So long as the peace of the country de pends upon the personal influence of one or two men, so long will we be liable to outbieaks and mis undei standings with the natives. Ho a ever, it is a giatifymg fact as far as it goes ; and we only iegie(i there are not more gentlemen of the same stamp holding the commission of the peace m native districts. — "Daily .Southern Cioss," May 20. His honor the Superintendent was punctual to his time on Monday in visiting the settlers fiom Raglan, and procured houses for those who required them, furnished others with mouey, and gave employment on the loads to such meu as wanted work, directing them to look out tor what would suit them better ; those leqiuuug provisions had them supplied from town — Ibid. Wb are glad to observe that great improvements are being made in the Kyber Pass load The laige rock, which abutted ou the road below Messrs Seo combe's brewery, has been quanied away ; and meu are busily engaged filling the hollow between the Captaiu Cook Inn and the steep incline from that point and the bieweiy. The work is being done in a thoroughly efficient manner, and that poition of the load, when completed, will possess a solid crust fit to be.vr the heavy tiaffic passing over it. Oth.er portions of the ICybei> JUss road have heen treated to a heavy coating of road metal, instoad of scona ash, which foimed the usual surface dressiug for our highway"!. If a mau or two were kept ou tins hue throughout the winter, to rake the loose metal into the trenches formed by the carriage whoels, there wonid be Ijttle, if any, additional ex penditure required for the next twelvemonths, The want of this attention to the roads in w inter was one gieat cause of the deplorable state into which they fell, lioad contractors, m the old country, are usually bound by the teims of their contracts to employ so mauy surface meu a given number of days thjoughout the year, for the purpose of darn* ing, if the coutracts be for a main »ud uot a br-anoh road. 