Mr. C.O. Davis to the Under Secretary, Native Department, Wellington.

I have the honor to transmit, for your information, the accompanying report relative to our operations in these districts, from the 1st July, 1875, to 31st May, 1876.

The monetary department of our business having, at the commencement of our work, at my request, solely devolved on Mr. Mitchell, he is forwarding to you the necessary report on that subject.

As the report forwarded to you in April last bears on many points omitted in the enclosed paper, and in order that a continuous narrative of our operations be as palpable as possible, may I ask the favour of your attaching the April report to the one now forwarded, which will enable you to comprehend the various phases of our somewhat lengthened land negotiations in the Bay of Plenty and Lake Districts.