No. 46.
The Chief Commissioner to Mr. Commissioner johnson.
Auckland, 12th November, 1857.
Sir,—
It having been observed that there is a difference of Sixty (60) acres in the acreage of the Tamaterau Block as given by Mr. Sinclair in his description of the boundaries, Three thousand eight hundred' and twenty acres (3,820 acres), and the area of the block on the plan attached to the Deed of Sale, Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-two acres (3,752 acres), I have the honor to request that you will be good enough to inform me how the discrepancy occurred, and which of the two areas given is the correct one
I have, &c.,
Donald McLean,
Chief Land Purchase Commissioner.
Whangarei.