time of war when such active measures are pursued against the insurgent tribes by our country people and allies. The capture of the old Rauparaha with other determined measures adopted at the south has not been lost on the natives here, who are now beginning to premise that indiscreet conduct will not be tolerated and that their most prudent course will be to observe a milder demeanour to their forbearing friends the pakehas by whom alone the people of this district have been advanced