Memorandum. for the Hon. the Minister for Native Affairs.
I forward the result of the inquiries of Messrs. Swainson and Fitzherbert into the question of the Wairarapa Five-per-cent. Funds. I forwarded them on the 2nd instant to the Superintendent for remark, and his Honour has to-day returned them to me without remark. I suggest that, as a first step, the voluminous papers be at once forwarded to the Auditor-General for examination and report.
Walter Mantell.
Wellington, 8th May, 1863.