Tuesday November 2nd. 1847 Left town about I am for Waitara to commence negotiations with the Natives for their land having given them a week's notice that I should be there to-day and take a surveyor & party Mr. Carrington accordingly accompanied me and on our arrival at the Mamaku we found all the principal Natives and indeed the majority of the natives on the river were waiting our arrival. I pitched the tent at the lovely Pa near the village, and the Natives seated themselves