principally the Ngatiraukawa tribe, Governor Mr. Duncan and myself dined with Mr. Williams, bush fare. In the evening bathed with Lt. Gov. very refreshing tea at Mr. Duncan's Gov. slept in tent I at Mr. Duncan's. The beginning of another year how unaccountably time runs on in its progress. In the scale of spiritual improvement I fear this year finds me little in advance of last year. I must therefore in the