4 Kapanga Block.

The largest part of this, which adjoins the Tokatea Block, belongs to the Government. The remainder, about 775 acres, was granted to the late Pita Taurua; who is succeeded by a boy of about five years of age. The land is of no value for agricultural purposes. The kauri timber on about 583 acres of it has been leased to Mr. Alfred Jerome Cadman, who has a sawmill on the Karaka Stream. There are several quartz reefs within the block, which have not been tested. Gold has been found in small quantities, but there are no claims at present occupied. It would be advisable to purchase this block, as it adjoins Government land; the difficulty, however, appears to be the inability of a minor to dispose of it. The lands south of the Kapanga Block belong to Europeans as far as the Tiki or Ngaurukehu Block.