Te Kooti the first moment it could be, and that he had better get out of the way, or take the consequences. At a crisis like this, a single hour's delay, might have turned the scale against us. It seems to have been just such interference by Aporo, which enabled Te Kooti to get off before Topia reached him. No negotiation should be permitted with such a red-handed murderer as Te Kooti; and I should certainly not hold myself bound to any terms which might be agreed to by anyone who thinks proper to communicate with him, on his own responsibility. It is quite clear, from Te Kooti's offering to negotiate, that notwithstanding all his bounce and wisdom, he knows he is beaten, and has