Secondly, respecting your orders for attacking Putahi, Whenuakura, and the consent of your officers to search out that fortress, which led to its discovery on the 6th of January, when, at the third hour of the evening, the Hauhaus fired upon our camp, upon which I issued orders to the officers of the Kupapas, during which time Hone te Hina was badly wounded by Ihe Hauhau bullets. On the 7th January you ordered an attack to be made upon the large pa occupied by a force of 200 Hauhaus of the tribes of Ngati ruanui, of Ngatiraukawa, of Ngatikahungunu, of Waikato \ and the leaders_ of the Kupapas con sented to such attack, which was made accord ingly, and the enemy were defeated— some having been destroyed by the Kupapas and some by the Native Contingent, who hunted them out of the bush. On the 10th January, you issued a third order to search out the other pas of the Hauhaus, and to discover their tracks inland of Patea when running away, which order was carried out by us, whereby the road by which the enemy fled was discovered, leading towards Taiporohenui and Ocapawa, on the Tangahoe River. On the 12th January, in obedience to your orders, we destroyed the Hauhans and King's parliament house at Taiporohenui, and the pa likewise, being at the same time exposed to the fire of the enemy which <^> amply returned. On the 13th y"oij again ordered us to assist in the attack upon Otapawa, which we did, and the Hauhaus met with a sevei'e loss there, viz., the Ngatiruanui, I Ngatiraukawa, Waiketo, and Ngatikahungunu, of Wairarapa, and their pa was burnt with tire. On the 15ch you and the Superintendent, Dr. Featherston, in conjunction with General Chute, t gave orders, in obedience to which we attacked and burnt eight Hauhau pas, killing the fanatics and destroying their sacred flag-poles (nuis) and bearing away their flags. 