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No. 67. ME. COMMISSIONER ROC4AN (ACTING FOR THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER) TO MR. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. Chief Land Purchase Commissioner's Office, Auckland, February 15th, 1858. Sir — With reference to your letter of the 15th ultimo, enclosing a tracing of a survey of Te Mahe Block of one thousand six hundred and forty six acres, I have the honor, by direction of the Governor, to convey to you His Excellency's sanction for offering the Native owners of the block the sum of One hundred pounds (£100) for their claims, being the sum recommended by you. I have, &c, For the Chief Commissioner, John Rogan, District Commissioner, John Grant Johnson, Esq., J.P., District Commissioner, Whangarei.

3 Mahe. 3 Approval of price fixed for Mahe block.

No. 68, MR. COMMISSIONER ROGAN (ACTING FOR THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER) TO MR. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. Chief Land Purchase. Commissioner's Office, Auckland, February 15th, 1858. Sir, — Eeferring to your letter of the 4th ultimo, relative to the negociations and survey of two blocks of land named as per margin, I have the honor, by direction of the Governor, to convey to you His Excellency's authority for your completing the purchase of the Whauwhau and Kamo blocks for the sums not exceeding One hundred pounds (£100), and Fifty pounds (£5O) respectively. I have, &c, For the Chief Commissioner, John Eogan, District Commissioner. J. G. Johnson, Esq., J. P., District Commissioner, Whangarei.

Whauwhau & Kamo. To complete thephrchase ) of Whauwhau and Kamo ) blocks.

No. 69. THE ASSISTANT NATIVE SECRETARY (ACTING FOR THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER) TO ME. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. Chief Land Purchase Commissioner's Office, Auckland, March 15th, 1858. Sir,— I have the honor, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to request that you will use your endeavours to effect a complete settlement of the claims of the Natives to the Kaiawa block, recently purchased by you, in order that it may be handed over to the Province with the least possible delay, as emigrants from Nova Scotia aro now waiting to settle upon it. I have, &c, Thos. H. Smith, Assistant Native Secretary. John Grant Johnson, Esq., J.P., District Commissioner, Whangarei,

Kaiawa. To effect settlement of Native claims to Kaiawa.

No. 70. MR. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Whangarei, 22nd March, 1858. Sir — With reference to the letter of Hata Kingi, which has been referred to me for my report, I have the honor to state that it refers to the Kaiawa Block, the money for which was /

Parua. Heiative to claim preferred by Hata Kingi to Kaiawa,

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