of land Claims (unravelling and arranging every claim derived from the New Zealand Company, --- regular Lawyer's work), at the £200, So on the pretext of economy, Mr. Flight, an old man, and upright Magistrate, is to be got rid of, and sent to Ahuriri, or anywhere out of the Superintendent's view; his offence, the having incurred the bitter disappointment and displeasure of the Superintendent, for deciding, as the Returning Officer, the show of hands to be, as it really was, in favour of a rival candidate. This you will believe, in Auckland, after his vindicative attacks on the "old Officials," As you have, of late, felt it yourself, and probably laughed at it. Independence on the Bench in Provincial matters, is designated thwarting the Provincial Government. And if this present Government were to last beyond its legal term, and if the Superintendent were likely to be re-elected, the General Government might