I have the honor to report that, in accordance with the Surveyor-General's instructions, I proceeded on the 11th instant to Tuimata and assembled the natives, who offered the Maro-o-Hinewai for sale, and obtained the consent of the three parties concerned—Pepene, for the Papakura tribe; Te Nga, for those of Maketu; and Haimona, for the resident natives of Tuimata, as well as the Ngatiteata, to whom they are related.

Boundaries.

We then perambulated the boundaries which are defined, being situated between the Government blocks of Ramarama and Pukekohe, and which I have more particularly described in the Land Purchase Book at the office of the Surveyor-General, and containing about Three thousand (3,000) acres, more or less.

I have not been able to fix a price with the natives. They demand Three hundred (£300), but I think they may be induced to accept £250. I have arranged with them to meet at the Survey Office, on Monday next, to complete the sale.