lay the Road off in sections and make proper estimates and send them in for approval - then put the work out to contract - so as to give the pakehas a chance. But I know quite well they will not compete with Natives. Old Heale talks of making roads "by eye" but what a great expence this engineering is costing us. What with surveys and the covering parties which were necessary at the first stage of the proceedings the cost has been heavy. We must find some other means of getting work done cheaper. Hamlin is very active and is making himself