" But it is clearly in the power of Auckland to distnrbvthis very excellent arrangement. Let Auckland see to it therefore. The public creditor, no doubt, Hvill be satisfied with tho vote ; so must Auckland for a time. Auckland must be governed from tho South, and the South must share our risks, and at whatever cost enforce the law, and protect life and property. No law should be in operation in one part of the colony that would not be tolerated in the other. We insist upon it, therefore, that the natives be put upon the same footing ia every respect as Europeans, and we insist upon their being kept on that footing. Why should the Native Rights Act remain a dead letter ? It was passed by a Southern majority, introduced by Mr. FitzGerald, and has received the sanction of the Crown. To Auckland settlers, we say it is your duty as good colonists and loyal subjects to obey the law. jYou are under the Constitution. It is the charter of your freedom, the palladium of your liberties. Tho native is your equal in the eye of the law. He has the same rights and the samo responsi bilities as you have. Impound his cattle, there fore ; enforce the Fencing Ordinance j levy an acreage rate on his land for road purposes ; teach him the trifling difference between mevm and tuum, and laugh at the exemptions in the Resi dent Magistrate's Ordinance, as they have no effect in law, being overridden in recent legisla tion. Andthen, when you have done all this, throughout every part of the country — when you have taught the natives the glorious privilege of being adopted as natural-born subjects of the Crown of, England — if the Maoris will be so stupid as to see it in that light, tho South has provided the remedy. Mr. FitzGerald's Outlying Districts Police Act comes in most opportunely. It is the weapon ready made whereby the obstreperous native may be brought to reason. 