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1933. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT. WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO MAORI LAND DISTRICT. MANIAPOTO GROUP.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Leave.

The Hon. the Native Minister, Wellington. Native Department, 17th October, 1933. Herewith are reports from the Supervisor of the Maniapoto Group of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Native Land Development Schemes (Mr. P. H. Jones) covering the development work carried out on the various schemes within the group during the year ended 31st March, 1933. R. N. Jones, Under-Secretary.

REPORTS.

KAWHIA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME. (See Plan 8, G.-10.) (Report dated 24th July, 1933.) In submitting a report on this scheme, I must first clearly state that due to various reasons my knowledge of the activities in this area have been the result of brief visits to Kawhia in connection with special matters, and from information given to me by Mr. W. R. Edwards, the recently appointed Foreman. Mv detailed reports on the units are therefore to be read with the above reservation, especially with regard to the Moerangi areas, excepting Whareiaia Moke and Hone Paki, whose sections I have inspected on each of my visits. The other Moerangi blocks are 00 the beaten track, and to inspect them properly would have taken up more time than I could spare on the occasions of my visits to Kawhia. When assembling the data for this report, I have also gone through the files, and beg to report as follows: — Commencement of Development Operations.—Development operations commenced on this scheme on the 4th June, 1931, with twelve approved units, and the blocks included comprised a total area of 4,241 acres 2 roods 18-2 perches.

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