No. 27.
Mr. Commissioner Kemp to the Chief Commissioner.

I have the honour to report for the information of the Government that the price for the Mokau Block, referred to in my letter of the 1st of July, and containing by survey 7,225 acres, hasbeen fixed at the sum named in the margin (£240).

The particulars connected with the negotiations for this block have already been transmitted to your office.I now beg to recommend for the Governor's approval the payment of the abovenamedsum, which I think fair and reasonable, and as low as it could be made, taking the ascertained quantity and other favorable points into consideration.

If approved, I shall feel obliged by your forwarding the amount as early as may be convenient.