13 Otunui Block.

This is unsurveyed, but may be estimated to contain from 3,000 to 7,000 acres. The land is not suitable for agricultural purposes. Gold has been found on it in small quantities, but no claims are at present occupied, which may be attributed to tho want of means of communication by a practicable road, and the absence of any machinery for extracting the gold from the quartz. The Kauri timber on the banks of the Mangakirikiri and Mangarebu Streams has been purchased by Europeans.