Taranaki. New Plymouth. 4th. December 1847. Sir, I do myself the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letters numbered and dated, (Nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60) the separate contents and replies to which shall receive at an early opportunity my particular consideration and attention. I have etc., etc., etc., (Signed) Donald McLean. Inspector of Police. To:- The Honourable The Colonial Secretary. Taranaki, New Plymouth December 4th. 1847 Sir, I do myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 20th, ulto., instructing me that as there are some arrangements in progress of adjustment, between Her Majesty's Government and the New Zealand Company, - the precise nature of which the Governor is not at present acquainted with, - it is expedient that all further arrangements with the natives for the purchase of land should be for the present suspended, and