My Lord,—

I do myself the honor to forward to your Lordship the report of Colonel Godfrey, the Land Commissioner, to whom I intrusted the investigation of the titles to land in that part of New Munster, on the Nanto-Bordelaise claim.

I respectfully request your Lordship's instruction on this case, only remarking that the Peninsula itself is a most valuable locality, and that Akaroa is one of the most important harbours and stations in the Island, if not absolutely the most important.