are of almost vital importance to the future welfare of this settlement, and Province, will remain for years in their present condition, - two of the finest fields for settlement that exist in New Zealand, lying waste and uncultivated, in the hands of an insignificant number of natives incapable of using them. My regret at the postponement of these negotiations, to a period when they have become useless, and must (as far as the Company is concerned at all events) be abandoned, I cannot sufficiently express. I have, however, the satisfaction of knowing that no effort has been omitted by me to urge them forward, and that my recorded letters to the Local Government of the dates referred to, contain