him to be Assistant Native Secretary at Wellington, when I wrote to Featherstone to say I had never contemplated such an appointment. The young blackguard, however, cannot keep clear of politics, and must pay the penalty. We are going to send him to the Middle Island as soon as some one can be found to replace him at Wellington. I am strongly of opinion that we should have a Native Agent always resident in the Wellington Province, and ready to meet such a cry as