the case, the two questions should be considered apart. Waitara first, and the King movement afterwards. That his Interference arose from the decision come to long before, that no more land should be alienated by the Maories. 15. He was replied to by Rihari who, while admitting that the land might be considered a cause of quarrel, urged that they should at once put down the Maori King movement, restore the plunder taken by them during the war, and give up the murderers of the unarmed settlers. 16. The concessions mentioned by Rihari were objected to by Tapihana, who denied that the murders were other than casualties of war, and intimated his readiness to prolong the fighting if the Government insisted upon the suppression of the Maori King movement. 17. I reminded Tapihana