Reports of Proposed Cession of a Piece of Land for Resident Magistrate's Residence.

The Natives of the Waipu District having offered to cede a piece of land (estimated to contain from fifteen to twenty acres) to the Crown, as the site for the residence of the Magistrate, I have the honour to request that I may be informed what steps are to be taken in order to the execution of the necessary deed of cession. The Natives of Tokomaru offered a site for the same purpose during my recent visit, or rather, I should say, expressed their willingness to do so in case any difficulty was experienced at Waiapu in procuring one.

Under these circumstances, and anticipating the location at some future time of a Magistrate within the Tokomaru District, I would suggest that their present disposition should be availed of, especially as from my long and personal acquaintance with them I am sanguine of success in this matter.