Enclosure 2 in No. 24.
George Clarke, Esq., sen., to Chief Te Hira, Orakei.

I have seen the letter you wrote me, in which you request me to go to Auckland to make straight the boundaries of certain lands sold by you, some time ago, to the Governor. There is no need in my going to Auckland. I think that you are in error. It is reported that these lands were surveyed many years ago. How is it you did not come to me when I was at Auckland? if you had done so it would have been arranged long since. Whose doing is this that lands which have been sold by you so many years should be again disputed? I have often told you how disgraceful a thing it is to dispute or deny your former transactions.