THE TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Saturday. The following appears in the Post this Evening, coming from a correspondent at Napier : —•"The Native Linda Court, which has been sitting for a long time at Taupo, in reference to the gift of a national park of 65,000 acres, confirms the fizzle that was predicted. Instead of the block of country as delineated in the beautifully coloured map got out by the Native Lands Department being presented to the Government as a token of love to Mr." Ballanoe and in admiration for him, the Maoris have given 9000 acres in all, in three detached blocks, namely, a radius of a mile and a-half from the centre of Ngauruhoe crater and a radius of a mile from the centre of Tongariro and Kuapehu respectively. The gift is absolutely valueless, or it would not have been presented. But how many thousands of pounds it has cost the country to obtain kudos for the Native Minister will probably never be ascertained."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8063, 26 September 1887, Page 5
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169THE TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8063, 26 September 1887, Page 5
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