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No. 41.
Dr. Shortland, M.A., Native
Secretary, to Mr. Commissioner Kemp.
Authorising of Payment for Ruapekapeka Block.
Sir,—
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 25th May, 1864.I am directed by the Hon. Mr. Fox to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, enclosing a requisition for the sum of Three thousand eight hundred pounds (£3,800), to be paid to the native chief Maihi P. Kawiti and others, for the Ruapekapeka Block, and to inform you that that amount has been duly forwarded to the Sub-Treasurer, Russell.
I have, &c.,
E. Shorthand, Native Secretary.
H. T. Kemp, Esq.,District Commissioner, Bay of Islands.