No. 48.
The Chief Commissioner to Mr. Commissioner J. G. Johnson.

With reference to my letter No.-169, of the 24th ultimo, relative to a block of land between Whangarei and Ngunguru, I have the honor to request that you will inform me whether the land offered by the Natives embraces any portion of the block situated behind the Parua Point, and whether the block immediately behind that point can be easily acquired and on what terms, as it appears to be well adapted, from its proximity to the harbour, for the location of intending emigrants from Nova Scotia.