Ravenswood Hotel Wairoa 29th. March 1866. To Honor The Superintendent. Sir, Some time ago I received a letter from you concerning the drunken state of the natives here. On the receipt of which and other matters as well, I started for Napier and found you had left for the South and consequently I did not see you. Now in justification to myself I wish distinctly to lay before you the exact state of affairs here. Before Mr. Hunter Brown left here we had Races at this place, and I had a tent upon the course, towards evening I saw a number of natives tipsy, and I began to enquire where they had got their grog from, and Daniel Lewis who had been assisting me all day told me