information of the arrival of these fanatics, I went to see Renata Hawepo, whom I reminded of the promises made by himself and other Chiefs at several Meetings at the Pa Whakairo, that they would take care that no Waikato natives should ever come into this Province; and I asked them what they now intended to do. He acknowledged the promises, but said,- "What could I do when they were invited by Hapuku?" I replied that made the matter worse; it only rendered the duty of ordering them back all the more incumbent on him. He told me that they had decided on having a Meeting at the