THE LOSS OF NATIVES. • . Maoris died at the settlement of Te Anki, among them being Samuel Brown, baker, lormerly of Ohinemutu, and his Maori wife and children, who all perished at Te Arika. tour laupo Natives on a visit to Kariri, the Koman Catholic catechist of Rangitikeikeki, were also lost. Whaikipera, chief of the Te JNgae hapu of Tauaranga, was lost at Moura, with four sons and their wives and children. Captain Mair says it is evident the first out burst was at the south end of Tarawera, from whence came all the dust. Then came a top dressing of mud from the steam volcanoes round Kptomahana. The whole country looks like a vast bush clearing, except that it is grey ash instead of black, and the natural features of the country are completely altered. The volcanic action as far as Tarawera appears to be rapidly exhausting itself. That at Rotomahana, Cap tain Mair says, on the other hand, shows every indication of being permanent, and will in futur be an attraction for tourists instead of the wonderful terraces. "

WAIKOA LEFT DESOLATE. The Wairoa road past Lake Taupo is now %????■ The wagons buried on the flat near likitapu lake were extracted to-day. The road is strewn with tools, thrown away to get through. The last two Europeans who were at Laice likitapu, Butler and Gregory, left to night. Constable Cavanagh, by direction of In spectors Keily and Goodail, tied old Kawiri, who refused' to abandon Wairoa, and brought him by force to Lake Rotokaka, were he was taken on Kaiterira.
