Rangitiki February 28th. 1849. Sir, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that on my return from Wellington to Otaki, Te Rauparaha despatched messengers to Porirua and Manawatu to hasten the meeting of natives respecting the Rangitikei Land Question, of which I gave notice to Your Excellency. This morning I have received intelligence that the meeting will take place in the early part of next week, but as native movements of this description are so tedious and uncertain, I have written to Rangihaeata to ascertain from him, if possible, the exact day of the meeting, and expect an answer to-morrow. Yesterday I sent a messenger to Wanganui, with letters to Hori Kingi and Tahana, to hold themselves in readiness to attend, and hear the discussions at the meeting; Your Excellency having signified a desire that they should be present. With reference to E. Puni and Etako, I am uncertain whether they will come, as they have not made formal terms of peace with Rangi since the late war. I wrote to them