Huatoki 31st. March 1851 Dear Sir, I had hoped the ship "Victory" would have been here ere this, and so filled up the blank in the scarcity of news here at the present time. But her length of absence leads us to infer that she has passed on to Wellington. She has passengers and good for this settlement, few of whom may now be expected. It is rumoured that we are to have further additions to our native population, from the South, and the Chatham Islands. I hope incorrectly so, unless it is intended to make this altogether a native settlement. For my part, I would prefer living amongst them, to being thrown in the way of the worst vices of those of my own colour, who are infinitely below the scale of brute creation.