No. 8.
His Honor W. Cargill to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.

Sir,—

With reference to "The Public Reserves Act, 1854," I have the honor to transmit a map of the Public Rescrves in Dunedin, with schedule of descriptive boundaries, and have to request that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government may be pleased to grant these reserves to the Superintendent of the Province, as a Corporation, in terms of the said Act; and also to grant the land below high water-mark in the Upper Harbour of Otago.

Inasmuch as there are some specialities in the past history and existing circumstances of the Otago Settlement which it may be desirable to have in view, the Solicitor of the Province has drafted a form of grant with that object, which I do myself the honor to enclose for notice of His Excellency and the law officer who shall prepare the grant.