Maoris of the North Island still own a total of 4,083,057 acres of - land, according to the report of the Native Department, submitted to Parliament recently (reports an exchange). During the past year 70,739 acres passed out of the hands of the Natives, leaving the Native holdings as represented above. Of the 4,000,000 odd acres still controlled by the Maori tribes, • a considerable proportion is in European occupation under leases. During last year 11,028 acres in the Tairawhiti district were leased by the Native owners, and 624 acres were sold. This district, by the way, topped the list of land districts in the matter of mortgages registered during the year, for 7569 acres were mortgaged by Native owners during the year, the nearest figure of Ikaroa, with 1017 acres.-
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Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 64
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