the resources of the land!); and no mining took place on that ground, until a fair understanding had been come to between the Owner and the Diggers. So with Ohinemuri. Diggers have no right in the District at present, and am much mistaken if those who are reported to be there, are there for themselves. I believe that in most cases, they are the tools of men who have more money than brains, and less patriotism than both; and they ought to be held in check, until, as in all other cases of Gold Fields, proper arrangements have been entered into. Such arrangements are much more likely to be made, in my opinion, in the absence of pressure, and the display of too much anxiety on the subject. If I have a horse which I value, but might be disposed to part with, and I find a great number of people are anxious to get it, and are perpetually coming and sending to induce me to sell it, the natural result is that I attach, perhaps, a fititious value to the beast, and refuse to part with my Pegasus. Ohinemuri is Te Hira's Pegasus. As to the political and strategic bearing of this question, as it affects the Government; - What the ulterior effect of the opening up of Ohinemuri may be, in affording facilities for compelling peace, and whether the persistent urging of what appears to be an obnoxious subject, to some of the proprietors of the land. be advisable; I have written only with regard to the question as it affects the diggers and