The rivers Thames and' • Waipj?runvupitoward» that very country^ and' we" pro* pose to locate these settler* at proper positions uptyf those [rivers: and we propose also, in order that th«S should be nodelay in locating these settlers at the vegy^ earliest opportunity, and 'Maintaining communication" with them, to render these rivers navigable for steamSs of a light draft. We believe this could be done 'at? a very inconsiderable expense-— an expense very much less than would be required to make roads from of e end of the country to the other; and there will be tßis advantage connected with it, independently of t&o saving of money — that communication can be obtained almost immediately with the settlements' that' lre, planted, and the settlements themselvss can be planted in positions whsre it would be' impossible to place them/ if the 'only means of access to them would be 'by roads,' For these publio works — roads, - bridges, rendering rivers navigable, surveys, and general expenses (if location— w« propose to ask the Houie to appropriate 1 £000,000. We likewise think it advisable that a sum of money should be set apart for the purpos* of ' constructing an electric telegraph, where it is possible that an eleotrio telegraph can be constructed in this country. It can be constructed throughout the whole of the Middle-Island, and carried by submarine cabU across' Cook\ itraits. We -propose- that measure!, •should be J talced- almost immediately to commence £,\ workttthat kind in conjunction with the Provincial Governments of th« Middltlshtnd, who have alreadfj' 1 taken steps in the matter. Atid though I myself have ' indicated a plan to continue that submarine cable froM' ■ D'Urville's Island to theManukauJ yet, upon furl ther consideration, w«'think'iib*tttr not' to s> sohem* so uctensiv* m that W pregerit ; -biit rather to* 1 .wait another year to serif it may aot t >«%i \M ,

■opinion 'of ~his ho'n.j friend, Mr. Poinot^ and that Governor Browne would never have agreed 'to purchase ouch a piece of land with 200 people living upon it, on the understanding that they ihould be eviotod. Oil coming to his knowledge that this was a new cir ouinstranco he had questioned ToirA, who had stated that it had been determined a reserve of 200 aori-s should be net apart for his people ; nnd whrn Mr. 