Enclosure No. 4. 6th. September 1844. A complaint was made to me by a Mr. Aubry, a settler here, against a native named Timoti, who had lately arrived from Port Nicholson, and wished to cultivate upon a piece of land that Mr. Aubry had cleared, close to his dwelling. I visited Mr. Aubry's section; and found Timoti there; and I enquired of him his right to claim the land occupied by Mr. Aubry. He informed me that it was his land. He had not been paid for it, and considered he might do as he thought proper with his own property; that Mr. Aubry had also consented to let the native plant there, having no other land whereon he could plant. I told him that in preference to his giving the European any disturbance, I would point him out a Native Reserve to plant upon. He would not agree to this. Mr. Aubry pointed out a