No. 2.
Mr. Commissioner Rogan to the Chief Commissioner.

With reference to your letter of the 3rd instant informing me that a Native named Te Tana, of the Ngatimahanga tribe, requests that payment for portions of land—namely, Te Waimaori, Aotea, Ruapuke, Rahinui, and Te Hutiwai—should be made in Auckland, I have the honor to state in reply that a portion of the land alluded to is included in a survey of 6,000 acres recently made, and the resident Natives request that no payment may be made to absentees, as these claims will be satisfied out of a sum of Seven hundred pounds (£700), should you consent to the payment of the same.