No. 41
The Assistant Native Secretary (acting for the Chief Commissioner) to Mr. Commissioner Johnson.
Sir,—
With reference to your letter of the 26th ultimo, relative to, and forwarding a plan of, the Kaiawa Block, a portion of the Parua, and recommending the purchase thereof for a sum not exceeding £150, I have the honor, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to inform you that the Government authorize the purchase being made at any sum not exceeding the above-named amount, the money for which purpose will be transmitted to you by the present opportunity.
I have, &c.,
T. H. Smith,
For the Chief Commissioner.
District Commissioner, Whangarei.