Th« Harbour presented ' agrand appearance, oovend, m it was, with crests, of 1 foa n, wiuto white olouds of fin* spray oontinually • ■w L )taorouitlikeolqudsof whitesandovera broken PWtt. Tbca^nuhi^ « JRuAhin« » founded, tb« toner «(*.»? oHojstJ>»t lf*Mf W timebefor* sh ooqld steam t<>Jiht.an<&9r^« l -*nd when she hjti l managed,, to do, *?]:*& boatman^pould, bja found, hojrevei^ tae^Cuswmthouse.fyaf.se^bui^ and* befq/f, the fraifc o¥ J many\anxious eja», J w** grtdu»lly ,pt(llea f .bytlree^ijallanVfellbws tlo J^sfeamer,, which .was reached in r i»fety. In doming back, however; the greatest difEoulty was experienced in breasting -fhe : , heavy sea?, whioh cbhtinually broke oytr the frail' ' cri rft, and she wagi driven right down into -the 1 Te A] >o oarner .of the .harbour. > Eventually, ■ ahe »w' jMiely. polled up alongside the,. Queen's Wharf, however, ahe had been preceded; by the P mama CfcunpanVs, mail boat, wnich had started ,'fr )m the hulk •European ' aoon after the departure ot the Cuftpma.bpajb from, the wharf, *nd,, under the command of Captain Tno&as^brought the mails ashoisj. safe and dry. The steamer 'Wallaby,' lying anchored under Mount .yictoria, had her sjteam up, jn order to keep herfiead to' the wind • and' the ahip'f. -Neptune ' drifted' to a. considerable, dis^nce., The weather n oderateaa little about the middle of the day, when tl e lc ' Wallaby 7*7 * seized the opportunity of shifting, her birth to a more secure position. In the afternoon it again blew heavily at intervals, but no damage of consequence wai done either to the shipping or on shore.— Wellington Independent. i The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes :— • VAs Parliamentary doings no longer serve to fill up letters and newspapers, you may count "upon hearing more frequently of (the 'native difficulty' than you bave for the last few months. There is an enormous amount of land-buying from the natives tjoing on by private individuals. Clever tfaoii linguists,, or ratWiinen who, besides talking I^aori, bave a knowledge of Maori habits, and are personally liked, are making a good .deal of money, and will continue to dq so for a few years. I .know surveyors who can earn with ease their £800 or £1,000 a year surveying native lands, and some land negotiators make fabulous amounts. 