above mentioned tribe were determined to oppose the survey of the River in that direction. A party of them coming up and compelling us to return back as far as the Mangore, where they offered no opposition to our staying On returning and seeingyou on the subject, I was directed to survey the Mangore River as far as the right of the Ngamotu tribe was acknowledged and the land was found available On commencing this survey I found that the Puketapu's had encamped on their side of the River and kept cutting a line on that side, as far as I proceeded with the survey, a distance of nearly 6 miles. I found this River extremely troublesome owing to its extraordinary windings, the precipituous nature of its banks and the thick underwood so that I could not make more than half the progress I had previously been making on the Waiwakaiho where in some places we could go up the bed of the River itself Wet weather having set in and receiving a message from you to return, I did so, when you determined on taking the Waiwakaiho and the Mangore Rivers as the boundary on that side and the Sugar loaf line, which was evident must cut