of Feby. he will (the Surveyor) I suppose report to the Govt. what sum in his opinion will be required to carry on the road to Taupo in the same way in wh. it has been hitherto carried on and whether there has been much or any unnecessary expenditure in the works already completed. There can be no doubt the natives have worked with great energy and perhaps have done a great deal more than if they had been superintended by a European. You knowing the nature of the country between this and the Taupo plains will admit