you can please hand them to him for publication, indeed he might get them beforehand, but of course unless I telegraph ''they are passed'' they must not appear. Will you name to Wood I have his note and will send him accounts of what is done at the Meeting as soon after it is over as possible. Things look nearly as bad as we expected in the North. I fully believe we shall have Waikato up directly. If the paper accounts are correct Te Kooti has got himself into a ticklish position and I shd. not be surprised to hear that the Arawas had smashed him. If on the other hand he meets with success. Waikato will support him without doubt. It is late and I must close this. Always, Yours very truly, J. D. Ormond