their debts. The most respectable chief among them is Paratene Pukatta who always has been an honest upright man sincere in his christian professions without any ostentatious display. He has frequently before English law or Govt. was introduced to these Island interposed to save the lives of Europeans who were in the early days of New Zealand Colonization frequently exposed to danger, himself a a respected warrior and good shot was always feared and respected by his countrymen, and the late Gordon Brown of Hokianga frequently placed when going to England or Sydney the whole of his property and goods often of great value under his charge and they were invariably well taken care of and accounted for. This chief remarked to Gov. Gore Brown at the first interview His Excellency held with the Natives at Auckland that his only enemy nowadays would be the ground that he would fight with it incessantly until it produced food for both Europeans and Natives