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Details of State Forests— continued.

Reserve No. Area. Forest. Milling-tii If in If containing Felled Natural Milling- | and sold on State. timber. Royalty. Forest. Milling-timber. irnber. Remaining. Burnt. Area. Grassed. Area. Replanted. Survey District. Remarks. AUCK ,AND LAN! D DISTRICT — continued. Acres. 3,510 j Yes .. I Yes ... j Sup. Ft. i Sup. Ft. 500,000 Acres. Acres. Acres. 10 Waoku, Blocks IX and X High rough country, access difficult; suitable for climatic purposes. Native bush, towai, tawa, rata, &c. High land, part broken and part fern. Situated west coast. Contains about 65,000,000 ft, kauri, of which about 5,000,000 ft. is dry. High land. Soil mostly poor. Altitude, from 200 ft. to 1,800 ft. 590 acres green bush. Marketable timber measured and ready for disposal. Timber, kauri, part dry. Timber chiefly kauri and kahikatea. Light native bush. 11 12 II! Waoku, Block XII Punakitere, Blocks IX and XIII Waipoua, Blocks I, II, III, IV, VII, VIII .. 150 928 22,640 No Yes '.'. 65,000,000 "300 Very little • 18 19 Opuawhanga, Blocks V and VIII Whangarei, Blocks I and II 2,195 1,369 No 3,389,715 300,000 150,000 1,600 1,000 •• 20 22 23 24 25 Whangarei, Block VII Purua, Block XI Purua, Block I Purua, Block I Mangakahia, Block IV; Mototau, Block XVI 854 1,580 163 180 576 Yes No 300,000 1,500,000 50 No Yes 2,114,695 400,000 200 200 Held under grazing-lease for fourteen years. Timbers remaining, chiefly rimu and kahikatea. Held under grazing-lease, year to year. Kauri worked out, remaining timber mostly kahikatea. Milling-timber worked out; held under year-to-year lease. Kauri worked out, other timbers of no commercial value. Marketable timber all worked out. High steep country (Maunganui Bluff), covered with scrub and light native bush. High country, part broken, soil fair. No report; timber supposed to be cut out. Some scattered rimu ; 43 acres felled for road purposes, remainder native bush. 26a 27 Mangakahia, Block VIII Mangakahia, Blocks X and XIV 277 2,054 No Yes 4,169,834 3,500.000 • 100 50 50 28 Maungatapere Parish, Block V .. 883 No 900,000 500 30 Waipu and Mareretu, Blocks I, IV, and XII 7,225 317,965 4,000 3,000 31 34 Mareretu Waipoua, Block XII 382 754 Yes 198,000 36 44a 47 Tangihua, Block VII .. Opaheke, Otau Parish, Blocks XI and XII.. Karioi Parish, Block X .. 6,265 500 640 No Yes 11,157,746 1,165,430 300 Yes No 36 Totals 234,824 154,170,092 234,792,402 22,111 7,650 1,618 ! 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1