It is now some time sinrje I addressed you on West Coast matters In my l;\bt I gave you a brief history aud character of Te Whiti, that your readers might judge of his probable future action. I notice that an Opunake correspondent criticises the history I gave, but your correspondent has had thi-ee or four years' native experience, and I have always noticed that persons who have been a short time among natives always pretand to a much greater knowledge of natives, and native matters th in old col onial residents, ov even the natives them selves. I have known Te Whiti 's grand father and family for about 35 years, and the history 1 gave you was Te Whiti, a own version of his parentage. Your correspondent must have been greatly misinformed. Since I last wrote you, the interim re poi't of the Royal Commission on native affairs has been published, and the report has provoked various criticisms from various newspaper reporters and a portion of our West Coast local Press. It may be noticed, however, that the criticisms emanate from persons who have a very superficial knowledge of the question or difficulties that simound it. They blame the Commissioners for giving the natives too large reserves. They appear to have no knowledge or be aware that the blundering or inaction of succeeding Go vernments for the list 15 years has led to the present complications, and the necessity of giving larger reserves than might have sufficed had the Waimate con fiscated lands been taken possession of and occupied at the time other lands were occupied by millitary settler-*. But this was not done. The natives south of Waingongoro had reserves laid off within the limits of which they set tled. North of Waingongoro no reserves were defined, and no land taken possession of by our people. The natives were allowed to reoocupy without any limit the whole of the confiscated land, and have been allowed to hold undisturbed possession for fifteen yetirs. Scattered as they now aie with villages and cultivations over a large portion of the W.umate Plains, denning their limit within reserves was a dimVult question. Probably the Commissioners have given the natives more than thay would had they been called on to define reserve fifteen years ago when the natives south of Wain gongoro had their reserves defined. 