Mr. Will's having finished the Survey of the Patikituwaranui reserve repaired by my desire to "Wangaihi" to lay down and cut the outer boundary on the Eastern side, but he had no sooner commenced when he was stopped by the chief of this tribe, Abraham, who claimed a tract of nearly seven thousand acres and who insisted upon the marking of the boundary between his land and that of the Wanganui Natives and I learnt to my surprise that his claim was recognised by ''Te Mawai'' and the other Chiefs, and that although comprised in the block awarded to the New Zealand Company by Mr. Spain, the native owners had never been consulted on the subject of selling. I had previously been informed by the Rev. R. Taylor that in his opinion the Patikawaramnui tribe were entitled to the