that land-, selling on a large, scale will shortly be the •" fashion "amongst them Long ago, arude form of Christianity was a controlling force, under"-which almost the whole Maori nation fell;, Then followed a mania -for wheat-growing arid flour mills, to be again succeeded by a wave ofvpolitical influence, which'1 under the guidance of the Wi Thomp son te Waharoa, began by the revival of the ! old 'fMaori ""; runangas'"i 'or councils, followed- by the election of a 'King, and ending in war and;the;de ; structioh" of all ha.tional: life. l Once again, the strangely-weird impulse of Hauhauism dominated the Maori mind under Kerebpa and.Te Whiti. The. complete collapse of .allthese impulses has'prepared, the .Maoris for' an impulse of a different character. That movement is land-selling. If we have read "rightly thei Maori .nature, land-selling is about to become the nextrddmihating'influence, under^which the difficulty will^nat: be'sto purchase land, but .to prevent the native from selling too much of their, latids. The chief, obstacle > to land-selling for many years has been the influence of Tawliiao, the Maori King^ JBy the admirable action of the. Hon.; Mr Cad man,'the Native Minister, the power of Tawhiao—-long waning—has* ended. We cannot but recognise* his devotion for so1 many years to a lost cause. Indi denuding himself of a ]pseudof national position, he has.. rsicognised the inevitable: and accepted it, In doing this, he has probably done more to benefit the remnant of his people, than by all his futile efforts to acqom? plish the impossible—rto.make them into a nation. 'For the future,>.we be lieve, he will recognise his new fposir tion, and we should be glad to see Government offer him a seat in the Legislative Council, "as a recognition that the .descendant of a long line of renowned warriors,: and the first man of his nation, under his changed policy, may become a great .power for good to both races.'"' •" ""'ci/ All these circumstances indicate that to the Maoris the hour has come for land-selling. The Ballance .Go vernment has a great ppportunity for placing New Zealand in the first rank as a colony 'for successful settiernent, by puttihg. themselves in a position to., purchase enormbus areas of good Viand,* which they have now the ioppprtunity of doing. 