where requisite. By the 19th we had finished the survey up to the Ruahine range, from whence we returned to the Awahuri, where we arrived on the evening of the 24th having surveyed, by the windings of the river, a distance of 60 miles above the Awahuri, which is itself same 20 miles from the mouth of the Oroua. I then proceeded to Manawatu, by way of Rangitikei. Here I saw Mr. Searancke, (who had just returned from Whanganui and was on his way to Wellington to meet Mr. Mclean,) from whom I received instructions to return to Rangitikei and inquire into the state of feeling amongst the natives of that District in reference to the practice of leasing runs to Europeans, which is becoming prevalent amongst them and which threatens to interfere seriously with land purchasing operations, for the present at least, if some decided step be not taken by the Government to check it. April 1st. I attended the Magistrates' Court held at Rangitikei. On this day an individual, named Thos. McKenzie residing at Rangitikei