Renata and Te Watere, the former a man who has given Mr. Colenso great trouble, has just called to enquire about the purchase of Patea and Manawatu. I told him that these questions could be publicly discussed and considered here after. My present attention was diverted to this district alone, as being the first offered for sale, the others should be considered in due course of time. Wrote to Te Heu Heu of Taupo, telling him, in case of opposition from him in future, that I was here purchasing land from Hapuku and Tareha and Te Moana-nui. Te Hapuku and Paora, the Chief of Mohaka, arrived in a whale boat from the Mohaka. Paora seems anxious that I should visit his place, and has had a long conversation with me, respecting his land, and his people residing on the river, whom he estimates at 100 men. He seems a quiet, sensible young man, well-disposed to the English. Distinct flashes of lightning at intervals of a second, are vividly showing through the clouds. The weather is close, with a strong breeze from