whom the whole party placed much reliance. When they wept over his loss, Te Kooti said --- "Cease, for I will avenge him. When his spirit is thus appeased, you shall then weep for him." And much more of like import. Te Waru talks of the ties of blood, and the Maori race, much as he did before the Wairoa campaign. He has long prepared extensive plantations --- far more than is at all imagined. In conclusion, it appears that an intention exists to commence hostilities on the East Coast simultaneously with an attempt to be made by the Taupo tribes, to revenge the death of Te Rangihiroa. I heard this, and a great deal more, all of the same tendency. I have already advised you of what I consider the extremely unsatisfactory tone of the Friendly Natives; as, for instance, --- Te Kooti expressed the opinion that three pools of blood stood between him and reconciliation with the Government; that he had not been the oppressor, etc., Many of our people extend sympathy. The inferences I gather amount about to these:- That if the Hau Hau leaders can procure anything like combined action amongst their followers, they will make war on the Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay districts, sometine during