about the King or King party. The people who are coming in are those who were with Te Kooti at Tuhua and who appear now to be starving. I receive them as people who have given up rebellion and want peace. I thought it however a good chance to start the road from Taupo to Rotorua as it is most likely the Ngatihau will willingly assent to their Hau-Hau bretheren making the road - when they might have objected to Poihipis people. However we shall see I shall not press the matter at all only if it is open it will be well to go on with that work. I shall send Locke up directly to see about it. About the 70 Mile Bush purchase I could have concluded for about 100,000 acres the other day but I thought it better to wait a little and get more especially as the portions they wished to reserve from sales were in important positions. The Natives have now gone out to Pakowai but I will expect they will return. I offered £12,000 for about £200,000 and that is as much as we ought to give. Haraitiana is the one who holds