will be brought into cultivation with as little delay as possible and not left as a temptation for disaffected natives to cultivate. Their quarrelsome disposition coupled with the policy of the Government towards them might be turned to advantage if you were here, little else in now talked of by them but a tuku whenua and Mongaraka is the boundary - they appear serious and I should like to see them put to the test - old Huia I am told intends to honor this establishment with a visit on Monday or Tuesday next, when I shall hear more about it - in the event of this desirable block being obtained would it be practicable to avoid making Reserves in it, on the ground of thereby putting an effectual stop to frequent causes of disputes by the trespass of cattle? This reminds me of Mr. Cutfield's cattle always running out of the boundary and a constant source of annoyance to natives between Omata and Kaihihi, who now