An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand
14 Whakairi Block
14 Whakairi Block.
This block is under survey by my direction, and is estimated to contain 35,000 acres. There is but a very small proportion of it suitable for settlement. Probably some portion of it is auriferous, but at present the gold miners have but a poor opinion of it in that respect. The kauri timber has been purchased by a company at Auckland, who intend erecting a sawmill at Shortland, which will be a great boon to the Thames Goldfield.