(undated.) I submit, for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor, that some steps should be taken to assist the native Chief, Te Manihere; who is much involved in debt, and who is anxious to be extricated from his present difficulties, if the Government will afford him some pecuniary aid for this purpose. In order to meet his liabilities, he is willing to dispose of his grant of 1000 acres of land in the Wharekaka plain, and of his house and 10 acres of land at Otaraia; for which he can obtain £700. This season he intends to invest in sheep; and requests the Government to advance him a further sum of £600, for the same purpose; for which he will pay 8 per cent interest; and place the sheep in charge of Mr. McMaster of Wairarapa,