to act where there is a mob so all I could do was to send two chiefs after them to appear in Court to answer for their conduct. This they did yesterday but no punishment was inflicted beyond a rebuke from the R.M. The two Civil Commissioners and Hunter Brown were there. Now you will see the necessity of letting us have a constabulary force. If it is not done soon I should not be surprised from the temper of the people if we do not soon have such an outbreak as the Govt. cannot easily quell. I have sent an official to Domett on the subject, and as Sir George Grey Domett Russell and all of you agreed to. let us have £5000 at least all exceptyourself I trust now that you will sanction the matter and not keep us in suspense any longer. I was elected unanimously as Superintendent yesterday. I wrote