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perfectly well who it is that has been keeping me for the last ten years, and I assure you, Mr. Brissenden, that I am greatly grieved to think that he should in any way put himself forward to speak to you upon a subject that has nothing whatever to do with him. . 1 can only beg of you to put up with it this once. You say you will forward a statement of accounts by next mail. 1 think, if you do not mind, it would be quite as well to leave it until you come North. You say you think it is quite time the cord was cut between us. Of course I can only grin and bear it ; but do you think it is quite fair to visit the sins of the father upon the son, and to make him bear it. But it is not for me to grumble : you are the master, I the man. I am exceedingly obliged to you for your kind offer to assist me personally, but I must start afresh, and I think I shall try some other colony —at all events, some other province. Merryman is with me on these surveys, so I will push him along, and leave him to finish. In the meantime, if you have no objection, I will send you down the form to draw, as I promised, immediately upon Mr. Smith's accepting it. I wrote to you a few days ago, and you will see from the tone of the letter that I was not aware that anything had transpired between yourself and my father. I cannot hear of anything in reference to business up here, my being in the bush ; but should I, I will write immediately. Thanking you kindly for all your past favours, I have, &c, E. T. Brissenden, Esq. J. Edwin Dalton. Letters, Telegrams, and Vouchers, referred to in Mr. Brissenden's Statement to the Tairua Committee of sth October, 1875. (A.) Ohaeawae, 29th June, 1874. Ekceited from Edwin Tor; ens Brissenden, Esquire, Agent for Land Purchase under the Immigration and Public Works Act, the sum of fifteen pounds sterling, being a payment on account for the Awarua block of land, situated between Maungakahia and Tautoru, as by schedule attached, which we agree to sell to Her Majesty Queen Victoria for the sum of one shilling and sixpence per acre ; estimated to contain ten thousand acres. Wieemuea, x. Peita te Hatjeango, x. Witness—James Edwin Dalton. Hoei Baki. (B.) Mr. J. W. Peeece to Mr. E. T. Beissenden. (Telegram.) Auckland, 27th September, 1875. The block you refer to was a kauri forest on the Tanowahone Creek, a branch of the Wairoa, and was purchased by Mr. Dargaville from Parore, before you were employed purchasing in the North. The firm of Preece and Graham, of which I was then a member, was employed by Mr. Dargaville to survey the land and perfect the title, and the block was surveyed by Mr. W. Graham. While the survey was going on, Mr. Dalton, who was surveying the Tutamoe block for the Government, did attempt to encroach on Mr. Dargaville's block and the blocks belonging to the Kopuru Saw-mill Company, for whom we were also acting, which encroachment we resisted ; and, had he persisted in it, the probability then would have been a difficulty in the Government acquiring the Tutamoe block at all. However, Parore went with Mr. Graham, and made Dalton alter his line. I was at that time, and for some time after, a private agent, and in no way connected with the Government. We were Mr. Dargaville's agents. Ido not know of your being connected with the matter in any way, any more than that the surveyors employed by you were interfering with our proceedings, and we did our duty to our clients, and prevented them. When the case came before the Land Court, Parore was found to be the sole owner. J. W. Peeece, Land Purchase Agent. (82.) Mr. G. H. Holdship to Mr. E. T. Bbissenden. (Telegram.) Auckland, 21st September, 1875. Be Kauri, Putiti. I did not employ you to purchase. I asked you whether my negotiations would, prejudice your operations. G. H. Holdship. (C) Mr. J. E. Dalton to Mr. E. T. Beissenden. Deae Sic, — Mangakahia, 17th November, 1874. I take the liberty of dropping you this note, Mr. Nelson not having answered mine. I am compelled to go through to Ohaeawae to fetch my protractor, having waited as long as I possibly can for Mr. Nelson to fulfil his promise. lam sure I do not know how he expects me to do the survey : he knows, I suppose, that I am ou the ground, and that is all he cares about. I have completed Colonel McDonnell's piece, and the Maungara, Pekapekarau, and Karaka boundaries. I start the top boundary via Tutamoe ; thence down the Opunake on to Kaihu. I shall have it all finished in a fortnight, and shall have to make arrangements about my men off. I hear from my father that you have succeeded in getting the compensation money from the Government; kindly drop me a line, and let me know what block lamtogo on with. When I have finished this block, it will contain about 40,000 acres, or a little more. The land for the Colonel will be about 2,000 acres of fine alluvial land, wit.h a very good kauri bush upon it. I hear from the Natives that Captain Heale wanted Stephens to do the block, and you would not hear of it. lam exceedingly obliged to you for fighting my battle for me. I have, &c, E. T. Brissendeu, Esq. J. Edwin Dalton.