§ MR. MAGNIACsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Government has received airy information in regard to the reported rising of the rebel chief Te Kooti in New Zealand; and, whether the long-promised Papers relative to New Zealand will shortly be published?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, he must request the hon. Gentleman to repeat his Question to-morrow. The Government had, as yet, received no information of a rising, and the papers received by the last mail as to the general state of the country were highly satisfactory. If there was any rising of To Kooti and his followers it was probably caused by the fact that the friendly natives were 594 trying to catch him. The New Zealand Papers were in the hands of the printers, and would very shortly be published.