aloof from the questions agitating those times, while he, as having taken an active part in the Maori King movement, might be considered more guilty than they were. They had, however, no objection to his meeting the Governor at some place in the vicinity of Auckland, where the question might be freely discussed. 13. Epiha of Waikato asked some questions which were not very clear as to the mode of reference to the Secretary of State; and I explained to him the course pursued by Europeans in cases of arbitration, which rendered it necessary that both sides should be fairly represented, and that they should bind themselves to abide by the decision of the umpire. 14. Epiha stated that the land at Waitara was the cause of the quarrel; that the king movement was not mixed up with it. That such being