 Company representatives in London attempted to challenge the legality of Spain's inquiry and instructed William Wakefield that he should not answer to it.Spain, who was given a price scale that determined arbitrarily what each purchase should have been worth, concluded each of his investigations into the validity of the New Zealand Company purchases by announcing how much land they would be rewarded.The company was awarded 151,000 acres (61,155ha)at Nelson after a payment of £800 but the claim on the Wairau valley was rejected.