His language, which was violent, was evidently borrowed from Rangihaeata, who, I understood, from some of his natives on the journey to Taupo, was very much vexed that the Europeans were acquiring a right to such a large territory in a part of the country where his retreat into the interior might be interrupted, should he, at a future period, find it necessary to take refuge there. Paroni, a Ngatiraukawa Chief, married to a Ngatiapa woman, stated that he intended to retain some wooded land, claimed in right of his wife. E. Waka, who had not succeeded in inducing me to agree to his constant demand for Reserves, was now evidently instructing the others to make a firm stand for their land; so that I had to encounter their united opposition, which ended after a long, persuasive argument on my part, much to E Waka's annoyance, in Panapa's yielding his opposition, and quite agreeing with me that it was improper to intersect the Europeans1 district with native Reserves, when ample land was preserved for them elsewhere. 31st. March 1849. We travelled over a fine country, out of which Rukora and the Parawanui people wished for a large Reserve, bounded on the one side by the Rangitikei, and on the other side by the Ttanui stream, to its junction with the Rangitikei. Although I have not acceeded to the requests of the natives for a Reserve between these rivers, I still consider it might not be objectionable at a future period to grant them one in a situation so well bounded, especially if the Southern bank of the Rangitikei is acquired- and that the natives are not disposed to leave that part of the country, to settle on the general Reserve between the Turakina and Rangitikei rivers. At Parananui and Te Awho Pahs, I classed the natives into Hapus, in the order in which they should receive payment on Monday the 2nd. April, a distance of fifty miles, from where I first sighted that river from the Ngongoranui range. On approaching the coast, the country changed very much in appearance, and the soil is chiefly of a light, sandy description, altogether inferior to the rich fertile plains of the interior; but, viewing the district as a whole, it is a most valuable and extensive acquisition, capable of maintaining a numerous European population, and superior to any other part of the Island for cattle runs. On my arrival at the ferry, I met Mr. Park, the New Zealand Company's surveyor, with his party; who commenced the following morning to survey the native Reserve. In my negotiations with the Ngatiapas, I have fully conformed to the following portion of the first paragraph of my instructions, which had reference to inland boundaries:- "It is considered preferable thus to negotiate for the whole claims without attempting to define the exact inland extent." The Ngatiapas