to our Province that no stone must be left unturned to endeavour to conclude it - Colenso is interested I fancy in the sale as some of the Natives owe him money - he volunteered help and told me it was no use pressing the matter further through Locke - but that if you took it up he believed it could be done - of course I thanked him and told him I should be glad of his help - Let me know as soon as you can when you expect to be here so that I may arrange as fr as possible accordingly - At Poverty Bay I shall see Ropata and arrange about his prisoners, my notion is to take a few of the worst of them and hand remainder over to Ropata - About Renata Hamuhamu Porter tells me Ropata cares nothing now but I will see - There is little doubt but that Ropata's expedition has prevented a raid in Poverty Bay which Te Kooti had planned - if the expedition has done nothing