Kawhia and Rangiafia, , and principal seller, knows that I will complete all payments whenever I can do so, without the apprehension of being deprived of all the benefits to arise therefrom by - the Queen. Te "Waru" and "Pungarehu" are the chief men who I understand preserve the Tapu over my claims My Piako Claim, in spite of the stupid opposition of the learned Mr.Preece of the grub minded Edward Shortland - and of the high spirited "creeping Jesus" was recommended by Commissioner Godfrey for confirmation by the Government 'subject to survey'. By the way we notice that the said Colonel Godfrey late of New Zealand has been before one of the Courts in London for swindling. You must see the cruel villainy in this adjunct to the recommendation, - in its being more difficult to collect these monsters of covetousness to perform an act from which there is nothing to be gained - than to collect them at the Commissioners Court itself - to which some incomprehensible authority forces them. Mr.Brown has recently returned to Auckland direct from London. Doctor Martin was in the bosom of his friends in a spot in a valley in a mountain in the Isle of Sky: He may have forgotten New Zealand. I think Captain Grey has a head that does not require to come forward to govern him. I have great confidence in him. My game at Colonial Politics shall in future be played at Home or not at all. A Brother of McCaskill's has come out to join him. I have not seen him. Halls and Mrs.H. have gone Home, without intimation to their friends: they did right - Kaipara is