No. 13.
The Assistant Native Secretary (Acting for the
Chief Commissioner) to Mr. Commissioner Kemp.
Sir,—
With reference to your letter of the 11th February last, enclosing, for the information of the Government, a rough estimate of certain blocks of land which have been exchanged for scrip by the original purchasers:
I have the honor, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to inform you that Mr Commissioner Bell's attention has been directed to this very important subject, which he will fully investigate when he visits the Bay of Islands.
I have, &c.,
For the Chief Commissioner,
Thos. H. Smith,
Assistant Native Secretary.
H. T. Kemp, Esq., J.P.,
District Commissioner, Bay of Islands.