is necessary to explain to you the circumstances which led Captain King to approve of his going. 1st. Hakopa was sick. 2nd. Johnson had hardly recovered from a severe cold and is a sickly man. 3rd. Having regard to equality of duty Heale did not appear a proper man. 4th. The Colonial Surgeon not only considers Medland unfit to travel but "unfit henceforth for night and for wet day duty." Passing over Taumata and Tamati Waka, the above circumstances together with the knowledge of the trifling duties performed by the individual in question since the formation of the force and more particularly since he has been stationed at Omata, marked him as the most proper person for the required service which he declined to perform unless immediately put on full pay. Wiremu Irangi as was expected