No. 7.
D. McLean, Esq., to J. Grant Johnson, Esq.

Sir,—

I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to inform you, that if you can settle the claims of the Kaiapoi Natives finally for the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, you are authorized to do so, taking care that this payment shall not afford any pretext for making future demands for payment by the Natives of the Canterbury Province.

As the mail by the "Zingari" will close in an hour, His Excellency has been good enough to mark his approval of this claim being settled; and no doubt on presenting this letter, the Sub-Treasurer at Port Cooper will advance the sum of £150 required to extinguish this claim.