A compendium of official documents relative to native affairs in the South Island, Volume One.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to the Agent of the Canterbury Association

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to the Agent of the Canterbury Association.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington

, 1

st June

, 1852.

Sir,—

I am instructed by His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief to transmit, for your information, copies of the translations of two letters from Native residents at Port Cooper, in which they prefer a claim to Quail Island; at the same time, I am to forward to you a copy of Mr. Mantell's report on the subject.

I have, &c.,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

J. R. Godley, Esq.,
Agent, Canterbury Association, &c., Lyttelton.