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No. 1. The Hon. T. Russell to Mr. W. Jackson. Mr. AVilliam Jackson, — Colonial Defence Office, Auckland, 6th August, 1863. You are authorized to raise a corps of men for the purpose of following up the Natives in the bush, and scouring the Hunua Ranges, in the manner described this morning in conversation with His Excellency the Governor. The men will get Bs. per day, with a commissariat ration. There will be one lieutenant and one ensign, whose pay will respectively be 15s. and 12s. per diem, with allowances. The Government, in addition to the ordinary grant,* will make a grant of land to any man who distinguishes himself, or to the widow of any man who may be killed in action. Thomas Russell. Any men now in any of the Colonial corps may leave to join this force. sth (sic) August, 1863. Thomas Russell.

No. 2. Extract from Gazette, No. 41, 19th August, 1863. Colonial Defence Office, Auckland, 14th August, 1863. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment in the Forest Rangers Volunteers: — William Jackson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 14th August, 1863. T. Russell.

No. 3. Jackson's Forest Rangers. Lieutenant William Jackson is entitled to forage allowance for one horse, from the 6th August, 1863. 6th October, 1863. T. Russell.

No. 4. The Hon. T. Russell to Mr. W. Jackson. Lieutenant Jackson, — 9th November, 1863. Your corps will be disbanded, as the term of your engagement expires on the 10th instant. You may, however, enlist one hundred men on tho same terms as the Colonial Defence Force : viz., ss. per day, less charge for rations. They will probably form a part of the Colonial Defence Force, not mounted, or may be attached to one of the Waikato regiments. T. Russell.

No. 5. Lieutenant Jackson to the Hon. T. Russell. (Telegram.) 11th November, 1863. If the men cannot leave the Colony, many of them will rejoin; only ten or twelve have promised to do so yet. Tho detachment from the Mauku has not arrived yet. Am Ito swear in what men I can get, and for how long ? May I take men from Wairoa, Mauku, or Waiuku (Waikato) ? I am waiting an answer. I have to meet some men in town as soon I can get settled with the men.

No. 6. The Hon. T. Russell to Lieutenant Jackson, Drury. (Telegram.) You can swear in what men you can get. They must take service under the Waikato Regulations for three years. You may take men from either of the places you name. Thomas Russell.

No. 7. Captain Jackson to the Hon. T. Russell. (Telegram.) 13th November, 1863. I have been to Wairoa. Did not succeed in getting any men. They have tho same pay as I offer. If you were to allow rations, I think I would be able to gat more. lam on the way to the Mauku and Waiuku. I will wait an answer. I have had many applications from the Waikato Volunteers. * The words "in addition to the ordinary grant" are interlined in original.

CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO A CLAIM MADE BY MAJOR JACKSON TO A GRANT OF LAND.