let me move for a week at least, wh. will defer my trip to Mataikona. This is very provoking but I must obey orders knowing that Hawke's Bay wd. come to grief withoutme, so I must take care of my carcass. I shall visit Napier soon after my return. I intended going there for the 24th June, but fear that I cannot manage that now, wh. will deprive the W.M. of the support he expected in the North. I was much pleased to see that the Govr. had decided on taking possession of the Ohakura Block, it takes the appearance of being actuated by cowardice from the withdrawal from Waitara. I only wish he was a little more fond of print. He ought to issue manifestoes and