SPIRITS AND TOBACCO UNDER BOND.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 67, 3 June 1846, Page 3

SPIRITS AND TOBACCO UNDER BOND.

THIS DAT. Brandy, 1494 gallons; Rum, 1617 gallons; Gin, 410 g»l;ons; Tobacco, 16,322 lb; Cigars, 585 lb; .Snuff, 80 ib. Custom House, Wellington, May 30, 1846.

To thb Editor of the " Wellington Independent." Sir, —Through the medium of your paper, I represent the f llowing fact to your readers. During the past'week, either two or three nntivr a have been taken in charge, under the suspicion 0( being Bpies to the rebels. Now, I do not think that it has been taken into consideration by the authorities, that E. Kuri's natives at Kai-wrra-warra were (when they were up the Hut) living on the greatest terms of intimacy with the rebels;;

they went to their Pah every Sunday, and joined with them in everything. The natives of Ohariu, who are at Tiakiwai, are of the same tribe. And is it not natural that these natives Bhodld tell every thing which passes in the Town ? It is almost a matter of impossibility for natives to keep a secret from each other; and are these to form an exception ? E. Kuri's native*, if they had the power, would be as rebellious as the Porirua ones; and let their chief come back again, and they will soon be so. I remain Sir, Your'a, &c. A "VbiUNTEEB, Wellington, May 31, 1846.

To the Editor op tub « Weixinotow Independent." Sm,~ Everybody's business being my basiness, please to Hfford me, in some corner of your paper', room enough to expes. my-apprehension, that unless some effort is made to repress the fear which has been excited in the public mind, our situation during the next year will be most deplorable. Crops unsown, roads neglected, food at high prices, and to be imported; What mischief that the Maories can do by attacking the Town or the outsettlers, if they take care of themselves, can equal the loss and suffering the community must sustain if the present state of things continue. To go to one little matter. One day's work in Willia..t,eet would clear away and remove the accumulations which obstruct the channel on the right side of the street, allow the water to take its course, and prevent the formation of two gullies cutting up the street. Your obedient servant, Nobodt. Wellington, May 31, 1846.