a good deal of unpleasantness. Some stationery was sent up from this office for Tuhoro - the parcel was opened by the "Kings Messenger" and the contents appropriated. I think we shall have to use a discretion in our communications with those people. Nini Kukutai took his daughter to the Kuiti for Tawhiaos son, but Te Paea won't have it. I have been so much engaged lately that I have not been able to write my Reports. There are several