SUMMARY OF PURCHASES EFFECTED FROM 1st MARCH, 1856, TO 30th JUNE, 1856, AND FROM 1st JULY, 1856, TO 31st MARCH, 1858.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1858 Session I, C-01

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NATIVE LAND PUKCHASES.

SUMMARY OF PURCHASES EFFECTED FROM 1st MARCH, 1856, TO 30th JUNE, 1856, AND FROM 1st JULY, 1856, TO 31st MARCH, 1858.

( Presented to the House by command of His Excellency, May 25th, and ordered to be printed.)

AUCKLAND: 185 8.

¥ATIYE LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT,

SUMMARY OP PURCHASES EFFECTED FROM Ist MARCH, 1856, TO 30th JUNE, 1856. ■■ 1 I— ■ —< ; ___ , , if Number of Acres purchased ... „ JJil. Note.—At this period the General Assembly were sitting, and no sums were paid on account of Land Purchase! during the three months specified above.

SUMMARY OF PURCHASES EFFECTED FROM 1st JULY, 1856, TO 31st MARCH, 1858.

PROVINCE. Extent in Acres.i Sums Paid. Sums Payable. TOTAL. £ *. d. £ s. d. £ 5. d. Province of Auckland— 2,615 0 0 Bay of Islands District "115,362 2,615 0 0 Wangarei District 72,856 3,320 0 O 3,320 0 0 Auckland ditto 20,005 980 0 0 70 0 0 1,050 0 0 Thames and Piako District 15,362 555 0 0 355 0 0 910 0 0 Kaipara District 146,088 3,775 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,775 0 0 Total 369,673 11,245 0 0 1,425 0 0 12,670 0 0 Province of Wellington ... 402,000 11,900 0 0 300 0 0 12,200 0 0 771,673 23,145 0 0 1,725 0 0 24,870 0 0 Note.—Payments amounting to six hundred pounds (one hundred pounds being period of the following returns by Mr. Hamilton on account of the claims of the res portion of the Akaroa District which Mr. Mantell endeavoured to settle,; the Nati\ accept of the terms proposed. These payments are not included in the following returns, as they were consi arrangements entered into prior to the date, 5th July, 1850, from which the return were called for by the House of Representatives. still due) have bee sident Natives to K ces, however, wouh idered to be merclj is of the Land Pun sn made during the iaiapoi; and to a Id not at that time y in completion of ■chase Department Di ONALD McLI Chief C EAN, Commissioner.

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Province of Auckland.

NO. 1.—BAY OF ISLANDS DISTRICT. District where Date of Extent in Acres. Dates of payments made. Dates of payments to be made Sums payTotal of each Tribe from whom purchased. Commissioner situated. Purchase. Description of Land. Sums paid. able. purchase. negotiating, Remarks. I I I Bay of Islands. Sept. 17,1856 I £ s. d. £ s. d. H.T. Kemp Final and complete cession of this Block. Well timbered; accessible by land and water. Oruru, Sept. 17,1856 ! 350 0 0 350 0 0 Ngapuhi 5,000 Fertile Taraire Dec. 22 4,000 Forest and open land Deo. 22 300 0 0 300 0 0 Ngatiuru " Whakapaku, 3,000 Fertile 200 0 0 200 0 0 Tahawai » Open Sheep Country. Okokako, i April 3,1857 200 Fertile April 3,1857 35 0 0 35 0 0 ISTgaitawake I n Good laud, favourably situated. Muriwhenua, Feb. 3, 1858 86,885 Open Grazing Country Fob. 3, 1858 1,100 0 0 1,100 0 0 Jtarawa it Open country; accessible from East or West Coast. Open country; accessible by the liangaunu Harbour. Joins the Oruru Block on the Coast. Wharemaru, 13,555 Do. do. 400 O 0 400 0 0 Earawa it Otengi, ,.,., 2,722 Do. do. ... 230 0 0 ... • ■• Ngapuhi it 230 0 0 115,362 2,615 0 0 2,615 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner,

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No. II.—WHANGAREI DISTRICT.

\ Date of Extent in Acres. Date of Payments made. Dates of payments to be made. Sums payTotal of each Tribe from i whom purchased. Commissioner District where Description of Land. Sums paid. ' Remarks. Situated. Purchase. able. purchase. negotiating. | I i . I I £ s. d. "Whangarei Dis1 March 13, \ 1S57 ) Mar. 1,1858 £ s. d :: 1 Ngapuhi ■! McLean and Johnson Pakiri, Mar. 13, 1857 38,000 Agricultural and timber land, two small harbours, and two navigable rivers; fine kauri 270 0 0 800 0 0 1,070 0 0 ■ • Kaurihohore, June 8 4,790 Excellent agricultural land adjoins the settlement at Whangarei; accessible by good roads; partly forest; level and well watered Parahaki, June 8 June 8, 1857 550 0 0 550 0 0 J. G. Johnson Poor and hilly; situation good; adjoins the settlementat Whangarei; good kauri timber; accessible by navigable rivers .. )» 4,481 Whareora, June 23 June 8 200 0 0 2 GO 0 0 :i 4,939 Very fair land, suitable for agricultural or pastoral purposes; most accessible from the Ngunguru river Jane 23 250 0 0 250 0 0 » Tamaterau October 2 3,820 Agricultural; excellent quality; frontage toWhangarei harbour; back range covered with valuable timber land, well watered November 6 October 2 200 0 0 200 0 0 j» Kaiwa,. 1,372 A peninsula, surrounded by deep water, running into Whangarei harbour; good soil and timber Mata, Feb. 2, 1858 11,108 November 6 200 0 0 • ■ 200 0 0 >• >» Agricultural and pastoral; hilly, with water frontage to a navigable branch of WhangarcUiarbour; well watered and well timbered Feb. 2,1858 »j )» Mahe Agricultural; frontage to Whangarei harbour 600 0 0 • ■ 600 0 0 Limestone formation. Feb. 23 1,646 Feb. 23 100 0 0 100 0 0 Limestone formation. Whauwhau, Feb. 23 1,351 Agricultural and timber land .. Feb. 23 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 Adjoins Sir S. 0. Gibbes' property. The Awaroa, purchased originally from the Natives by Messrs. Gorrie and Grcenbill, was exchanged for Scrip with the Crown; it was surveyed andreassumedby the Govern - ment without further payment Kamo, Feb. 23 296 Agricultural; richest volcanic soil Feb. 23 50 0 0 50 0 0 s» - Awaroa 1,053 72,856 3,320 0 0 3,320 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner,

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No. III.—AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

District where Date of Extent in Acres. Dates of PayDate of Payments to be made. Sums Total of each Tribe from whom purchased. Commissioner Situated. Purchase. Description of Land. ments madeSums paid. Payable. Purchase. negociating. Remarks. Auckland. Dec. 6, 1856 £ «■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Great Barrier, Dec. 6, 1856 15,000 200 0 0 Mangatawhiri, ... July 23,1857 1,200 Sept. 1857 30 0 0 70 0 0 300 0 0 Level, heavily wooded, agricultural land, July 23 Sept. 23 200 0 0 10 0 0 210 0 0 Kgatikoro Payment made to settle disputed boundaries of Kama Rama Block, and also right of road by the Karaka. [Kakaramea,] - Papakura, 5 Oct. 21 110 0 0 110 0 0 Matakawau, Dec. 6, 1857 5 0 0 5 0 0 OnewherowherO,... Jan. 6, 1857 300 Jan. 6 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ngatiwhatua Puketapu, Oct. 22 " 3.500 Oct. 22 Nov. 30 330 0 0 70 0 0 i I 400 0 0 Bounded on three sides by the Manukau Block. 980 0 0 70 0 0 1050 0 0 20,005 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner.

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No. IV.—THAMES AND PIAKO DISTRICT.

District where Date of Extent in Acres. Description of Land. Date of PaySums paid. Date of payments to be made. Sums Total of each Tribe from whom purchased. Commissioner Remarks, Situated. Purchase. ments made. Payable. Purchase. negotiating. ! 1 Thames & Piako. 1857. 1857. £ s. d. £ s, d- £ s. d. Ngatirawhea; This purchase extinguishes Ngatipaoa claims between north boundary of land already purchased, and Ngatimaru boundary. Adjoins former purchase, and takes in all river frontage of Piako. This purchase takes all the river frontage claimed by Tipa Takurua and others. Available river frontage ; a most desirable piece. TeNge, , Nov. 23 1,200 Average land Nor. 23 110 0 0 110 0 0 G. W.D.Hay Te Matai, . Nov. 20 2,500 Average land Nov. 20 100 0 0 60 0 0 160 0 0 Ngatitikonga Kopatutai . Nov. 25 2,000 Swampy, but good with slight drainage Nov. 25 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto Te Ara tohua Nov. 17 2 000 . Well timbered Nov. 17 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ngatipaoa TeWhanake Dec. H 450 Ditto Dec. 14 20 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 Ngatitikonga Te Waikokoai, ... Mangakahika, Kohatuanoa, Nov. 27 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Nov. 24 450 5,000 450 Good average land Good agricultural land Poor land TTorest land Nov. 27 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Nov. 24 20 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 250 0 0 30 0 0 Ngatipaoa Ngatirawhea Ngatiwhanaunga Ngatipaoa Opposite Te Nge on the east bank of Piako extending to the Waitoa. In extension of Piako purchases southward. East bank of Piako, seven miles from mouth. West bank of Thames, ten miles from mouth. In extension of Hotukiwi towards Te Awaiti, a tributary of the Piako, running in by Te Kerepehi. Hotukiwi, 412 20 0 0 20 0 0 Taurikomou, Nov. 24 900 ] [ ■Forest land,available for cultivation 70 0 0 70 0 0 Te Whakatohea 15,362 555 0 0 ••» 355 0 0 910 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner.

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No. V.—KAIPARA DISTRICT.

District where Date of Extent in Acres. Date of PayDate of payments to be made. Sums Total of each Tribe from whom purchased jCommissioner Situated. Purchase. Description of Land. ments made. Sams paid. payable. Purchase. negociating. Kemarks. I Kaipara District. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Waikiekie 12,000 Forest land. Oct. 30,1856 > 400 0 0 400 0 0 Tatarariki Mrch 28,1857 Undulating fern and grass land, good soil. D, McLean 12,000 Mrch 28,1857 ' 350 0 0 350 0 0 Te Uriohau John Rogan Okahu Not. 23,1857 16,000 Undulating fern and forest land, good soil. Nor. 23,1857 ' 500 0 0 500 0 0 Te Ika a ranganui Feb. 20,1858 8,000 Good agricultural land. Feb. 20, 1858 ij 500 0 0 I 500 0 0 ! I TeUnohau& Ngatiwhatua Te Uriohau Matakohe March 3 68,000 15,000 acres marsh land, good agricultural soil near Arapaoa; dense forest inland March 3 2000 0 0 2800 0 0 Waiparaheka Oct £4,1857 88 Oct. 24,1857 25 0 0 25 0 0 STgatiwhatua Oruawharo 30,000 1000 o 0 Te Uriohau 146,088 3775 0 0 1000 0 0 4775 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner.

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Province of Wellington.

District where Date of Extent in Acres. Date of payments made. Dates of payments to be made. Sums Total oi each Tribe from whom purchased. Commissioner Kern arks. situated. Purchase. Description of Land. Sums paid. payable. purchase. negociatiug. I I __ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Maraekakaho Nov. 20, 1856 3o,oao Plains and hills; agricultural and pastoral Nov. 20,1856 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 Ngatikahungunu G. S. Cooper Otaranga April 15,1857 50,000 Chiefly hilly; pastoral land April 15, 1857 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 Ngatiteupokoiri Natives for claims on Aorangi, i July 4 1,300 0 0 1,300 0 0 McLean and Cooper f This payment was made to put an end to a quarrel respecting the division of the money previously paid. Te Hapuku has undertaken <j to refund £1000 of this sum out of future sales. — Vide. Chief Commissioner's report, J 14th and 31st July, 1857. i The cost to the Government, is only £300. Otaranga, i> and Maraekakaho Manga a Rangipeke Ruataniwha January 3 and June 29 i 10,000 (■Hilly land, intersected by numel rous small streams; good soil; ( agricultural and pastoral January 3 150 0 0) June 29 500 0 0 j Dec. 31,1856 40 0 0 ) July 13, 1857 3,000 0 0 ] i 650 0 0 >: M f The first payment of £150 was made in Auckland, and represented about 5000 acres. The sale was repudiated by claimants on the spot, and <j it was at last settled that for £500, they were to relinquish all title to the lands at first sold, and throw in about I 5000 acres more, including valuable timber. Euahino Bush Block 1 Dec. 31, 1856 Chiefly forest land, skirted by \ow hills and grassy terraces, running back to spurs offRuahine range 100,000 j 3,040 0 0 y> )) ' This is not a complete purchase. The payment was made to secure the consent of certain Chiefs, but negociations suspended in consequence of the war. Ruataniwha I Chiefly yaluable timber, totara forest, flanked by grassy plains 10 0 0 *t »» unknown! Dec. 31,1856 10 0 0 i Puahanui I Aug. 3, 1857 12,000 Grassy plains, with totara timber, rich soil, good agricultural and pastoral land Aug. 3, 1857 900 0 0 J j 1,000 0 0 J 1 1858 300 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 )» !) Tautane (additional) )> 70,000 Porangahau I n 130,000 13,000 0 0 j 3,000 0 0 I i 402,000 11,900 0 0 300 0 0 12,200 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissio;

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Province of Auckland.

PAYMENTS ON OLD PURCHASES, COMPRISED IN RETURNS LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE 18th JUNE, 1856. Suras paid prior to Sums paid since c -n t-i 30th June; 1856. ! 30th June, 1856. j Sums r^able ' Total of each PurchaseNAME OF BLOCK. REMARKS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s, d. Piako Block 590 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,590 0 0 Kabobomaxu Block, Waikato 70 0 0 210 0 0 107 0 0 20 0 0 200 0 0 685 0 0 35 0 0 224 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 1,200 0 0 205 0 0 60 0 0 201 0 0 j 145 0 0 170 0 0 Te Whaeaueoa, Whaixgaroa 410 0 0 ! Te Mata, " 132 0 0 ! Wahatane, " 60 0 0 Katjroa, " 400 0 0 IIabihasi, " Makukau Block, ... Opoia and Ramaroa, Manukau District, ... HlKUKANGI, 400 0 0 i ( The previous payments for this Block extend over a period of 1,885 OOs ten years; the Natives required, therefore, a rather larger sum \ in final payment, that all the owners might be satisfied. 385 0 0 j 284 0 0 ! 500 0 0 6,216 0 0 j Opopo, ... £2,441 0 0 3,630 0 0 : 145 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner.

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Province of Wellington.

PAYMENTS ON OLD PURCHASES, COMPRISED IN RETURNS LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE 18th JUNE, 1856. NAME OF BLOCK. Sums paid prior to 30th June, 1856. Sums paid since 30th June, 1856. Total of each purchase. REMARKS. £ s. d. £ s, d. £ s. d. 1,000 0 0 1,300 0 0 2,300 0 0 C The last payment of £300 was made to put an end to a quarrel ] respecting the division of the money previously paid j £5CO < was the amount paid, of which the Natives contributed ) £200. — Vide. Chief Commissioner's Report, July 14 and 31, 1857. Cape Kidnappek Block, Tutae Kubi, ... 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 Soinde Island,... ... 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 Tβ Mata, 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 Rua o Taniwha, South, 1,100 0 0 100 0 0 1,200 0 0 AOEAKGI, ... ... 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 £3,725 0 0 3,025 0 0 6,750 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner