fault with; but I really believe he has a very fine chance before him with the King now; and his ''delicate handling'' will be the very thing in their present state of mind. Do you know whether it is true that the King took Aihepene's