maize crops on the face of the hills and here and there a small Maori whare, a canoe heaps of firewood are visible. Arrived at the Thames diggings visited Hunts at Kurunui 22 men at work samples of gold very rich. Got up to Kahuranga the hammer and anvil sounds merrily diggers with their wives and families are comfortably settled in tents and houses. Sir George Bowen is a frank kind hearted man he spoke to a crowd of diggers