Excellency had, last year, caused proceedings to be stayed, which were being taken under the Ordinance in question. In another part of the Principal Agent's letter, occurs the following passage:- "'Though I have no other course except to bow to His Excellency's decision, yet I feel bound respectfully to protest against the suspension of the law on a case so seriously affecting the interests of the New Zealand Company; which, under existing arrangements with the Home Government, has been led to expecting assistance towards the acquisition of the waste lands, and particularly of the Wairarapa district." As the above passage appears to imply that the local Government have not afforded every assistance in their power, towards the acquisition of the waste lands, on the part of the New Zealand Company, I beg most explicitly and distinctly to state that since my arrival in the Province, every exertion