Taranaki. New Plymouth. 24th. March 1847. Sir, Having proceeded as far as possible, or practicable, along the banks of the Katitira river with the external boundary of the block of land you are at present surveying, you will ascertain from the natives, the name of the Station from which you take your bearings to strike off through the forest to the Timaui river, marking the large trees at every quarter of a mile distance, as you go along; and after joining the Timaui you will continue your third line along its banks to the sea, leaving in the fern country, where there are no natural objects, plugs, or other distinct marks that can be here after traced by reference to your working plan, a copy of which you will furnish, together with a correctly finished map shewing the estimated contents of tha land you have surveyed. I am Sir, Your obedient servant (Signed) Donald McLean. To:- W. Carrington Esq. etc., etc., etc., Taranaki. New Plymouth. 26th. March 1847. Sir, As I shall be engaged with Mr. Harris for some days in pointing out the native reserves at this settlement, I shall be unable to visit your Station as soon as I expected; and hope that you will not meet with any interruption in the meantime from the natives in continuing to cut your first external boundary line from where you commenced at the Katikira river as far into the interior as you find the land available for European purposes, that is, for the present or future purposes of either cultivation or pasture. If, however, there is any opposition offered, I would thank you to remind the natives, several of whom are employed with you on the survey, that they promised before you commenced work that the line should be carried back to the first range of mountains if required; and Hoani, one of the principal owners, voluntarily offered to cut the line, and lead the way there himself; so that it would be unreasonable that they should now deviate from a proposal, in which all the claimants that were then present