was very bad, hilly, and I should think in winter time, impassable, or nearly so. From Oreha to Eirpete. also very hilly, and about seven or eight miles of bush; very bad for packing. From Eirpete to Puketapu, road again very bad, chiefly up the bed of the Ruakituri; which also would be impracticable in winter time; and even now quite impassable for horses or bullocks. (The road that Col. Whitmore took last winter was over the hills, and a long way round); distance about 10 miles. Pa Puni is close to Puketapu, being at the bottom of the hill on which the forner stands. Pakimi, the last kaenga, is about 3 miles from Pa Puni. The road taken on our return by Te Tuki, was very much better, in every way, than that by Orewha. It is probably a little longer, but is open country the whole way; and the hills are neither so high, ot so steep as those on the Orewha line; and a much wider view of the surrounding country is to be obtained from the road. From the top of Te Tuki hill, you have a view of Orewha, Te Reinga, Eirpete, and the mouth of the Wairoa, the township and the country in the