No. 45.
The Hon. The Colonial Secretary to the Chief Land Commissioner.

I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to inform you that, in consequence of the financial arrangements which have been made, there will not be for some time any funds available for the purchase of Native lands unless they can be furnished by the Provincial Governments; and I am further to instruct you that no new negotiations should be entered into for the purchase of Native land without the direct sanction of the Governor, and no engagement made for the payment of any money on this account without a similar sanction.

You are requested to communicate these instructions to all Commissioners or other officers engaged in Native land purchases, and to direct their strict observance of them.