of the Pa, until 12 o'clock at night. In the morning, at day-break, I visited them, and found the Ikamoana people had been out of their Pa the whole night, with an intention not to return to it, but leave a few men in charge until they had secured another place seaward. From Sunday, until this morning, (Wednesday), Ihaia secreted himself, represented by his people, to be away with 40 men. This mede the others uneasy; supposing he was about to make a night attack upon some one of the weaker places, - (Hone Ropiha's or Raniera's). Mr. Whiteley and myself felt rather uneasy for the time. However, this morning he turned up with about 30 men, removing some wood from the Native Reserve of Taitua and Pairama, on the Mangati stream by the beach. On being seen by his opponents, a party of about the same number (30), headed by Raniera and Wm. Tamihana went to attack them, and came in contact with them on Mr. Hoby's land, close to his house, when