months he had had two men regularly living at his house, sleeping there. At tho time when he had taken office it was unsafe to go to his place with less than twenty mon ; but now it was a sot tied diatriot. With regard to the East Coast and Napier, he regretted to say there was no question at all that those parts of the country must for some time to come be a source of great anxiety to the colony. But in those districts no action of the Government had occasioned the dis turbance, as it had arisen solely from the un.or tunate spread of the Hauhau fanaticism and had caused a bubble there. He had no doubt however on his part, that, with such prudence as had been always exhibited by tho Hawke'3 Bay settlers, the measureswhioh would be taken would quickly place matters on a satisfactory footing in that part of tho country. Then came the question as to what the Government proposed to do suppos ing the troops were withdrawn. One hon. mem ber had stated that apparently the Government had given that question no consideration what ever. He bolieved that if the hon. member had read the memorandum with any care at all, he would have seen that the question had received every consideration, and that they had propound ed a scheme — whether foolish or not was another thing — but at any rate they had brought such in tellect to bear upon the case as it at pleased God to endow them with, and had brought their minds to bear upon the question as to how irany troops should be left. They had seen no reason to modify their views, unless probably that they .would be able to do with a less number of troops t han was first proposed. That would be the only portion of the scheme which might differ from that laid before hon members in page No. 7, Al. With regard to the removal of troops, the position the Government had taken up was — that the whole matter rested with the Imperial Authorities. 