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SCHEDULE A. Return of Natives and the Descendants of Natives residing in the Southern Provinces of the South Island, including Stewart Island and Ruapuke.

SCHEDULE B. Return of Land purchased from the Ngaitahu Tribe in the South and Stewart Islands.

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Adi ilts. Minors. Names of Settlements. Males. Females. Males. Females. Total. Remarks. Riverton Bluff Taiari Waikouaiti Purakaunui Waihao Waimate Waitaki Moeraki Arowhenua Molyneux Oraka Kawhakaputaputa .. Wairewa Onuku Opukutahi Kaiapoi .. ... Port Levy Rapaki Taumutu Otakou j "l I "\ i 66 56 27 36 13 28 38 47 11 09 ' 50 2G 41 11 31 42 11 8 98 117 99 110 45 40 40 41 9 0 20 24 49 40 08 65 7 6 350 321 138 164 39 109 169 221 32 The Bluff includes also the population of Ruapuke, Stewart Island, Fortrose, Mabel Bush, and Omaui. The return includes all persons of the Native race and its descendants, residing either at the settlements shown in the first column or in the adjacent localities, whose parents or relatives belong to such settlements. 26 26 34 24 110 30 27 34 27 118 _ 5 4 8 21 42 19 16 8 19 37 15 11 11 14 33 45 14 23 32 12 7 12 24 26 157 71 71 38 83 Totals 4SG J 471 629 626 I 2,212

Name of Block. Approximate Acreage contained in each Block. Amount paid for each Purchase. I Extent of Land i reserved for ; Natives, including Awards of the Native Land Court, Kemp's Purchase Hamilton's Purchase, north of Kaiapoi ... Arahura Matiaha's Claim Port Cooper ... Port Levy Hamilton's Purchase, Banks Peninsula ... Otago Purchase Murihiku Stewart Island A. 20,128,000 E. P. 0 0* I £ 2,000 700 300 200 200 300 200 2,400 2,600 4,000 s. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0§ A 11. p. 15,984 1 34 5,937" 1 16 859 0 0 1,361 0 0 1,298 0 0 9,615 1 12 5,405 3 14 3,227 3 1 I 400,000 6,900,000 417,000 0 0 0 0+ 0 Oj: Totals ... 27,845,000 0 0 12,900 0 0 43,688 2 37 * Classified to contain—Good, 2,864,000 acres ; medium, 8,064,000 acr10,128,000 acres. f Classified to contain—Good, 1,900,000 acres; medium, 1,750,000 aon 1,900,000 acres. J Classified to contain—Medium, 217,000 acres ; inferior, 200,000 acres: tot § £6,000 was the price stipulated, but £2,000 was paid in lands, and appear! .•es ; inferior, 9,201 :es; inferior, 3,251 i,000 acres : total, 1,000 acres: total, tal, 417,000 acres. :s with the reserves,