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No. 16.
Mr. Commissioner Rogan to the Chief Commissioner.
Sir,—
Referring to my letter of 13th instant, I have now the honor to enclose herewith a receipt for £100 and £10, which has been paid to Kiri in consideration of waiving his claim to a portion of land held in dispute at Omaha, and for defining the boundary between the part retained by himself and that disposed of to the Government.
I succeeded in arranging with Kiri, as is stated on the receipt, to induce Te Tawera Natives to abandon their cultivation this season, and the balance remaining in my hands, £10, shall be paid into the Treasury when I return to Auckland.
The boundaries of the reserve at Whakatuwhenua have been altered by Te Kiri, at my request, so as to leave out nearly the whole of the land on the east side of the road leading to the beach at that place.
I have, &c.,
John Rogan, District Commissioner.
Donald McLean, Esq., Chief Commissioner, Auckland.
Enclosure.
No tenei ra, no te 18 o nga ra o Pepuere, 1861, ka riro mai i an, na te Rokena, Kotahi rau pauna moni. Ko te tikanga o enei moni, he whakapumautanga i te rohe o te wahi whenua kei Omaha, ka kapea nei ki waho o te rohe o to te Kuini wahi, he whenua moku ko te rohe tenei:— Ka timata ki te puwaha o te wai o Kaiohuohu, ka haere tata atu ki Motururu, ki te moana. Ko te kumore ki te taha ki te maraugai o tenei rohe ka puritia; ko te taha ki te hauauru o tenei rohe kua riro katoa atu i a Te Kuini i te hokonga o te Makarini i mua.
Ko tahi wahi, kei te Whakatuwhenua ka puritia hei nohoanga moku, kua oti i a maua ko te Rokena te whakarite, me te whakatakotoria nga rohe.
A Kotahi te rau pauna i riro mai i au mo te waerenga o te Tawera i roto o te pihi whenua o te Pakeha, ko Kunihi (Duncan Mathieson), a maku te whakaaro ki aua tangata mo te mea ka whakarerea rawa o ratou mahinga ki taua wahi.
The mark of x Te Kiri.
Kai Titiro,
Kenneth McKenzie, Te Keene.