Mail arrived from Auckland. Koni Ropiha and other natives had been with me, about the money to be paid to them for their lands. Mr. Carrington, surveyor; Mr. Chillman, clerk to the New Zealand Company; and myself, were laying out the native Reserves, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Had a deal of trouble with some of the natives about the lands reserved; they holding out it was not