Raglan 30 April 1860. Sir, I have held a meeting with Wm. Nero and his followers on the 27th. inst. The meeting was attended by representatives of Nero's principal adherents from Waipa Pirongia Aotea Whaingaroa and the coast line towards the Waikato heads, about 200 in number, Wm, Nero made an excellent speech exhorting his people to live under the great fountain of good that never failed viz. religion which was from above and to descended to earth to adhere to the Queens govt. and to the Governor as her representative, not to be led away by any of the evils that surrounded them, that Potatau was good in his own intention but was made a tool of for other people's designs. With regard to the Europeans he had asked them here, and whatever others should he and his people