New Plymouth June 9th. 1851. Dear Sir, I wrote to you in a prodigious hurry last Saturday week; in the expectation of the "Shepherdess" sailing on that day for Wellington; but the winds decreed otherwise. She and the "Lucy James" had to run; and no one knows where they are now, or when they are likely to return. You will see by report that the question of boundary at Kaiwaru, near Puketotara, was to all appearances, finally arranged by Carrington. The intended visit was made known at the Kawau, and elsewhere, but for all that, some thought proper to absent themselves; and amongst them was Waka, who appears desirious to offer opposition on all questions of land; and therefore protested against the survey; whereupon