Mr. H. T. Kemp, Civil Commissioner, Auckland, to the Under Secretary, Native Department.

Before this is received in your office, I shall hope to have completed the payment of the Tangihua and Purua Blocks, in the district of Whangarei.

I have already so fully reported, for the information of the Hon. the Native Minister, the steps taken to obtain a cession of the various contiguous Blocks described, I shall now only do myself the honor of saying that, the negotiations having commenced prior to my being relieved of this duty, it was arranged with my successor, and with the Native Minister's concurrence, that the final completion should also be left in my hands. I have the pleasure to state that this has now been done to the satisfaction of the native sellers, and I trust that the arrangements made throughout will also meet with the approval of the Government.