I have the honor to report to you for the information of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, that. I have visited Major Greenwood's farm, near Mangere, to enquire into and adjust the claims of the Native Chief Wetere to certain lands that have been disposed of by the Crown in that vicinity.

The land respecting which a difference took place between Major Greenwood's oversear and Wetere forms a portion of about 69 acres at a place called Oruarangi which Wetere and his people have had under cultivation for years. I can find no evidence that Wetere was ever paid for this land. He always objected to the sale of it by Te Tawa, a chief of the Ngatiwhatua tribe. He has been offered payment, and I believe he has accepted some remuneration for a portion of Major Greenwood's property, but this particular spot and other portions of land, comprising altogether his conjoint interest with Te Tawa, to about One thousand two hundred acres in the places specified in a receipt herewith enclosed, has never been alienated by him.

Under these circumstances I deemed it advisable to pay this chief a sum of Sixty pounds (£60) for his claims to the land above alluded to, and I hope that His Excellency will be pleased to approve of this expenditure.