Resident Magistrate's Office Wairoa January 6th. 1869. Sir, In accordance with the wishes expressed in your letter of the 4th. inst., I beg to add the following information, respecting the expedition referred to by you. The only Pa destroyed was Puketapu, the defences consisting of a breastwork and a quantity of brushwood laid down merely as a blind, rather than of any use as an actual defence. This, together with all the houses in the Pa, were destroyed by fire. The country in the vicinity of Puketapu and Pa Puni was also set fire to. At Pa Puni again three kaengas were burnt, consisting of a good many houses and a Church. With regard to potatoes consumed, and quantities still remaining, I may state that at Orewha, we found large quantities, both growing, and in pits. Those in the pits were mostly