The natives of the Urewera tribe, who in habit bhe country beyond the confisca tion boundary, a few miles inland from Whakatane, have iiad a rather serious intertribal dispute concerning the survey of the land by a party of Government, surveyors, under Mr Oliver Creagh. The survey was agreed to by the Govern monb upon an old application by the Ngatiawas, or Bay of Plenty tribe, living on the coast. The Ngabiawas are dis owned by the Ureweras, though they claim to hold considerable land in what is known as the Urewera country. The Ngabiawas asked bhat a survey should be ordered, wibh a view to bring the land in dispute before the Native Land Court, and in order"

bhab bhey might obtain a tible bo a cerbain • portion thereof. A section of the Urewera natives, and an imporbaub section, joined io, the application for a survey, aud fully justi fied the Government in acceding bo bhe request made. This state of things, how-: ever, appears to have been broughb about*: by dissension amongst tho Urewera natives, themselves. One hapu had fenced a pieces of land, and the fence was destroyed byf the opposing section, whereupon bhe* fencing party, in an angry mood, sent* an application bo bhe Government* to have the country surveyedrj The survey was commenced by Mr Oliver Creagh and a party of surveyors a few weeks back. They had surveyed aboub 11,000 or 12,000 acres of the Urewera country, when thoy were shopped by a section of the tribe and ordered to desist.;

Mr Creagh, apparenbly, was not easily put* off. Ho persisted for some time wibh tha, work, and on each occasion he was resolutely? stopped. The natives offered no violencal to the surveyors, bub gave them distinctly bo understand that their presence wa3 highly objectionable. To emphasise bheir. commands the natives took possession of the survey appliances, and ordered bhe sur veyors oub of their territory. Ib was use-?, less to resist, and tho surveyors were ulti mately compelled to suspend opera-, tions, and to leave the district. Tha Hon. James Carroll, native member of tbe Executive, on learning bhab tho cur« ! veyors had been turned back, proceeded to the sceno of strife. He was present ab a> large native meeting held ab Ruatoki Oil, Saturday last, when the Ureweras yen-

tilated their grievances ab considerable length. 