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claims ; and he found a letter from Mr. Spain, dated 
17 days before, offering him an opportunity, before he 
should depart for Auckland, of resuming the negotia- 
tion at the precise point where it had left off in May. 
Colonel Wakefield immediately laid his whole cor- 
respondence relating to the matter, whether with the 
Directors or with the Commissioner and the other 
local authorities, before the settlers. 
And although the intelligence as yet arrived from 
England was anything but satisfactory, — the Company, 
on the contrary, being engaged in an angry dispute 
with the Colonial Office, and their operations being still 
suspended, — he agreed to re-open the negotiation exactly 
where it had left off, and wrote to Mr. Spain and Mr. 
Clarke junior to that effect. Referring to the latter's 
letter of the 23rd of May, claiming 1500/., he thus 
concluded his announcement to the referee on the part 
of the natives : — 
" I am now ready to proceed upon the basis proposed 
*' in that letter, viz., ' that we should include all claims 
" ' of the natives resident within the limits described in 
" ' the New Zealand Company's Port Nicholson deed ;' 
" from which I infer that you have waived your objec- 
" tion to a cessation of the pas and cultivated grounds, 
" with a view to inspire confidence in the minds of the 
" settlers, and re-establish a good understanding with 
" the natives. I must repeat what I have stated in a 
" former letter, that I cannot hold the Company re- 
" sponsible for any settlement that shall not be final 
" and conclusive." 
On the same day, two letters passed, one from Mr. 
Spain demanding, and one from Colonel Wakefield, 
giving an assurance that the amount of compensation 
should be paid when Mr. S})ain's final award as umpire 
should be made, at the conclusion of each case. 
