money received by them, unless they obtain the full amount demanded by Werita in the first instance, of £3,500 less what has been already paid to them, amounting to £1250. I informed the natives at several meetings held at Greytown, that land, once alienated, could not again be resumed by them; that the Deeds of Cession, containing their own full concurrance in the sale, had been forwarded to the Governor; and that any material deviation from the terms of these Deeds, must be referred to His Excellency, as I had no power to alter arrangements once concluded, without the Governor's sanction. The natives, after full deliberation, openly avowed that they had no fault to find with the manner in which the negotiations were conducted on the part of the Government; that the blame rested with their own Chiefs, whose acts in terminating the payment for the block, they would not ratify, excepting to such portions as they, the Chiefs, had the exclusive right to alienate. The acts of the Chiefs were, at the time when the payment was concluded, were considered fully binding upon all parties interested in the land; and they generally recognised Werita's power to conclude the sale.