it the Governor would not permit to do so. The Governors words were let the thieves who stole the powder restore it to its owners I shall not send for it the Governor was right. Two sections of the Ngatimaru and Ngatiwhanaunga tribe who were seated apart from Manuwhiris people but who were implicated in the powder robbery listened very attentively to all that occurred one of their number Hohepa Paraone did not attend assigning as a reason that he was unwell his wife and brother attended the meeting and presented some fruit and honey prabably as a peace offering. To these tribes I expressed disapprobation of their conduct in associating themselves with a vagrant chief descended of a race of thieves like Manuwhiri and thereby bringing reproach on themselves and their district which had always