No. 54.
The Chief Commissioner to Mr. Commissioner G. S. Cooper, J.P.

With reference to your letter of the 20th July last relative to the land at Te Aute claimed by William Edwards as the property of his half-caste children, and requesting to be informed whether there is any law in existence by which the land can be granted by the Crown to trustees for their benefit, I have the honour, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to inform you that the Land Claims Settlement Extension Act, which has been reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, makes provision for such cases, and that the case of William Edwards's children will be considered when the Act is allowed.