are forwarded to me for Hearing when a day and place for the investigation will be fixed by me and I have accordingly applied to the Colonial Secretary to have the Claims referred --- will you have the goodness to let me know where the best place will be for holding the Court, I cannot however help thinking that it would be much better, if it can be done, to include these, as Mr. Brunner tells me the number of Claimants are few not above three or four and the quantity of land insignificant, in the same list as Michael Aldridge as I have authority to let him and others similarly circumstanced have the right of preemption at 10/- per acre for the land on which their houses stand or upon which they have made