Enclosure
The Civil Secretary, Wellington, to Mr. Commissioner McLean.

I am directed by His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant, reporting that the Native chiefs at Mokau have expressed themselves desirous of selling certain land situated in that district to the Government; and, in reply, I am to inform you that before His Excellency can convey to you his sanction for purchasing the lands in question, it will be necessary for you to report their extent, capabilities, &c., and the price for which they can be procured.

This report should be furnished after you have examined the Mokau District, and a copy of it should be forwarded to His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of New Ulster, in whose Province Taranaki is situated.