Whaingaroa 25 April 1860 Sir, I have the honor to report to your Excellency that Whaingaroa is at present perfectly tranquil. The panic occasioned by rumours from Waikato is subsiding about 25 chiefly women and children left hare on the 14 inst. by the Jupiter. Those of the settlers with whom I have been in communication are decided not to abandon the settlement, they are all pursuing their various avocations. I have notified to the European and Native inhabitants that I should meet them at noon today to devise and confer with them on such measures as may be calculated to ensure greater security in case of attack. I shall take an early opportunity of transmitting the result of this meeting to your Excellency as I may not be able to do so in time for this mail. The Natives on the coast between Waikato heads and Whaingaroa received me well, they professed allegiance to the Queen as far as they were capable of comprehending such a compact, they had some grievances to complain