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pitch him on the house, (Barracks.) Another said he would serve Johnson in a similar way, with this difference - in place of pitching him on the house, carry him off bodily. Paratta remarked that I had not the power to take him, and the gaol was not strong enough to hold him. Hone Heke had not been placed in prison, and until he was, he, (Paratta) would not be. Some of the natives were armed. I cannot say how this business will end, but I apprehend our turn is closer at hand than is imagined: and whatever they may eventually say in justification, I have no hesitation in telling you that their general bearing indicates mischief. Of the correctness of my surmise, time will soon prove. I intend to see Captain King on the subject of the present style of agreements with natives, for labour. some of which are scarcely legible to Europeans. It was but yesterday a Ngatirunui native brought one of those productions to me. I asked if he understood the meaning of it. "No," was his reply; and yet so eager are they to get money, that they sign without realising their liabilities. The consequence is a European insists upon the fulfilment of the Agreement, and withhold the money. The natives imagine the work properly, or sufficiently finished and desire payment. Hence the confusion that ensues. It however sometimes happens that the natives practice

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