No. 30.
The Assistant Native Secretary to Wm. Donnelly, Esq.
Native Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 24th October, 1851.Sir,—
Tamati Waka Rewa has come to this Office, to-day, to state that nothing has yet been done to settle his claim to the Great Barrier Island, although he has been to Auckland three times for that purpose, in pursuance of the directions of the Governor-in-Chief, conveyed in the letters of the Native Secretary.
I have now to request that you will forthwith take steps, in accordance with His Excellency's commands, to have the matter brought before the Chief Justice in the way pointed out by the Ordinance for quieting titles to land in New Ulster.
I have, &c.,
C. L. Nugent, Assistant Native Secretary.
William Donnelly, Esq., Native Counsel.