that neighbourhood. Nor do they consider themselves empowered to enter into a negotiation for the same, were they inclined, without the consent of several of the absentee Chiefs; who are principally living at Kapiti, and own the greater portion of the land. The resident natives do not acknowledge the claims of the New Zealand Company, to any part of that district. They invariably state that they never received payment for these lands; that they were not cognisant of a sale there of; and that they will not be induced to let European settlers establish themselves there without the consent of the absentee Chiefs. The present number of natives residing at the Taniwha, are forty-six; at Waitara, two hundred