There is some difficulty still about subsidy for the Napier and unless it is arranged soon she will be taken off to the North as she is now running at a loss. The necessity of having some means to communicate on emergencies was clearly shewn the other day when Porter came here - without the steamer Ropata and his 200 men would have been waiting idle now for supplies which went off in a few hours. There are lots of protests at Elections. The following are protested against. Sir D. Munro, Hunter, Pearce, Reeves and all thes cases will be heard. Fitzherbert is to be Super, at Wellington and his task is not an easy one. Curtis' award in the Wellington Debt entitles this Province to a heavy refund on acct. of interest paid in excess of his award which dates from Separation. We have paid £670 a year too much for all the years prior to the consolidation of the