No. 21.
The Chief Commissioner to Mr. Commissioner Kemp.

With reference to your letter of the 7th ultimo, relative to a block of land near Pakaraka, I have the honor, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to request that you will be good enough to carry on the negotiations for the purchase of the block, as its purchase is recommended by you, and its acquisition desirable; first reporting, however, as nearly as possible, the price for which the Natives agree to alienate their title to the land in question, for the information of the Government.