Rangitikei purchase, which is not in any way marked upon the ground, is the interior boundary between the Rangitikei, however far inland extending, have been extinguished, as expressed in the following clause, from a translation of the Original Deed of Sale:- "The boundaries of the land, which we now entirely and for ever give up, are these, - The river of Rangitikei on one side, and the sea on one side, and the river of Turakina on one side, going inland as far as our interior claims extend," I considered, when negotiating with the natives, that I should be acting more fully in accordance with that portion of the first clause of your instructions of the 12th. December last, which has reference to boundaries, if I did not suggest any particular inland boundary. The words of these instructions, which I shall here quote, to save you the trouble of reference, are:- "When the boundaries of these claims upon the Coast are marked, the Reserve will be ascertained and defined; then the