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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

No. 29. — Mr. Commissioner Rogan to the Chief Commissioner

No. 29.
Mr. Commissioner Rogan to the Chief Commissioner.

General.Reporting as to the state of land purchasing operations in the Kaipara District.Auckland, 16th October, 1859.

Sir,—

I have the honor to forward the following statement for His Excellency's information, in reference to the purchase and negotiation of land in the District of Kaipara from February 1857, the period at which negotiations were first entered into by me in that locality, to the present time, showing the quantity of land over which the Native title has been extinguished, the quantity of land surveyed, the purchase of which is not yet completed, the cost of survey, and the probable quantity of land now under negotiation.

Land, the Native Title to which is extinguished.
Name of block. Area. Sums paid. Cost of Survey.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Tatarariki 12,000 350 0 0 926 18 7
Okahu 16,000 926 18 7
3,000 600 0 0 926 18 7
Ika-a-ranganui 8,128 500 0 0 926 18 7
Matakohe 68,000 2,000 0 0 926 18 7
Kaukapakapa 7,200 500 0 0 114 5 6
Paparoa 15,021 500 14 0 222 5 10
Arapohue 9,500 350 0 0 168 16 6
Kaukapakapa (West) 5,223 300 0 0 142 14 0
Puke Karoro 8,458 422 18 0 103 19 10
152,530 5,520 0 0 1,679 0 3
Land surveyed, the purchase of which is not yet completed.
Name of block. Area. Cost of' Survey
£ s. d.
Oruawharo 30,000 321 6 5
Okaka and Whiritoa 3,500 56 13 6
Waioneke 5,000 56 13 6
38,500 378 0 2
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Land now under offer to the Government which has not yet been surveyed.
Acres.
Maire Tahi, situated South of Waioneke on the. South Head of Kaipara, recently offered by Paora of Orakei 10,000
Mangawhara, situated. inland of the Pakiri purchase, and extending to Kaipara 100,000
Piroa, situated inland of Graham's purchase, and extending to Waipu 10,000.
Mareretu 200,000
320,000

The Oruawharo Block was included in Return to House of Representatives 1858, as the price was agreed to by the Natives, but the claimants subsequently differed amongst themselves, and no arrangement has as yet been arrived at between them.

Okaka and Waioneke have not been purchased, as they are small detached blocks, and it was considered inadvisable by the Government to complete the purchase until a larger extent of land should be offered in that locality. The land offered by Paora is adjacent to Waioneke, and it will probably be found, after the survey of Mairetahi, desirable to purchase these blocks, as the land situated on the Kaipara is of good quality.

With regard to the survey of the large block called Mareretu, I hope to be able to report, after my next visit to Kaipara, that an arrangement can be made with the Natives for the purchase of this land, without the necessity of traversing the inland boundary, which runs through a rugged mountain forest and extends to the Whangarei district, the cost of surveying which would amount to a large sum, owing to the difficulty of carrying provisions such a distance through the forest.

The amount of advances to Natives in the Kaipara district, on account of land, is not quite Three hundred pounds (£300).

The survey of the inland boundary of Waikiekie, and a tie line from Graham's purchase to the inland corner of Paparoa, will require to be cut before I can furnish a complete plan of the different blocks above referred to, without which it is difficult to convey a correct impression of the locality to those unacquainted with the country.

I have, &c.,

John Rogan,
District Commissioner.

Donald McLean, Esq.,
Chief Commissioner, Auckland.