Mr. Richardson stable took fire the other evg. and communicated to it to Mr. Kinross's store. - part of which hadto/be pulled down in order to stop its further progress - if the wind had been blowing from the Westward. Nothing could have saved the spit. It would have been a fearful conflagration. The Maori feast came off - one instance was very good - illustrative of the Hapuku - After he became possessive of the grog-he would not give any one a single drop, unless they gave him 5/- a bottle. Even