William King's party are now collected; and may be estimated, without reinforcements from North or South, at 244 of an effective force. He can obtain reinforcements from the South in four days, by the road at the back of the mountain; but he could not be joined at less than ten days, by a force from Waikato. The natives being compelled to reinforce any point of attack through forest roads, it is impossible to afford the Major General very accurate information as to their movements. They can travel from one place to another with great facility, requiring a very small commissariat, from having friends throughout the line of march. Hence the great difficulty that native Officers and others have in supplying