No. 38.
The Civil Secretary to the Native Secretary, Wellington.

With reference to your memorandum on a letter from Mr. W. E. Wallace, requesting the permission of the Government to lease a portion of the Native reserve at Ngauranga for twenty-one years at a rental of £30 per annum, I have the honour to acquaint you that the application has been sanctioned, and to request that you will assist Mr. Wallace in concluding the arrangement with the Natives interested.