No. 34.
The Assistant Native Secretary (acting for the Chief Commissioner) to Mr. Commissioner Kemp.

In acknowledging receipt of your letter of the 18th ult., No. 46, I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to request that you will be good enough to attend more particularly to the purchase of land in the immediate vicinity of the Bay first, as the purchases referred to in your letter of the above date can be concluded afterwards.

In every instance, the surveys of external boundaries should precede the purchase of any Blocks of land that may be offered for sale by the natives, in order to avoid dispute and misunderstanding relative thereto. Although theBlocks referred to in your letter are not required for immediate use or settlement, it is desirable that the negotiations for their acquisition should be undertaken as soon as possible after the purchase of the Kawa Kawa and adjacent Blocks has been completed.