wisely came through in advance of the Force and came on to see me. He says Tamaikowha has behaved very well all through. But that they would keep him out of their country. He says the Ureiwera are much divided among themselves and counted about 70 able bodied men which he thinks is all they can muster. This does not include those in Bay of Plenty or here. Te Haupapa the place where Kooti has his kainga is inland of Ngatapu and it seems he has been there all through and within easy reach of Poverty Bay. Porter is confident he was planning a kohiri on Turanga and says the information to that effect is certain. It was to have been done next month and he calculated the wet season would then have been on and we could not