Enclosure 2.
Mr. Commissioner Johnson to F. D. Fenton, Esq., R.M.
Sir,—
I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 1st instant, and having examined the localities in the river, I fully concur in the view you have taken of the importance of the acquisition of the Tokatoka Block, and having, as you are aware, with your assistance, happily been successful in reconciling the animosities of the contending tribes, I entered into an arrangement for the completion of the purchase of the block in question, so soon as the sanction of his Excellency the Officer Administering the Government is obtained for the payment of the final amount agreed upon between the Natives and myself of Two hundred pounds (£200).
I have, &c.,
John Grant Johnson, District Land Commissioner.
F.D. Fenton, Esq.,Resident Magistrate,
Kaipara.