(Enclosure.)
Report of Land Claims Commissioner.

1861. 31 May.Commissioner's report.In the matter of the Grant issued 29 June, 1849, to Alice Porter for 323a. 2r. 16p., at the Whau.This grant was issued by Governor Grey to Alice Porter, a claimant under Pre-emption Certificate No. 88, for certain land purchased by her at the Whau. The grant was page 505made pursuant to the terms of Lord Grey's Instructions of 10th February, 1847, addressed to the Governor, for the settlement of the Pre-emption Land Claims, and contains no warranty of the title on the part of the Crown.

Alice Porter, in contemplation of marriage with John Salmon, of Auckland, executed a trust deed on the 30th December, 1852, conveying the land so granted to her as above mentioned to Richard Field Porter, in trust, to hold the same to such uses as Alice Porter should by deed or will, and notwithstanding coverture, appoint, and subject, &c. Alice Porter married John Salmon, and departed this life on or about the year 1857. The Trustees, being desirous of holding a better title than the grant gave them, decided on availing themselves of the power contained in "The Land Claims Extension Act, 1858," to surrender the land to the Queen and obtain a new grant. They accordingly executed the requisite surrender by indorsement on the grant, which has thereupon been cancelled.