necessary had not he been informed by the Magistrate who conducted an enquiry into the circumstances, that the man in question had been allowed at large on informal pledges of surrender, while this continues to be debated as an open question. He was actually said to be in the immediate neighbourhood of the meeting at Whangaroa, as e Waki was in that of the meeting at Hokianga, appearing indeed in one of the canoes, which appeared in honour of the Governor's visit. The Governor desires to add that he derived great pleasure from his visits, and from the evidence of general friendship between the European population and the fine tribe with which