No. 35.
The Chief CommissioneR to Mr. Commissioner Johnson.
Sir,—
I have the honor to request that you will avail yourself of every opportunity that may offer itself for negotiating the purchase of eligible landing places and ferry-sites in your district, and reporting the same to me, in order that steps may be taken for their, acquisition for the use of the Government.
If possible, however, such sites should be acquired in connection with extensive tracts of land bordering on such rivers or places as may be required for facilitating traffic and affording public accommodation to travellers.
I have, &c.,
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner.
District Commissioner,
Whangarei.