district, than they have ever been for the past ten years. One of Kapurona's party is a man named Hoani Palaka, whom I would ten times sooner have for my friend than my foe. He has given me a full account of Te Kooti's proceedings,from the time he attempted to return to the Urewera country, via Taupo. Hoani says that Kooti's God left him at Tauranga, Taupo, and ever since nothing but reverses have followed them; and of course growing