Huatoki Mar. 8, 1852. Dear Sir, I was glad to receive your packet by last Saturday's O. mail announcing that you had been officially informed of a permanent salary of £400 a year, and offer my congratulations with a hope that your wanderings are well nigh over and that there is some prospect of your visiting old Taranaki once more. If it be possible silence absentee opposition and put us in possession of the land north of Waiwakaiho and on to the Hua by so doing I think the road to Waitara would be tolerably clear. You will be pleased to hear that old Iharaira (E Tuki) came to me last Saturday