such as speedily as possible. Native matters in this part are unusually quiet, the disturbances on the West Coast between the Ngatiraukawas and the Nuaupoko, does not seem to have attracted notice from the Maori population in this part of the Province. I have been quietly making inquiries about the proposed rushing of Ohinemurie, I am satisfied that no such attempt will be made. It is got up by some political agitators at the Thames to make political capital for themselves. A few respectable people are concerned but the sole idea is to put pressure on the Government, to set about the purchase of lands as quickly as possible the money said to have been subscribed only existed on paper. The local paper the "Advertiser" has been fomenting the agitation but the Honble. W. O'Rorke in concert with the provincial authorities has kept the Auckland press in hand. A better feeling is now prevalent amongst the more intelligent miners who begin to see that threats and strong talk is likely to delay rather than hasten the opening of the Upper Thames, indeed the opposition to Government in all Maori matters ia gradually dying. E. T. Brissenden Auckland 20 Dec. 1873