No. 29.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to His Honor the
Superintendent, Auckland.
Sir,—
I have the honor to inform you that Te Moananui of Coromandel has offered for sale a block of land of 700 or 800 acres in that district, described as the Pukekura Block. The boundaries of the page 312Block have, I find, been surveyed by an officer of the General Government, and Moananui has received advances to the extent of £55 upon it. Though aware of the objection to purchasing small blocks of land not of the best quality, yet, under the above circumstances, I think you will concur with me that in completing this transaction at the price of 3s. an acre (£112 10s. being the price of the whole block) I shall be consulting the interests of the Province of Auckland.
If you agree in this, the transaction shall be immediately closed.
I have, &c.,
William Fox.
His Honor the Superintendent, Auckland.