Encouraged by Lord Carnar von's action, every officer who could nib a pen and had the use of official stationery for nothing, every colonel who was tired of the war, and every commissary and deputy-commissary general rushed into foolscap, and the Governor and his Ministry became involved in hot con troversy with all sorts of military antagonists. The Governor might well have exclaimed, "Little dogi and all, Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart— see, they bark at me." The disorganisation be tween the two services, civil and military, be came complete, as any one may see who will read the Blue-books of the period. In the meantime the removal of the troops went on no faster than before, while their continuance in the colony became, if possible, of less utility than it had ever been. We have probably seen the last of the Imperial army in New Zealand, but it is to rße hoped that if any troops are left there the in judicious step taken by Lord Carnarvon will not again be repeated. Nothing but conflict and inefficiency can possibly result from such division of authority. The suggestion of the recall of the Governor on the ground of his contumacy waß made by more than one noble lord. It would probably have been the wisest course to adopt, but the impending effluxion of his term of office wilLna doubt render such a step unnecessary. It is to be hoped that no consideration will induce the Home Government to prolong his tenure of office for another term. It' seems to have been an axiom at the Colonial Office that so long aa there are native difficulties in New Zealand Sir George Grey must remain Governor. The opinion of many of the old colonists is that as long as he remains Governor there will be native difficulties. He has never acted in na tive affairs on any principle, but trusted solely to tact, diplomacy, and personal influence. During, .this first administration these sufficed to

Mr. K. Geaham had never heard of a settler in the Waikato ever having been hung for »ny offence. They were in the Franklyn district, and he felt it his duty to say that they were not the scum of either Otago, Sydney, or Melbourne, but deserving men of whom this House would yet be proud. 