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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

No. 28. — Mr. Commissioner Kemp (acting for the Chief Commissioner) to Mr. Commissioner Johnson

No. 28.
Mr. Commissioner Kemp (acting for the Chief Commissioner) to Mr. Commissioner Johnson.

To Postpone the Payment of £700 for Maunga Karamea.Land Purchase Department, Auckland, Ist November, 1855.

Sir,—

In reference to your application for the sum of Seven hundred pounds (£700) to complete the payment of the Maunga Karamea Block, I beg to state for your information that in Consequence of' the repeated applications to the Government of several influential persons of' Ngatiwhatua tribe residing at Orakei, it has been deemed advisable to postpone the payment of that amount until an page 70opportunity shall have been offered to those Natives for visiting Whangarei, and settling their differences with Tirarau. Believing that this would he the prudent course to adopt under the circumstances, the transmission of the money has been in consequence delayed until further advices are received from you on the subject.

I have, &c.,

H. T. Kemp,
Acting Chief Commissioner.

J. G. Johnson, Esq.,
District Commissioner, Whangarei.