No. 2.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to Mr. Mantell.

Sir,—

In reply to your letter of the 19th ultimo, transmitting a letter from Rawiri Te Mamaru, requesting to be allowed to exchange a reserve at Kakaunui for an extension of the Moeraki Reserve in a southerly direction to Okahau, I have the honor to convey to you His Excellency's approval for the exchange being made in the manner recommended in your letter—viz., that it be an exchange of strictly equal quantities.

With regard to the proposal contained in the last paragraph of your letter, that the Natives of that district should be gradually initiated into the practice of renting land for depasturing purposes, I am further to request that you will endeavour to introduce this custom wherever you may think it expedient to do so.