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NOTICE.
Post Office, Wellington,
9th September, 1841.

NOTICE is Hereby Given, that letters will
be transmitted overland from Wellington
to Wanganui by Post, every alternate Monday,
commencing on Monday, the 20th instant: and
from Wanganui to Wellington, on the interme-
diate Mondays, commencing on the 27th instant.

The rate of postage will be as follows:
For a single letter one shilling.
For a double letter two shillings.
For all other letters or parcels weighing one
ounce or upwards, at the rate of three shillings
and sixpence per ounce.

All letters designed for overland carriage must
be marked on the outside "overland;" or they
will be transmitted by sea, as opportunities occur,
subject to the usual charges of sea-postage.

All newspapers will be forwarded free of post-
age by sea, unless marked "overland;" in which
case they will be subject to a charge of three
pence each.

W. B. D. MANTELL,
Postmaster.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
12th October, 1841.

HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to direct that the following letter,
addressed to the Agent of the New Zealand Com-
pany, be published for general information.

By bis Excellency's Cammand,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Wellington,
5th September, 1841.

SIR,-Understanding that some doubt is enter-
tained as to the intentions of the Government
with respect to the Lands claimed by the New
Zealand Company, in reference both to the right
of pre-emption vested in the Crown, and to con-
flicting interests between the Company and other
purchasers.

It may be satisfactory for you to know that the
Crown will forego its right of pre-emption to the
lands comprised within the limits laid down in
the accompanying schedule, and that the Com-
pany will receive a Grant of all such Lands as
may, by any one, have been validly purchased
from the Natives, the Company compensating all
previous purchasers according to a scale to be
fixed by a Local Ordinance.

You are at liberty to give the utmost publicity
to this communication.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,
(Signed) W. HOBSON.

To W. Wakefield, Esq.

SCHEDULE OF LANDS ABOVE REFERRED TO,

TOWN OF WELLINGTON, containing (1,100)
eleven hundred acres, in sections of one acre each,
numbered from 1 to 1,100 on the Company's
Plan.

TOWN DISTRICT, including Karoi and Ohiro,
containing (5,000), five thousand acres, more or
less, in sections numbered on the said Plan 2, 3,
and 5 to 52 consecutively, Nos. 1 and 4 being
Crown Reserves.

HARBOUR DISTRICT, containing (6900) six
thousand nine hundred acres, more or less, in
sections numbered from 1 to 69 on the said
Plan.

WATT'S PENINSULA, containing (1200) twelve
hundred acres. more or less, numbered on the said
Plan from 1 to 11 and 13, No. 12 being a
Crown Reserve.

PORIRUA DISTRICT, containing (10,600) ten
thousand six hundred acres, more or less, num-
bered from 1 to 106 on the said Plan.

HUTT DISTRICT, containing (6400) six thou-
sand four hundred acres, numbered from 1 to 64
on the said Plan.

Seventy-eight thousand eight hundred (78,800)
acres, more or less, to be surveyed and allotted
by the said Company, in the neighbourhood of
Port Nicholson, the boundaries of which neigh-
bourhood are thus declared, viz:-

THE RIVER "MANAWATU," from its mouth
upwards to the parallel of the Wahins and Tara-
rua ranges, from thence by the summit of the
Tararua range, extending in a general direction
about South to the River Hutt, from thence by a
line bearing south, by compass, to the summit of
the "Turakirai" range, which forms the eastern
boundary of the valley of the River Hutt, to the
sea at Baring Head.

Fifty thousand (50,000) acres, more or less,
to be surveyed and allotted by the said Com-
pany, in the neighbourhood of New Plymouth,
the boundaries whereof are as follows, viz :-

THE COAST LINE FROM "SUGAR-LOAF POINT,"
extending in a northerly direction ten miles in
direct distance; from thence, a line at right
angles with the coast line, eight miles; from
thence, by a line parallel with the coast line,
ten miles; and then by a line parallel with the
northern boundary to the sea coast at Sugar-Loaf
Head.

Fifty thousand (50,000) acres, more or less,
to be surveyed and allotted by the said Company
at Wanganui, the boundaries whereof are as fol-
low, viz : -

The Sea Coast commencing one mile westward
from the mouth of the River Wanganui, and ex-
tending from that point ten miles eastward along
the coast; from thence a line bearing north by
compass, eight miles; then by a line bearing west
ten miles; and from thence by a line bearing south
to the coast.

FELTON MATTHEW,
SURVEYOR-GENERAL.

1st September, 1841.