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DETAILS. Item 3.— Compensation for Privatr Land. £ s . d. Evansdale Glen, Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 137 10 0 Coronation Reserve, Waiarohia Hills, Whangarei .. .. .. 500 0 0 Makuri Gorge Reserve extension .. .. .. .. 380 3 3 Waihopai River bank, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 597 10 0 £1,615 3 3 Item 4.— Compensation for Native Land. £ s. d. Wairua Falls, near Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. 3160 Whakapapa Gorge, Taurewa No. 4, West Block .. .. .. 652 15 0 Koriniti Scenic Reserve, Wanganui River (Te Tuhi 2b Block) .. 70 18 5 £727 10 3 Item 9.— Survey of Reserves. £ s. d. Waihopai River bank, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 29 11 6 Dannevirke (Tahoraiti No. 2 Block) .. .. .. .. 6 6 6 Koriniti (Wanganui River) .. .. .. .. .. 367 Mokau River banks .. .. .. .. ..' .. 1,167 11 4 Turakina Valley Road area .. .. .. .. .. 223 811 Makuri Gorge .. .. .. .. .. .. 320 Mangaokewa Gorge .. .. .. .. .. .. 90 0 0 Wanganui River reserves .. .. .. .. .. 192 1011 Weraroa State Farm, bush areas .. .. .. .. 13 18 0 Rangiriri Pa, Waikato.. .. .. .. .. .. 253 Waiarohia Hills, Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. 33 13 2 Ngatira (Rotorua Railway line).. .. .. .. .. 15 3 8 Section 55, Block X, Hautapu Survey District .. .. .. 24 17 5 Whakatane .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 Marakopa Falls .. .. .. .. .. .. 122 12 7 D'Urville Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 3 9 Valuations, legal, travelling, and other expenses .. .. .. 278 13 7 £2,237 15 2

APPENDIX B. Report by the Inspector of Scenic Reserves. Inspections and Surveys. From the end of March, 1911, to the beginning of June I was engaged up the Wanganui River in completing the surveys of the parts to be reserved for scenery in the Whakaihuwaka and Ngaporo Blocks above Pipiriki. In the winter months I was for some time in the office occupied in making the maps of these reserves and the Waimarino scenic and military reservations. I also made several trips to the Mokau River to supervise surveys that were being made by Messrs. Sladden, Larkin, and Stevens for the cutting-out of scenic reserves along the river. This work will shortly be completed, and then there will be fine stretches of wooded river-bank most of the way from Mokau to Riddell's clearing, about thirty-three miles up the river. At present sightseers can get by launch only as far as the coal-mine ; but the river could be cleared at comparatively small cost, and a few groins put down, so that a launch could be taken as far as RiddelFs. In September I visited the Auckland Province, and, after selecting the reservation to be made at the celebrated Rangiriri Redoubt, went to Kawhia to point out to Mr. Booker (contract surveyor) the various scenic reservations to be cut off from the many beautiful inlets and points in this harbour. The Kawhia district has now made a start, and settlement and trade are fast increasing ; so, as means of communication will soon be improved, the attractions of the locality will bring many sightseers. During a portion of September I was in Otago and Southland assisting Mr. B. C. Aston in a preliminary " soil survey " of that district. On two occasions I have had to attend the Compensation Court at Wanganui, and once at Taihape, in connection with claims for land that had been taken from Natives for scenery-preservation. In January and February I was several times up and down the Wanganui River in connection with the scenic surveys being made by Messrs. Richmond, Bogle, and Wall of the proposed reservations between Parinui and Taumarunui. By next spring all the reservations on the Wanganui River will be completed. We shall then have over 130 miles (counting both sides) of banks reserved. In the extensive reservations that have been made along the hinks of the Wanganui and Mokau Rivers the

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