In furtherance of Dr. Sinclair's (R.N.) re-commendation, I joined the Department of the Protector of Aborigines, at Auckland, remaining there acquiring a knowledge of the duties I was to perform, (receiving every assistance and friendship from the Head of the Department. Mr. Clarks, as well as from Dr. Sinclair, then Acting Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, till the 17th. of July, - when I was instructed to proceed without delay to Taranaki, the Western District of New Zealand, to which I was appointed Protector of Aborigines. During my stay in the Office at Auckland, I frequently attended native cases at the Police Court, acting as Interpreter for Mr. Mathew, then Chief Magistrate at Auckland; and writing native and English letters. At the expiration of the first month, His Excellency, Captain Fitz Roy wished me to go down to Waiheke to settle some differences then existing, and causing some trouble betwixt the Ngatipoa, Ngatimuru, and Patukirikiri tribes, respecting the large Island of Waiheke; and when they were assembled, to the number of 600, at the Tapapakanga, on the West banks of the Thames, I communicated His Excellency's desire for a peaceable settlement being effected; and pointed out to them, from the evidence they had given me, the division of the Island into portions amongst them; each tribe having a full right to maintain what they actually possessed and cultivated, as the speediest and safest means to adopt. This was agreed to. Deeds were signed by each tribe, with the lands named, and boundaries defined. The arrangement appeared to give general satisfaction; when after a good feast of potatoes and pigs, they dispersed themselves, and I