employment of a regular teacher. An attempt should be made to bring education within reach of the native children residing on the shores of Queen Charlotte Sound, and in the Wairau; who are represented as numbering fifty-five, of all ages. The most central spot would be at Waikawa, and the Government would be willing to erect a building to serve both as a Chapel and school, in place of the Church originally erected there. The future maintenance of the school will have to be provided for in a similar manner to that proposed for the Motupipi school.