ful whether the wound will prove fatal or not. This occurrence took place on Thursday. The medical report together with Capt. King's of this will be already furnished. E Waka tells me that Witana is uncle to Timu whose wife committed adultery - went to burn his wheat and houses as his wife had misbehaved with a Ngatiruanui native who absconded after committing the act. The adulterer and adulteress are frequently sacrificed for their crimes - the husband kills the adulterer or his relatives do so for him, and the relatives of the woman put an end to her for her conduct - the death of an adulterer is not revenged by his tribe.