by every Governor, that no change should take place in existing relations between them and Her Majesty. 2. I consider that a time more inopportune than the present could not have been chosen for making this change; when the country is in a state of war, and while the Imperial Government is earnestly solicited to maintain an expensive Military Force for the protection of the colonists. 3. It appears unreasonable that the Grown should be called upon to relinquish its administrative powers in dealing with Native Questions, to the Assembly; while it is expected to bear the expense of any wars that may arise under the management of persons irresponsible to the Crown. 4. The ''Native Council Act'', Just passed by the Assembly, does not, in my opinion, offer a sufficient substitute for the powers about to be conceded; as it does not provide for investing the Native Council with any powers of administration, except by the advice of your responsible advisors. 5. The contemplated changes, offteffected without the smallest reference to the natives themselves, are calculated to diminish the confidence hitherto reposed by them in Her Majesty's Government, and in the stability of the relations established with them; which they have bees, by every Representative of the Crown, assured should be maintained inviolate. 6. Justice and good faith demand that such pledges or assurances should not be broken; and that the obligations assumed by the Imperial Government, should not be transferred - at least without a sufficient guarantee that they will be faithfully discharged by those to whom the transfer is made. A permanent appropriation of a fair proportion of the Colonial Revenue to Native Purposes could be in the nature of such guarantee. 7. The Imperial Government is responsible,