To deprive them of more, however anxious they are to sell, would be unjust to them, as they are a very numerous tribe, about 2000. Made a present to the old Koari, of £1, and a shirt, 3/6. Messrs. Lewis, and Mitchell, trader and whaler at this place, called up to see me. The land here is rich mould, with grass, fern, and bush; well suited for pasture or agriculture. In answer to the native speeches, I told them that it might be some time before the land was settled for. However, if they would fully agree on the subject, and give me the boundaries, and the price they desired for the land, on my return from Turanga, that I would hold a further conversation with him on the subject; but that at present I could not delay longer at Te Wairoa, and that I wished to start to-morrow up the river. About half past 9 a.m. we pulled up in two fine war canoes; with several smaller ones; to the Waiau, an inland boundary of the Block; and pitched our tents at Rangiwhatima, a nice settlement on the North bank of the river. The Wairoa, on both sides, is a splendid, rich country, that will be eventually, of