No. 8.
W. N. Searancke, Esq., to the Chief Commissioner.

In compliance with your instructions of the 23rd ultimo, on which I had the honor to report, and instructions since received from the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, together with the sum of Two hundred pounds (£200), I have the honor to report as follows:—That on my former visit, the Pokeno Natives, owners of the land on the Ramarama boundary, agreed to accept of Two hundred pounds (£200) as full payment for the land (marked on plan). There were some natives absent whose consent at the time I was unable to obtain. They have on my reopening the negotiation thrown difficulties in my way, which I have succeeded in overcoming by payment of the sum of Two hundred pounds (£200), and a further sum promised of Ten pounds (£10) on my return to Auckland. I trust that, though I have exceeded the sum previously agreed upon, the excess of Ten pounds (£10) will be excused, considering the importance of having a proper settlement of this boundary, by which the frontage to the Mangatawhiri road is secured. I have the honor to forward the deed and sketch of the boundary as arranged by me.