Copy Grey Institution Decr. 15, 1854 Dear Sir, I went to the Mamaku yesterday afternoon and saw Ihaia who has fortified his 'pa' with a double fence, trench and embankment, and intends taking in a stock of flour etc. to enable him to stand a siege. He refuses to give any clue to evidence by giving up the correspondence which passed between te 'Rimene' and 'Hariata'. He says "I told you before I would not be questioned at all in the matter nor will I now" - I do not care to adjust the matter with the Ngatiruanui's - they have "launched Aotea" let it come to its destination. The pit is opened I do not wish to close it. When I asked him who fired the fatal shot, He said (as at first) that he