Enclosure in No. 4.
His Honor M. Richmond, Superintendent, to Mr. J. J. Symonds, Assistant Police Magistrate, Wellington.

Sir,—

You are clearly to understand that in superintending the purchase of land by the New Zealand Company in the Middle Island, no survey is to be proceeded with by its agent, or any one employed by him, until you are perfectly satisfied that the land has been alienated by the aborigines, and purchased by him on behalf of the Company.