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district in T the nTw f aitl K d by . settin ff a part any laws. The sooner our laws are put in force " i- 6 malntait)a nce of native as the natives are so rapidly decreasing and ® " at ' VeS the better - a "d be able to enforce our laws, but at prefent we'must" S ' nereasin g- shall soon their custon.es, but I think an opc l Ac!<, l( nvled,™ml t t r f y fi r' qUieSe in SOme of of force efet >nd mfght M Uh„ in °" h ° A ™' have occurrf »><> "»« >» an inducement to unscrupulous persons to infrinl th f ° r arms has been settlers do not look on such suicidical acts of imlf ■ i i ', and 1 fear that the sufficient disapprobation. dividuals of their own body with A great number of good fire arms h„r) B i„„ . the passing of the ordinance, from the settler's a "i° the natives P" 01, to the way of sporting, and disposing of them to to th for their S uns are amply supplied with amumtion. ™' The natives 1 hedo nit "tfih'k b'e expldkmZT T% Bency than "'e present arises, I » thought necessary to send onel shoukf ?£°"* to but if i! than 250 be sent, and that in the first instance kToi l Ik' 3 ni , lmber - not les s aU points, considering that from the situation of Nw Pi u 7 s "PP hed in off from all communications with Auckland and Wpli" Tit may be cui two month a. -aucjciand and Wellington for six weeks or «tthfwj" Timl" &»!''' "Tr 4ucl1 "" 1 and gave me two men to carry my bao- K1) „ e he aUo nTdrllT marked civility himself. This man is supposed to be hostife 'to theT 016 T* . 6 river opposed to the sale of land, but 1 think a good deal f Ve,n " lent for his being buted to the fact of several men of inferior rank beinlr a J o *} be aUri ' his head. being appointed assessors over We stated that he would remain neutral during ~ i , fortifying his Pah as a shelter, he said, in case he was attacked V™ ■was one of our allies during the war in the Sonthpm ,lit- • i . S and has seen our power, and I think has verv little id a & a ! nst R an gilieata, manner towards the settlers, independent of whiVh h T" g '11.I 1 . a h(istile on the Waitera, would be very previous i'n clsl he t«!okTn a«ivT us, and would not risk his valuable property part a o ainst anv tril;rS e nat ' VeS - ab r NeW I ' l y moUth ' have made a greater advance than any tribe I have seen in the country, and I have been told by competehlautho itv :zI"L ShX, rdy sni """ e,h ** ,he » ™" ,d ™ k *"<*' m i 22 ~°, n tbe l lth 1 a ""ived at Mokau, where I saw the influential Chief akeiei of the Ngati Mamapoto tribe, he stated that he would not allow any of his young men to meddle in the disputes at Taranaki. He has lately sold a block of land to the Government, and is anxious for settlers, but I fear that Mokau is too isolated to tempt settlers for some time to come Here also there is some difference about land, and an influential chief has fapued the river, so that the natives are not allowed to catch fish t , „ 2 Ji~° n 15th I arrive d at Kawhia. Here is the usual division among t e natives, relative to the sale of land, some being opposed and some in favor of it; great caution therefore will have to be exercised in any purchase, in order to avoid exciting disturbances between tribes. , ft"?" l eavin ? Ka " hi a, I went inland to the Wa.ha and Raugiciowhia, about 5 miles from the head of Kawhia harbour. Ngatihikairo tribe have cot a good flour mill just finished, which seems tooccnpy the whole of their attention. The last instalment for this mill is still unpaid, and the natives request a loan oi £100 to enable them to pay the millwiight, proposing o repay the same from