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1907. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LANDS IN THE WHANGANUI DISTRICT (INTERIM REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

INTERIM REPORT ON NATIVE LANDS IN THE WHANGANUI DISTRICT. To His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. May it please Your Excellency,— We have the honour to present an interim report on Native lands in the Whanganui District. We deem it necessary first to present a bird's-eye view of the larger areas in the district which are more or less unoccupied, and then to analyse them according to the manner in which they are held by the Maori owners, the present position of the titles and of dealings therewith, and the manner in which in our opinion they should be rendered available for settlement. I. To the east of the Whanganui River, and lying roughly between the Waimarino and Raetihi Blocks on the north, the southern boundary of Tauakira Block on the south, the Mangawhero and Whanganui Rivers on the east, are the following lands owned by the Whanganui Maoris : — Acres 1. Ngaporo ... ... ... ... ... 2,900 2. Paekaka or Waharangi 7 ... ... ... 1,484 3. Te Autumutu or Waharangi 6 ... ... 2,204 4. Waharangi Nos. Ito 5 ... ... ... 11,299 5. Morikau 2 ... ... ... .... ... 14,066 6. Morikau 1 ... ... ... ... ... 7,200 7. Ngatipare ... ... ... ... ... 1,610 8. Te Poutahi ... ... ... ... 2,016 9. Ranana ... ... ... ... ... 3,100 10. Ngarakauwhakarara ... ... ... 4,995 11. Ohotu 1, 2, 3, and 8 ... ... ... ... 63,644 12. Tauakira 2... ... ... ... ... 14,900 13. Tupapanui 2 • ... ... ... ... 2,450 14. Mairekura Ato L ... ... ... ... 2,785 134,653

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