Enclosure 4.
Mr. James Mackay to the Secretary, Mercury Bay Sawmill Company.

Referring to the conversation I had with you some months ago respecting a proposed modification of the conditions of the timber leases held by the Mercury Bay Sawmill Company over the Taranoho and Kaimarama Blocks, in the Mercury Bay District, by reducing the term of the leases from ninety-nine years to twenty-one.

I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to inform me whether the company are willing to make the proposed alteration.