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Enclosure 1 in No. 5. This agreement, entered into this twelfth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, showeth that we, the persons the names of whom are hereunder written, have consented to sell to Thomas Eussell, Esquire, of Auckland, all our piece of land known as Hungahunga, at Te Pae o Turawaru, commencing at the Governor's line at Te TJrahau, thence to Wharawhara, where the boundary of the lands of Ngatimaru is reached ; thence along the line which is disputed by Ngatimaru, until the boundary of Waiharakeke is reached, thence along the edge of the swamp to the boundary of Turangamoana; thence it crosses to the north side of Taramoarahi until it strikes the boundary of Matamata, thence along the line of Matamata until it reaches the boundary of the Governor's land at Te Urahau. The payment of that land is to be two shillings per acre. We have received one hundred pounds in money, and when the title is investigated the balance is to be paid. In witness of our consent, we have written our names. TrKEirtrA. Hanoiea, his x mark. Keeeama. Haimona. Witnesses —Lewis B. Harris. Eaihi. J. W. Preece. Hamioea. Correct translation of original agreement.—James Mackat. —6th August, 1876.

(Indobsement.) Ngaruawahia, 13th March, 1873. Eeceited by me, on the land mentioned on the other side as Hungahunga, the sum of thirty-five pounds ; and I consent to the terms of this sale, as written on the other side hereof. Na Eiki. (Stamp.) (£30.) Ngaruawahia, 13th March, 1873. Eeceived by me, thirty pounds in money (£3O) on the land sold, within this document, as Te Hungahunga ; and 1 consent to the terms of this document, as written on the other side hereof. Penetito. (Stamp.) (£5.) Eeceived by me, five pounds, on the land which is written within this document. (Stamp.) Haeete Tamihana. Correct translation. —James Mackat.—6th August, 1876.

Enclosure 2 in No. 5. This agreement, written and agreed to this eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, showeth, that we, the persons who have signed our name 3 below, agree to sell Thomas Eussell our land known as "VVaiharakeke. The payment for that land is to be three shillings per acre; and we have this day received thirty pounds in money on that land; and on the day when the conveyance is executed according to law, after the investigation, Ihen the balance is to be paid. The boundaries of that land commence at Huakaramu, on the River Waihou ; thence to the westward along the boundary of Te Aroha, as decided by the Court for Marutuahu ; thence to the boundary of Te Pae-o-Turawara; thence by the east side of the Mangapouri Swamp to the boundary of Turangamoana ; thence turning towards Waihou and along the boundary of Turangamoana; thence by the Eiver Waihou to Huakaramu. And we consent to have the title to the land investigated by the Native Land Court; when that is completed, we will write a document conveying the land to Tliomas Eussell and his heirs. This is all. The witness of our consent to this agreement is the signing of our names. HOTEEENE TAMIHANA. Witness to signatures — Ebtjeti Hoeoini. Saml. J. Edwards, Tana te Wahaeoa. Licensed Interpreter. Witness to signatures— John Leaning. Correct translation of original agreement. —James Mackat.—Bth June, 1876.

Enclosure 3 in No. 5. (Stamp.) This document, made the fifteenth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour, by Te Baihi, Pipi Hurawai, Hoani Tuwhakaraima, Te Kereama, Hotorua, Wirihana, Matenga, Hori Neri, Penetito, Maka, Kere, Te Mauwhau, of Ngatiteoro, of Ngatirangi, and Ngatitawhake (hapus) of Matamata, New Zealand, on the one part, and Henry Alley, of Hikutaia, New Zealand, of the other part. Now, we, the Maori persons the names of whom .ire above, sell a piece of land known by the name of Hungahunga, lying between Waihou and Waitoa, within these boundaries, commencing at the Wharawhara, proceeding thence to Matikara, to Ohoia, to Puawataikaramea, to Pukewhau, to Takatuparu, to Oliiohi; turning thence and proceeding to Otereinga, where it strikes the boundary of Aratiatia, thence proceeding to Kaihoata; thence crossing and turning to the line of Taramoarahi No. 2 ; thence proceeding to Waitukuhinau ; thence turning to the line of the Governor, and following that line until it joins at Te Wharawhara; containing six thousand acres more or less, to