ZEALAND TO THE SECRETARY OP STATE.

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If it be impossible for you to come by reason of the press of business which forces itself upon you in your administration, here is the word of your tribe,- —appoint a time for your friends the chiefs to visit you, for exceedingly great is the desire of your tribe to see you. Here end the words to you. Taiiuei 0 Eangi a:xd othebs.

No. 35. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., to the Bight Hon. Edavard Cardavell, M.P. (No. 31.) Sir,— Auckland, 23rd March, 1866. I have the honor to report that since I left Wellington I have visited Napier, Te Wairoa, Turanga, Waiapu, and Opotiki. 2. The first of the above-named localities was the only point at which the Hau Hau fanatics had not given way; but on my arrival at Napier they availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them of relinquishing their superstition, and voluntarily came forward, made their submission, took the oath of allegiance, and gave up their flags. 3. At all the other points I visited I found the Hau Hau fanatics entirely subdued, and tranquillity fully established. 4. The disturbances which have for so long a time unhappily prevailed are thus at an end, and I see every reason to hope that the existing tranquillity will not again be disturbed, and that New Zealand will continue rapidly to progress. 5. As a curious illustration of the change that has taken place in the country, I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter which Mr. George Graham has received from William Thompson, from which you will find that he is about to bring his claims to land before the Land Court in the ordinary way. lam on the point of starting for Tauranga, there to meet the tribes of Eotorua and the interior, and I fear that from this cause I shall not have an opportunity of sending you any further letters by the April mail. I have, &c, The Bight Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P. G. GBEY.

No. 36. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., to the Bight Hon. Edward Cardavell, M.P. (No. 33.) Sir,— Maketu, 28th March, 1866. I have the honor to report my arrival at this place yesterday, where I found a large body of the Arawa tribe waiting to receive me, and to accompany me into the interior of the country. 2. This morning early a message was sent to me from Te Heuheu, the chief of Taupo, informing me that he had, in company with Herekiekie, the chief next in rank to himself, arrived at Tarawera, and that as soon as he heard of my arrival at Maketu, he would move on to Ohinemutu to meet me, and that it was in consequence of a correspondence, a copy of which I have the honor to enclose, that he had determined on making his submission to the Government. 3. Te Heuheu and Herekiekie were the only Taupo chiefs who remained in arms against the Government. The whole of the central portion of this Island may therefore be regarded as having again returned to their allegiance. I have, &c, The Bight Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P. G. GBEY.

No. 37. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., to the Bight Hon. Edward Cardavell, M.P. (No. 34.) Sir,— Ohinemutu, 29th March, 1866. I have the honor to report that on my arrival here I found the rebel