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. Colonial Secretary's Office Wellington 2nd. October 1849. Sir, I am directed by His Excellency, the Lieut. Governor, to request that (if no cause of which His Excellency is unaware exists, to detain you at Taranaki) you will, , return to the Manawatu, to resume the negotiations upon which you were engaged. The New Zealand Company's Principal Agent has made repeated applications to ascertain if you had returned; and urged the necessity for bringing the important questions upon which you are employed, to a close. I am also instructed to observe to you that His Excellency has been in full expectation for some time past, of hearing that you had resumed your labours at Manawatu; and that several letters have been forwarded to you, having reference to that service; as having reference to that service, as well as to another upon which the Government are desirous of employing you. These letters are now awaiting you at Mr. Duncan's, at Manawatu. I have the honor, etc., (Signed) Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary To:- Donald McLean Esq. Letter from Alfred Domett, to Donald McLean Esq. directing return from Taranaki to resume negotiations for Manawatu, dated 2nd. October 1849.
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3 pages written 2 Oct 1849 by Alfred Domett in Wellington, Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers

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Key Value
Document date 2 October 1849
Document MCLEAN-1023371
Document title 3 pages written 2 Oct 1849 by Alfred Domett in Wellington
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 3637/Domett, Alfred, 1811-1887
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1849-10-02
Decade 1840s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 44
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 2 Oct 1849 by Alfred Domett in Wellington
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 3637/Domett, Alfred, 1811-1887
Origin 66393/Wellington
Place 66393/Wellington
Recipient Unknown
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 7 Official papers
Sortorder 0210-0215
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 57
Tapuhiitemcount 2 3737
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Contains papers dealing with the purchase of Maori land; in particular, there are official papers about `Old Land Claims' (ie pre Treaty of Waitangi); there is also extensive correspondence about the purchase of land in the Rangitikei area from Ngati Apa, and a related dispute about ownership between Ngati Apa and Ngati Raukawa; there is also a letter from Henry Tiffin outlining the concerns of Wairarapa Maori about an invasion by Ngati Toa Also includes translation of a letter by the Ngati Toa outlining the boundaries of land ceded to the Crown in 1847.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemiwihapu 18158/Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga
Tapuhiitemname 123228/Puaha, Rawiri Kingi, d 1858
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemplace 73195/Rangitikei District
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0003
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 7 Official papers
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 7 Official papers
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-002
Teipb 1
Teiref ms-1312-116
Year 1849

3 pages written 2 Oct 1849 by Alfred Domett in Wellington Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers

3 pages written 2 Oct 1849 by Alfred Domett in Wellington Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers

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