' Superintendent ; he could then have placed the re iqqired^razavon "the «irtMM*es'; hare ' been voted by • his Council,— but, like a man Tfa read of in a very anoient • book, when railed to * high station he did not remember the natives on the waikato, but forgot them. Sir, only, treat' the natives with impartial justice, and you -will soon gain their confidence and respect ; but continue to treat them in a patronising sort of way, 'and yon never' will. We have had a good deal written and spoken just now aboutdeveloping the resource! of this great and fine country ; but are not its native inhabitants incomparable to all it* other reaouroea pot together ? They are a mine of wealth in themselves, but we are told, they having failed to develop the resources of the county, it is pasting away from them .to a superior race of men. It is true that the weaker races of men have faded away before the stronger, the passion* and ■vices of the stronger having helped to hasten the end j but it is also true that the stronger, during the process, have imbibed the seeds that have ensured their own punishment in the end. But, sir, for the stronger to aitume ■ a superiority over the weaker, is bad enough ; but it becomes something more when it assumes to be so in the eyes of the Supreme Being. — I am, sir, yours, ie, Wiujxm Atkin. Tamaki, April 22, 1867.
THE NORTHERN ASSOCIATION.
