George Sisson Cooper, Esq., to the Civil Secretary, Wellington.

In reference to your letter of the 23rd August, addressed to Mr. McLean, directing him to examine and report upon the land offered to Government by the chiefs of the Mokau District, I have the honor to state that, in the absence of that officer, I felt it to be my duty to furnish the report required by His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, and I accordingly left this settlement upon the 1st instant in company with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, of whose advice and assistance I deemed it proper to avail myself.