Taranaki New Plymouth. June 4th. 1847. Sir, The negotiations I have been instructed by His Excellency, to carry out with such of the natives as acceeded to the proposals made by him for the purchase of land at this district, are now so far progressed with the Ngamotu tribe as to enable me to place at your disposal, as the Resident Agent of the New Zealand Company, a block of land purchased from that tribe, estimated to contain 11,553 acres, a portion of which is surveyed and subdivided within the limits awarded by Mr. Commissioner Spain, and joining on to the said boundaries. Within the above block of 11.553 acres,- 973 acres have been surveyed and reserved for the natives, (coloured yellow, and numbered on the map 1.2.3.4. At Muturoa, the natives have a part of a section on which their village and cultivations are situated, reserved for them; together with a section, the property of Mr. Shand; for which you have promised to satisfy him by giving land in exchange, or refunding the purchase money advanced towards the said section. The land divided amongst the whalers, by section, being an understanding with Colonel Wakefield, and within the limits now placed at your disposal, requires no interference on my part further than consenting to such an arrangement. All lands at present occupied and in cultivation by the natives, are to continue in their possession till they have had time to establish