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A Compendium of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs in the South Island. Volume Two.

[No. 2. — Mr. Tancred, to the Superintendent, Dunedin.]

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No. 2.

Mr. Tancred, to the Superintendent, Dunedin.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, January 23rd, 1861.

Sir,—

I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from a Native named John Topi, in which he offers part of Stewart's Island for sale to the Government, and to request that your Honor will be good enough to inform me whether the Provincial Government of Otago require this land, and, if so, whether they will provide the necessary funds for extinguishing the Native Title thereto.

I have, &c.,

Henry John Tancred,
In Mr. Stafford's absence.

His Honor the Superintendent, Dunedin.

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Enclosure in No. 2.
John Topi, to His Excellency the Governor.

Raupuke, August 2nd, 1860.

Sir,—

I beg to address your Excellency respecting the sale of Stewart's Island, and I beg to offer to your Excellency for sale, all that portion of the said Island westward of the 168 degree of longitude, under the regulations enacted for the sale of Maori lands. Hoping to receive an answer as early as convenient.

I have, &c.,

John Topi.

To His Excellency Colonel T. Gore Browne, C.B., &c., &c., &c., Auckland.

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