the part of the King party - headed by Aporo to try and get through our Bay of Plenty Districts en route for te Kooti - the Ngaeterangi behaved well in the matter altho' I thought it necessary to remind my brother that the Government wished to pursue a pacific policy. I could not quite approve the style of his address to Aporo (it does not appear in his report as I struck it out) - After urging him to go back and telling him that any attempt to go through the District would be resisted