No. 45.
Mr. Commissioner Kemp to the Hon. the Native Minister.
Sir,—
District Commissioner's Office,Bay of Islands, 18th June, 1865.
I do myself the honor to report for the information of the Government that the sum of one thousand one hundred and six pound ten shillings (£l,106 10s.) was, on the 13th instant, paid to the native owners, for a portion of the block of land known as the Kahikatea Reserve, containing four hundred and eighty-six acres (486 acres), joining the coal-field at the Kawa Kawa.
For that part of the reserve comprising bush or forest, the sum of, three pounds ten shillings (£3 10s.) per acre has been given; and for the open fern or ti tree the sum of ten shillings (10s.) has been paid, being the sums respectively agreed upon before the survey was commenced.
I have already had the honor of explaining that the land in question has been purchased with the view to the efficient working of the coal-mine, and that the funds for the purchase have been supplied by the Provincial Government.
I have, &c.,
H. T. Kemp, District Commissioner.
The Hon. the Native Minister, Wellington.