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PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. £ s. d. Porangahau, North Block ... ... 1400 0 0 Do. South Block ... ... 1500 0 0 Forty-mile Bush ... ... 1500 0 0 Maraekakaho Block, Ahuriri ... ••• 1000 0 0 Otaranga do., do. ... ... H'OO 0 0 Waimarama do., do. ... ... 600 0 0 About 350,000 Acres ... £7000 0 0 X.B. The above Lands are already sufficiently surveyed for the purposes of the Land Purchase Department. NEW PURCHASES. Ectiouti of Sums required to open negotiations for new purchases, for the Financial year 1856-57. £ s. d. Province of Auckland (Bay of Islands) ... 3000 0 0 New Plymouth .. ... 3000 0 0 Wellington .. ... 2265 0 0 » £8205 0 0 Expenses of Survey :— Auckland .. £500 0 0 Wellington .. 300 0 0 800 0 0 £9065 0 0

APPENDIX.

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE STAFF OF THE NATIVE LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1656-57.

- • I I , General Charges. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ *. d. Chief Commissioner - - 500 0 0 Do., travelling allowance - - 200 0 0 j Two Clerks - - 327 15 0 | Messenger - - - - . - 191501 Contingencies - 200 0 0 Office rent . . . _ - - 75 0 0 Ilorse hire, and passages by sea - - - - 20 0 0 1414 0 0 Auckland Province. Bay of Islands:— District Commissioner ... 350 00 Travelling Expenses - - - 50 0 C Surveyor ..... 4Q0 0 0 Four 6urvey Labourers ... 255 10 0 Native labour in pointing out Boundaries - 40 0 0 Horse hire and passages by sea - - 15 0 0 . 1110 10 0 Carried forward - . . ' lilO 10 0 1414 0 ©