(No. 2.)
H. S. Wardell, Esq., R.M., to the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer.

Referring to my letter of the 29th June, No. 55, I have the honour to inform you that the payment received for the land purchased by Thomas Uren and Robert Espie has been returned by the Natives: that is to say, the cattle which formed the payment have been driven on the land and left there, although the Europeans interested have not consented to receive them. The Natives are satisfied for the present with having, as they say, returned the payment. I am glad to say that the movement hitherto has been confined to Kahutia and his party, and there appears no immediate prospect of its being followed by other Natives.