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homes and families. I pray that the friendly relations which you have always maintained with the European settlers in Whangaroa, and which are so very creditable to both races, may continue for ever. Three hearty cheers were then given for the Queen, three for the Governor, and a similar round of cheers for Whangaroa. Heneee Tupi then came forward and shook hands with the Governor, Hon. D. McLean, Chief Justice Arney, and the Hon. Colonel Edgcumbe. Hongi Hika (the son of the famous chief of that name) said : Welcome, Governor! With all my heart, I object to a gaol being put up here. I differ from the other chiefs on this point. Kingi Hoei Kiiea said: Welcome, Governor! We ask for the gaol, that both Natives and Europeans that do evil may be confined therein. It is for the want of a gaol that we go and drink, and then we commence to quarrel. Hearken, O Governor ; build a town here. The Europeans here are very hard. If we have a town we can deal. We go to one person and we find him very dear, and then we go to another and another. My goods I take to Auckland, because there is no town here. Never mind what the lower class say. It will be for us, the Chiefs, to say what we want. Our great Chief Hongi Hika went to England and asked for Europeans, and they came. Now we ask for a town. The progeny of Honga Hiki are all over the country, but the heads of the family are here. What I have to say is, let us be as one under the law. This is my real word to you. Give us a town here. That is how we are so tired in going to Eussell; the journey is so wearisome. After we have a town here the gaol will be erected. Two things I have to ask you for—a town and a gaol; let them both come together. The Hon. Mr. McLean made a brief reply. This concluded the korero. Almost all the Natives—men and women—came forward and shook hands with the Governor and Mr. McLean. They presented His Excellency with a white feather as the symbol of their peaceful relations with the Europeans. As the boat put off from the shore to the vessel, three cheers were given for His Excellency, in which the Natives heartily joined. The steamer then got under weigh for the Bay of Islands, where it anchored at half-past seven o'clock, p.m. Before leaving Whangaroa harbour, the Governor, the Chief Justice, and others of the party, went in a boat to visit the beautiful waterfall near the entrance. On Sunday forenoon, a number of the .Ngapuhi Natives, with their wives and families, came on board the steamer to proceed to Auckland. Among them were the foUowing Chiefs:—Hare Wirikake Te Wera, Wiremu Katene, Te Mo Paraoa, Heta Te Haara, Maihi Kawita, Mihaka Pehiriri, Te Honiana. The " Luna " left the Bay of Islands at one o'clock, and, under easy steam, reached Wangaruru, a distance of thirty miles, at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon. She anchored about three cables' lengths from the shore. A flag was displayed on the beach at this native settlement. His Excellency the Governor, Hon. Mr. M'Lean, Colonel Edgcumbe, Chief Justice Arney, and others of the party went on shore, and were received by Hoterene Tawatawa, the Chief of the settlement. He cordially welcomed the Governor and Mr. McLean, and seemed much pleased with their visit. He expressed his regret that there were so few Natives there to receive them, as they had gone to Auckland to receive payment from the Provincial Government for land which they had sold. He said the Governor was the first Eepresentative of her Majesty the Queen who had ■visited the place, and he would make a present of all his land to His Excellency and Mr. McLean— which offer was, of course, declined. After remaining a short time, the Governor and party returned to the vessel with Hoterene Tawatawa, who desired to go to Auckland. We left Wangaruru at ten o'clock, and anchored at the Kawau at half-past seven on Monday morning. The Governor and his party went ashore, and were welcomed by Captain and Mrs. Holt, Hon. H. Vivian, Hon. C. Vivian, and Mr. S. George. After remaining at this charming place about one hour, the Governor, Hon. Colonel Edgcumbe, and Chief Justice Arney went on board the yacht " A^atross," to visit the Earl of Pembroke. The party then returned to the " Luna," which left at half-past ten o'clock, and steamed to Mahurangi Bay, where they landed. Te Hemara, one of the Chiefs of Mahurangi, came to meet the Governor and the Hon. Mr. McLean, andjaccompanied them to Auckland. After remaining on shore about two hours, the Governor and party returned to the vessel, which left at one o'clock, and, steaming against a head wind and sea, arrived at the Breakwater, Auckland, at three o'clock in the afternoon. Thus terminated the visit of the Governor and the Hon. Mr. McLean to the North, which seemed to afford much gratification to the inhabitants of both races residing at the various settlements visited.