on terms highly advantageous to the interests of the Colony and in full accordance with the expressed desire and wishes of the Natives can only now be regarded as an entangled web which cannot be easily unravelled, and very different indeed from the aspect of affairs before the administration of the East Coast thrust upon me during the troubled and difficult period of hostilities, was taken from my hands when order had been restored, the insurgents humbled, and the justice of the principles embodied in the Outlying District Police Act 1865 recognised by those important tribes of the East Coast who desired the pacification of their District and appreciated the efforts of the Govt. to restore peace acknowledging