himself to any more definite course, until he returned to his District to confer with the Waikato tribes, after which he would be better prepared to enter more fully into the questions which had been agitating the Native mind. 21. William Thompson requested that I would permit the chief who accompanied me from Auckland to visit them, to which I assented. Discussions were carried on with those chiefs at the various encampments during the night. Huirua, a relative of Tamati Wakas from the Bay of Islands stated that they could not regard him, as representing Ngapuhi, as their friend until the king movement was abandoned. Hohepa Tamaihengia of the Ngatitoa accused Waikato of interference with William King and other tribes, thereby prolonging and