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COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS

Ahuahu.

No. 143. In reference to the conflicting claims at the Ahuahu, upon which I am now engaged, I heg to be allowed further time for reporting, as it is a case involving many claims, the majority of which I hope to be able in a short time to extinguish. I have, &c, H. T. Kemp, mi ™• ~ . . District Commissioner, lne Chief Commissioner, Auckland.

No. 45. MR. COMMISSIONER KEMP TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER. District Commissioner's Office, a _ Bay of Islands, 9th February, 1858. I have the honor to report for the information of His Excellency the Governor that the payment for the several blocks of land in the neighborhood of Mangonui known as 1. Muriwhenua, South 2. Wharemaru 3. Otengi, was completed on the 3rd and 4th inst. Copies of translations from the original deeds, describing the boundaries, are herewith forwarded prepared for proclamation, in accordance with your Circular of the 18th December,lBs7 The plans of survey, carefully executed by the Messrs. Campbell, having already been transmitted to you by Mr. White, I shall feel obliged (if not already submitted for His Excellency's inspection} by your allowing them to accompany the descriptions of the boundaries herein enclosed. I have, &c, . .. H. T. Kemp, The Chief Commissioner, DlstHct Commissioner. Auckland.

X 58-67. MUHXYVHENUA, &C. Reporting completion of purchase of Blocks near the North Cape. V. Letttrs Nos. 42, 43.

No. 46. MR. COMMISSIONER KEMP TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER. District Commissioner's Office, Bay of Islands, 16th February, 1858. Sir, — J ' Agreeably -with your request, I have the honor to forward herewith an estimate of th. probable expenditure for land purchases in this district, for the present and ensuing quarter, viz.:— Mawhe, or Lake Omapere Block, including Okaihau, eight miles "West of proposed Township ... ... ... ... 1000 Q Kawa Kawa Block; or, if not, Matawherohia Block ... ... 359 0 0 Pirau and Mokau, ten miles distant, West of proposed Township ... '" 359 0 0 Several small Blocks, immediately in the vicinity of, and joining, the proposed site for a Township, now under negotiation, agreeably with Mr. Whitaker's verbal instructions ... ... ... >jqq q « Several of the foregoing Blocks are especially recommended for purchase with a view to connect and consolidate the lands already in the hands of the Government, as well as of thoss which will probably fall into the hands of the Crown under the " Land Claims Settlement Act." I have, &c, The Chief Commissioner, tt m ttLand Purchase Department, Auckland.

R 58-71. General. Estimate of mm required for purchases in his District.

No. 47. MR. COMMISSIONER KEMP TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER. District Commissioner's Office, Bay of Islands, 2nd March, 1858. I have the honor to enclose herewith the original deeds of the following Blocks of Land

E 58r103. Muriwhenua, &c. Forwarding Deeds of Blocks near the NorU* ('ape. V. LtHter No. 45,

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