TUCKING COUNTRY. ,

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 582, 10 August 1909, Page 8

THE KING COUNTRY.

' NATIVE LAND MATTERS. INTERESTING OFFICIAL FIGURES.' <■ .r. Figures 'showing the progress of Native. : land :matter.3 ia the King Country,' or Aotea- ' Eohepotaa'district, have been prepared, under j • • instructions -from the v Hon. ■J. . Carroll, . Acting-Primo Minister, .It is stated that, v when the' Native Land Court endeavoured to ■; ascertain tho area in 1886, the ■ total , was fixed ; at 1;844,750 acres, and - of this there ■ now only remains-61,400 atres which have not boon dealt- with.for-settlement or for other profitabk iuso. r The area actually, alienated ■ is jas followsßy 'sale.- 842,665 acres; vest-. •. ing in. lieu of : liens, • 29,178 "acres ; -veoeiuc reserves,. 257:■ acres; private purchase, 18,056 .acres;, total, : 890,157 acres.. Apart • .from .tho* 61,400 acres, tuero is an area of > 893,221 acres -.which, has: boon allocated for ' 'use,- while 5 - still ..remaining■< the property.: of ■ the Natives, m tho.following waysLonicd i;i'for/ pastoral ■ purposes, . 286/452 acres; leased; ;;.'for timber-cutting, 126,131 : acres; - Native -a townships;* 1459 acres; tho. balance having been dealt'.with ; by 'the Native -Land Com-:-/i,mission, has '/allotted-/it as follows v For: Maori; occupation, '163,523 acros;. leasing by /■ puhhc:; -auction,:. 240,034 acrcs; sale .by public auction,; 65,622 .acres. ■ sffi:/EeprMe^atives'of the/Ngati Hikiro tribe, 1 ' which occupies. tliQ Kawliia district, 'hare ' asked that tho restrictions ba removed from :-.-/!^ir , ..laitlsi i LMd>-haye'reipresMd::'themsplveß : */v as willing'.:to pay rates if this is done. ; Tlio Land > Court, is -to. investigate- next: -'.month tho 't-itlo- fo the Moerangi Block of :■'-. 45,000 aeresji between Kawhia and Raglan; Fifteon thousand acres of the To Akau Block, north' of.-, Raglan, were;-purchased:,by.>tho j.' Grown last vcar, and it, is anticipated that 4ort;selecfton.;pn ,'the : optional sVstem m October ': . The i Minister,- speaking, to .-a ■ reporter yes-. ■■■>''today,,-replied; to > a . charge . against .tho -Nat; : 'adihirii'stratipn, v Whibh' 'had - Keen 1 ■ made by Mr. . G. A. Jackson, surveyor, and ;;/had^bMn\itjl^raptod^^ ;;/ charge;'/had 1 ; to a''bhwk/pfr-King' instructed -him -to survey, and ho gave a . circumstantial v account -u:of. :.r inconvemonco "himself' to; /aifti applicay) tion made by lum his : replyy tho' n heanng .of the caso referred to by Mr,; JackiV spiip./watf/not' y. -lis . stated"' b£ : :tho' latter,.''so / that. tho. Maoris • Were notf.Brought to Auckland at their, own ■l - result. - On the.' date 'men-. . ; tionedj-!Jiinc.-9, -the- case .was : notified- for CoiVrt;; ; .rat >Te ;"J£uitiTilo ■•Native,. ois-ner-t'wlw" had • r'. arranged>'.for. Jlr. ;R; C.\. Jordan;, to; do .the '^BU^e^iattgiidctt'^tli©lQßarfc^";aho^ed/-**hat-'Was : requiredjvand had the) -Accessary .amendments '-matter'. was-: completed/-vrith-/;6u£ i -fisKer :i^i:oublb/;'.£n^ .'was.one between. Mr. Jackson and the Native ounors Jj-fcliivreferenceto~ia.-general r complaint';by.. i^Jfc^S^i^ks<®.vfcli9t-/iii l vhaU.i4h®':^ryeya%fj i;foiiiiVl ■'the judges-/wore, '.'a 1 . ]ot--of ; :tpminy-rotj".;.tli» Minister said: "On jjosition i/as.. far •/• as vthe : Auckland. ; district is conccrncd,' I-. find that out, of .isl7'.authorities' issued- during tho : <)uly/tpeiity/thr<d.;have bieen necessity, for, the minority of 1 these "was the natural Jea- . tures. of,, thb icofintcy .requiring, tho partition lines to bo amended " * •-