Mr. Cooper. The Mokau offer has assumed a very different hue since your departure South. The Kaka's party have, from time to time, gradually withdrawn patches of land from the Block; telling me they intended retaining these as Reserves. I think their present feeling is to oppose the sale of land belonging to those in the district; more from a spirit of opposition to Te Watihi and Tu Kerei, than a disinclination to part with their land. This is to be regretted, because the banks of the river, inland to the coal district, belongs principally to these people. It is, however, impossible for me to say with certainty what their real intentions are. Indeed, I don't think they know themselves. When Mr. C. comes, a general meeting will take place at Mokau; at which it is probable some of the natives in the Interior will figure; when something like an opinion may be arrived at. One peculiarity of character I have discovered in the man of Mokau; which much resembles the Feegee Islander, namely,- the people making false statements, even when the truth would answer his purpose better. A native of Petone, a great landed proprietor, has gone to Ruakaka, for the purpose of inducing his friends to join him in selling their land. The Kaka is daily expected from Motukaramu; where he has been for some time, discussing the important subject. I hope to be able to give you a favourable account of these traitors soon. The only real disappointment to me here, is detention by the natives. Sufficient time has already elapsed, to have completed the sketch of the Exterior boundary. But you know the difficulty of enticing a native from his garden. The locality is little known by the natives generally; except the thoroughfare to the Interior; and they look upon it as no easy task to traverse a few miles of country unknown to them.