No. 42.
The Native Secretary to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

I have the honor to report, for the information of His Excellency the Office Administering the Government, that the Native title to a block of land at Orakei, containing Four hundred and seventy acres, has been extinguished, of which a sketch, furnished by a surveyor, is herewith enclosed. The sum of Two thousand pounds was paid to the Native owners, and a deed executed on the 3rd inst.; the original deed and translation is also enclosed.

The payment for this block having been final and complete, I beg to state that it may be opened for sale as soon as the Government may think well to proclaim it.