C—No. a.

RETURN OF NATIVE LANDS FOR WHICH NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN COMMENCED.

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DISTRICT. BLOCK. CONTENTS. AGREEMENT. PAID. UNPAID. REMARKS. Auckland Takou Toatoa Kawakawa 2,500 acres 1,500 „ 700 „ 2s. per acre Bush £3 10a. Fern 10s. pr. acre 3s. per acre 2s ■ia< jj £25 £50 Ah Whangarei Toatoa Mangatete (part of) ... 8,200 „ 3,863 „ None. "VVairua 3,500 „ estimated 40,000 acres estimated 15,000 acres estimated None, depends upon acreage and quality Price not settled. Survey made but not plotted Wairua Coast Block ... Do. do. Do. Wellington South Wananeke do. Do. Do. Surveyed. Wi Waka's "VVangaehu "VVainuiorou and Korarau Pouawatea WiTuritara Wainuinui Kakimingi Kumurau Motukaitoutae "Whangaoliu ... Wainuioru Eketahuna Ngawaiparu ... Several other blocks ... Arawaru Aopapa and Tawaroa ... Two blocks Muhumoa Huripuhau Rangitikei and Manawatu 4,000 acres 4,500 „ 8,000 „ 150 „ 300 „ Doubtful 100,000 acres Made. jj j> >j jj jj jj u »j j> £90 £25 £400 £150 £25 £800 £200 £200 £100 £5 £10 £210 £375 About £100 Nil. JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ »> jj jj M jj 1 » I The payment made by Mr. Cooper was to adjust disputes onoldpurehnscs. jj )) jj £150 £300 £65 ? £50? £1GO? £300? £180 £55 Nil. Not surveyed. jj j> »» 75,000 „ 30,000 ., j> >» jj jj >» »j jj £1000 jj 200,000 „ j> j» Nil. Formally handed over for sale by the three tribes