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First, tliat the land shall be sold by auction; one-third cash payable at the fall of the hammer;. one-third at the expiration of one month: and the remaining third at the expiration of twelve months,, when a Crown grant will be issued on the following conditions being complied with:—namely, one-third of the land, if fern, to be cleared and ploughed; or one-third, if bush, to bo cut and ready for burning. Of course the conditions of improvement will have the effect of diminishing the prices bid for land at auction, but I am unable to devise any more certain means of providing labor in the vicinity of the settlements ; and, in my opinion, the loss entailed would be far more than counterbalanced by the relieving of the Government of the necessity of providing for the maintenance of the immigrants. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. I have, <fee. Robert Graham, Superintendent. Enclosure 1 to No. 34. Hokatiu Block. All that piece of hand known as the Horatiu Block, estimated to contain 20,000 acres, and bounded on the north-west by the northern branch of the Mangawara river; on the west and south-west by the Waikato river, to a point on the eastern bank (3) three miles above the junction of rivers at Ngaruawahia; thence on the south-east, by a line bearing N. 41 ° E. eight (8) miles, and thence on the north-east, by a line bearing N. 41 ° W. (3 J-) three and a half miles to the Mangawara river. Excepting sixty-nine suburban allotments, numbered from 0 to 85, lying opposite Ngaruawahia, on the eastern side of the Waikato, and which have been surveyed b} r the General Government. Onewiieeo Block. All the land called the Onewhero Block, estimated to contain 19,000 acres, bounded towards the north by the Waikato river ; towards the cast by a line commencing at Te Awamutu, and running thence to Te Karu o nga moko, thence to Oweruru, to Paperoa, to Papaioiwi, to Purukete, and thence to Te Tapora-o-ngatokorua ; towards the south by a line from Te Tapora-o-nga-tokorua to Te Reioto, thence to Te Moari, to Waiparuparu, thence in a northerly direction to a point north of Tehurua, thence to Waipuna, Ngarua, Ohinekea, Te Kauri, Waiokura, and thence to Kai-a-wharangi; towards the west by a line from Kai-a-wharangi, thence to the Wairoa, to Hurahura, Kaiaiia, and thence passing through Waiwaiia swamp to the AVaikato river. Kerikeju or Pukeki-wiriki Block. All that piece of land known as the Kerikeri Block, near Papakura, containing about 2730 acres, and bounded on the north by the Wairoa road, and by Lot No. 3, parish of Opaheke, and by Lots No. 27, 28, 29, and 30, parish of Ilunua ; on the east by a Government reserve, and by Lots Nos. 33 and 34 of the parish of Hunua, and by a road; on the south by a road, and by Lot No. 143, parish of Hunua, and by Lot No. 52, parish of Opaheke ; and on the west by a road, and by Lot No. 18, parish of Opaheke, by the Great South Koad, and by a Church of England school reserve. Wahi Block. All that piece of land known as the Wahi Block, estimated to contain 1000 acres, and bounded on the east by the Waikato river; on the north by the Wahi stream and lake ; on the west by the Wahi lake and swamp ; and on the S. by a line running S. 70 ° W. from the Coal Village landing-place-— (120) one hundred and twenty chains. Enclosure 2 to No. 34. Chief .Tuihie. Native Land Court, to the SupEiuvrENi>Evr, Auckland. Sir,— Native Land Court Office, April 3rd, 1865. In reply to your Honor's letter of the Ist instant (Saturday), I have the honor to state that I expect by the next mail from Wellington to have the service of Messrs. Rogan and Mackay rendered available for the business of this Court; and if that expectation is fulfilled, the blocks of land hereunder mentioned will be disposable under the New Zealand Settlements Act, for sale or otherwise, on the dates mentioned :—Pukekohe, 24th April; Waiuku (2), 24th April; Tuakau, 14th May ; Pokeno, 14th May. Of course there is no impediment at present to surveys and preparations for sale. I have, Ac, His Honor the Superintendent. F. D. Fenton, Chief Judge. No. 35. The SuPEnrs'TEXDEJCT, Auckland, to the Hon. the Colonial Secretart. Sib, — Waikato Settlement Office, Auckland, April 3rd, 1805. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 25th instant, informing me, in reference to engagements made with the newly-arrived immigrants, that the General Government have come to the conclusion that it will be impossible to continue such employment after the last day of April next, and requesting me to inform the immigrants accordingly; also, that the Sub-Treasuror at Auckland will be instructed to discontinue payments on the above account after the expiration of the same period. I have likewise received a letter from the Sub-Treasurer enclosing an extract from his instructions, by which he is informed that no wages or rations are to be given to immigrants who are located on their land after the 30th of April next ensuing, and directing him to give the parties notice. The two sets of notices have accordingly been issued, notwithstanding their seeming discrepancy. In your letter to myself, dated Auckland, 4th January, 1865, you observe that—" One main principle to be borne in mind, is, that engagements entered into with these immigrants, by the Government, should be scrupulously fulfilled." E

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