The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to the Agent of the Canterbury Association.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington
, 1st 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.