Middle Island.

• 1. In my letter of the 7th instant the arrangements made for the extinction of the Native title to the unpurchased portions of the Middle Island are so fully detailed that I need not again advert to this subject further than to remark that, with the exception of D'Urville Island, a dispute at Akaroa, and certain reservations essential for the subsistence of the Natives, the claims to that Island may be now considered as finally settled.