f.— No. 7,

PAPERS RELATING TO A PURCHASE OF LAND FROM THE NATIVES IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Return to 311 order of the House of Representatives of 15t\ September 1871. "That there he laid on the table a copy of Mr. Kemp's Deed, dateci 12th June, 1848, and executed at Akaroa." (Mr. Hori Kerei Taiaroa.)

WELLINGTON.

1871.