In the evening the Chief, Te Paora, and several of the elder people of the place, were to hold a consultation with me. I first told them the objects of the Police accompanying me, to which they readily assented, and requested me to bring them with me at all times. Their greatest regret was the want of food and accomodation for them. On being asked whether Mr. Reimensnieder was a duly authorised elergyman, I answered that he was, and from the land that Reformation had first commenced, about 1521, by Dr. Luther, who was born in 1841; that I recognised him as a good and useful minister, whose principles differed but slightly from my own. They appeared delighted at this relation, and told me that Mr. Bollard termed him a Roman Catholic, or Pikopo. I gave them to understand that it was not my business to interfers in religious discussions; that my interference was confined to things of this world only. A tall old Chief, got up in a dogskin mat, and gave us a long oration to the effect that all the natives should be of one religion, and not divided in every Pah or village; that I