 In return the company would relinquish its claim to 20 million acres.He also promised the company a discount—at a level to be decided later—for a purchase from the government of 50,000 acres.The company began providing figures to the Colonial Office of its total outgoings, which included £20,000 paid to the 1825 company and £40,000 paid to the New Zealand Colonisation Company of 1838 as well as £5250 paid for the "Tory".