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6 Patetere Block.

This is an extensive tract of country on both sides of the River Waihou or Thames, extending to the Waikato River on the West and to the Tauranga and Rotorua watershed on the East. The land is of fair average quality for settlement, and ought to sustain a large population. This district is owned by the Ngatiraukawa tribe, who have hitherto held aloof from any land transactions with the Crown. I would suggest that if the Government make terms with Mr. Buckland that the land should be purchased in his name. It is the opinion of miners who have visited this district that the auriferous country, which commences on the North at Cape Colville and forms the Coromandel and Hauraki Goldfields, terminates at Horahora at, the southern extremity of the Patetere District.