the more the Natives could be alarmed the greater the trade and its profits. The Militia officers and prospective Contractors also found it their interest to get up a greater degree of excitement. Sweat the Commissariat, will now be the watch word of the Town population. The Governor's last instructions, offering (word indecipherable) will I hope put a quietus upon the movements and aspirations of these parties. There is a strong party at Otaki determined hoist the =Maori King Flag, sent down by Wi Tako, and I should