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Enclosure 3 in No. 2. TABLE III.—INCOMPLETE TRANSACTIONS. RETUR of LANDS under Negotiation for Purchase to the North of Auckland the Conveyances relating to which have not been prepared, to 30th June, 1877.

District. Name of Block. Area estimated marked thus.* Amount of Purchase Money agreed on or estimated.* Amount of Payments to date. Nature of Title. Whether adjudicated on or not. When Purchase is likely to be completed, and cause of present delay. Capabilities of Land and General Remarks. Hokianga ... Tarairei Acres. 915 £ s. d. *106 15 0 £ s. d. 50 0 O Not yet adjudicated on; claim in. Memorial ordered ; awaiting consent of 60tne of the parties, and survey of adjoining lands. Not yet adjudicated on; claims sent in for hearing. As soon as Court sits at Hokianga. When Motu Knraka and Tapuwae are settled for. Soil good, undulating; light forest. ""| Fit for settlers used to bush-clearing, ii ii Tautehere ... „. 693 104 0 0 Bay of Islands ... Motu Karaka and Tapuwae; portion surveyed, 8,371 acres; unsurveyed,estimated at 5,000 acres Otaruru, 6,880 acres ; Hue Hue, 5,277 acres Te Kowhai ... • 13,374 Not fixed, but about 3s. per acre. The surveyed portion soon after Court at Hokianga ; the other first Court after. Whangarei J j 12,157 73 Not fixed, about Is. 6d. per acre. 18 5 0 Not yet adjudicated on ; claims in for hearing. Crown Grant; awaiting Succession Order. Not adjudicated on ; claim in for hearing. »> >) Good soil, light forest, but broken. ii it Good soil. Pukefutu 6,050 756 5 0 As soon as Court sits at Whangarei. Fair quality ; partly bush. TeTaheke,3,810acres; I 6,553 819 2 6 Not adjudicated on ; claim in for hearing. i> n "S It is uncertain whether these blocks will be purchased; price not agreed to by Natives. When Court sits at Whangarei. Soil most indifferent; good along river; coal; ordinary forest; some valuable kauri. Soil indifferent; broken, but contains coal and kauri forest; adjoining above. Open, second quality land ; good along river banks. Kauri forest. Kauri forest and other bush ; fair average soil. Waiparera, 2,743 acres Waitomotomo Te Ripo Papakauri ... I *25,000 *At 2s. 6d per Not adjudicated on; no claim in for hearing. acre. Omaikao *10,000 At 3 s. per acre ; agreed on. Not adjudicated on ; claim in for hearing. Kauri and totara forest. Kaipara Kaipatiki Onekara Pakiri ] 3,777 •20,000 450 0 O 2,000 O 0 1,920 0 0 Title Grant held by Trustees for Uncertain; purchase suspended at present by instruction. Rich lands, suitable for farms ; South Kaipara. Broken land, chiefly forest. The whole block contains 31,408 acres, but one out of three owners has not agreed to sell. The other two owners are infants. Their Trustees have signed an agreement to sell, but they have no power by law at present to carry it out. Bay of Islands... Mokau Te Mata Kotatc and Te Wbau 451 4,644 *15,000 20 0 0 40 0 0 60 0 0 Claim dismissed on hearing f These lands are said to") be the property of the f j Crown already. Sur- I v plus lands. J Toor land. i> jj ii - II J! ii Mangnkahia Mataki lautoro ar.d Patutumulumu Nuhaka *500 *3,600 30 0 0 65 0 0 Not adjudicated on. »i n , Owners will not sell; ) I I consider these pur- > ' chases impracticable. \ Uusurveyed, position indefinite. *800 30 O 0 n jj ii *i 123,587 2,215 0 0 • Where price or acreage is estimated it is marked thus*. Note. —The amounts advanced on these purchases were all paid prior to the transactions having been handed over to me for completion.— J. W. P.