and meet Thomson as if by accident. He is the only man we could send - and if the natives have not returned to Taranaki he may surely be spared. The Waikato natives who had Crown Grants on the North Shore (close to Gladdy Wynyard) have sold their lands at £12.10 an acre, having refused £43.10 a few months back - this took place within the week and in opposition to Kukutai's advice - He advised them to lease their land but they said no they were going to fight and went off to the Waikato - The duke promises one regiment from India if the reports continue unsatisfactory but says we must expect no more. He approved generally but not a word about the Native Council and my despatch of Sept. 1859. Major Richmond is made C.B. at