No. 8.
The Chief Protector to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.
Protector's Office,
Auckland, June 29th, 1841.Sir,—
Davis, Kawao, and others, chiefs of the Ngatiwhatua tribe, being desirous to sell to the Government a tract of country lying to the south of Auckland, extending to the Manukau, containing Ten thousand acres, more or less, for Two hundred pounds in specie, four horses, thirty blankets, one tent, one cedar box, and ten cloth cloaks,—I do myself the honour to request that you would obtain His Excellency the Governor's sanction to the above purchase.
I have, &c.,
George Clarke,
Chief Protector of Aborigines.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.