and the consequence was that those natives who had assisted us on many occasions, had to bear the brunt of it, and many tribes had in consequence suffered. He therefore propossed that they should all be made soldiers, and turned loose, so as to settle the question; that they should have no Pakeha tumuski; as on all occasions when they had had a Pakeha tumuaki, they had made a mess of it. And when they had fought and acted in their own way, they had been successful. I suggested to the Meeting that they had better be enrolled as the Volunteers, and offer their services to the Government. After about two hours' discussion, they threw Maihe's Resolution, and adopted my suggestion, and decided upon having a Pakeha tumuaki. Another question was Tareha, and his represantation of the District. They did not see that he was doing any good, or that he took any interest in the welfare of the district, etc. Wikimohi, a very sensible and intelligent man, a Chiof of the Tuhoniangi tribe, said that he could not see what benefit the Maori made were