just as we had come to Poutoko when we pleased. The end of it was that all the Ngamahanga & most of the Patukai returned quietly to their own settlements, and William Matakatea sent up to say that he come & see the Governor, and if he were stopped at the gate "ko te pu tonu". The people here are creeping out of the torpidity of the last three years, fencing going up everywhere & many signs of a new life. But there is a party here (I need not name them to ) who are determined that the settlement cant be restored without