No. 23.
The Hon. the Surveyor-General to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.
Surveyor-General's Office,
Auckland, 29th December, 1847.Sir,—
I have the honor to forward acknowledgment of the sale of land, called "The Tiki" by the Native Chiefs Reweti and Keene, and the receipt for the purchase money of the same; I have also to request the requisite authority for this expenditure.
I have, &c.,
C. W. W. Ligar.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.