to the Hon: W.Fox for approval and also intend at the same time to furnish Mr.Fox with an exposition of the case as I see it myself - the principal reason I had for contesting the question with the Provincial Govt. was the (to me) arrogant assumption of rights which they did not possess, and I determined to reduce them to the condition of asking as a from the General Govt. that which they demanded as a right. I do not understand the political question, but I do know what popular feeling is, and that it is not in my district in favor of Provincialism. I am not pleased with the tone that the Proclamation under Public Works Act has elicited from Natives or Europeans it is a moot point. My great fear is the probable creation of an element of competition - as sooner or later the Natives will awake to a knowledge of their political and social rights - I shall return D.V. on Friday or Saturday next to Wanganui accompanied I trust by my family whom I expect tomorrow per "Keera" from Napier. I would not have left the District had I not felt that since the settlement with Kemp and the arrangement I made with Hone Pihama that nothing would occur to disturb matters till my return and also as I conceived the desirability of settling with the Govt. the way in which Provincial Action was to be