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III.—Lands, Tribal and otherwise, under Negotiation for Purchase by Government, specifying separately Areas of Blocks, Purchase-money required, Amount and Date of Payment of Deposits or Part Purchase-money, and Reasons for Non-completion of Purchase.

No. District and Block. Area. Purehaseuioney required. Amount of Deposits and Date of B'irst Payment. Beasons for Non-completion of Purchase. 1. 2_ 3. 4. 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 Whangarei — Little Barrier Island Parahirahi Thames — Opitomoko Kuranui Parareka No. 2 .. Waokauri Whangamata No. G Te Aroha Domain Extension Taupo, Bay of Plenty, &c. — Te Tauri Te Koutu Tahorakuri No. 1 Waiwhakaata Wharetataa Kotorua Township Rotomahana Parekarangi Opakau te Pukahu .. Paeroa East and No. 1a East ' Tuhua Island Karewa Island .. Motuotau No. 2.. Papamoa Taumata No. 1 .. No. 2 .. No. 3a No. 3b East No. 3b West .. No. 3c Bast .. No. 3c West .. Kaituna-Tumu .. Otawa No. 1 Tahora No. 2 (part of) Tamaki, Hawke's Bay — Waikorjiro Tiratu*.. Piripiri.. Manawakitoo Taupo, Wellington — Kaimanawa No. 2b Te Matai No. 1 .. Wairarapa — Wairarapa Lakes Hapukorari Reserve Manawatu — Ngawhakaraua .. Wanganui— Otaupari Patea — Kaharoa No. 3 .. Acres. 6,960 5,097 343 302 128 7,402 46 2,000 5,000 260 20 2,220 3,020 167,000 3,620 3,184 3,154 6 1 12,763 3,062 2,279 3,964 1,717 2,470 526 527 5,790 5,000 20,000 3,000 764 1,726 26 9,000 180 390 26 3 5,200 613 456 793 343 495 106 106 36 659 402 501 31 866 222 195 292 26 5 146 8,501 52 31 21 14 8 2,598 246 292 142 296 414 30 47 25 855 322 27 Feb., 1886 29 April, 1886 15 Dec, 1881 8 Oct., 1884 12 Dec., 1873 22 Aug., 1890 22 Sept., 1886 8 Mar., 1886 19 Sept., 1874 21 May, 1889 22 April, 1879 27 June, 1879 16 Oct., 1889 1 May, 1874 1 Dec, 1873 19 Dec, 1890 5 April, 1886 8 July, 1884 3 Dec, 1888 18 Mar., 1886 31 Jan., 1890 Disputed state of title. Awaiting partition of unsold interests. Purchase to be abandoned on advances being repaid. Owners numerous and scattered. Share of one owner unpurchased is restricted during minority by a will. Awaiting partition of unsold interests. Advances were made on a proposed lease. Advances represent a survey-lien to be paid in land when block is partitioned. Portion of larger block, title of which is incomplete. Out of 1,100 shares 1,046 have been acquired. A few remaining owners decline to sell at present. Advances were made on a proposed lease. Title incomplete. Owners very numerous. No particular reason why land should be acquired. Owners scattered. Owners numerous, and at present unwilling to sell. Owners scattered. One owner unwilling at present to sell. Owners numerous ; shares of dissentients awaiting partition. 7 Sept., 1874 13 Jan., 1887 1 Sept., 1879 Owners very numerous. Title incomplete. Owners numerous and scattered. Purchase impracticable at present. 1,252 31 32 33 34 26,590 7,955 17,970 56,072 I Undeterf mined ( 124 19 1 1,013 ( 100 22 Sept., 1886 14 June, 1890 10 Feb., 1890 22 Sept., 1886 Title under rehearing by Native Land Court. Several owners deceased ; successors not yet appointed. Title restricted. Majority of owners at present dissent from sale. Title not yet investigated by Native Land Court. 35 86 27,000 254 225 225 28 Feb., 1888 9 April, 1879 Advances represent survey-lien to be paid in land when block is partitioned. Advances covered a larger area, greater portion of which was subsequently discovered to be Crown lands. 37 38 24,590 1,000 250 1,410 15 12 Feb., 1876 20 Dec, 1886 Title complicated. Want of survey. 39 76 10 10 April, 1873 Purchase to be abandoned. 40 540 455 3 Mar., 1879 Bulk of advances made to persons afterwards found not to be owners. Owners unwilling to sell at present, 41 2,856 500 I 40 7 Mar., 1890 Awaiting appointment of successors to deceased owners.