Kairari.

Kauri forest, 7,500 acres, at 2s.	£750	0	0
Land covering deposits, 1,960 acres, at 2s. 6d.	245	0	0
Balance, 17,346 acres, at 1s. 3d	1,084	2	6
Total	£2,079	2	6

Opouteke.

Kauri forest, 11,000 acres, at 2s	£1,100	0	0
Land covering deposits (including £250 paid by Wright), 2,400 acres, at 2s. 6d	300	0	0
Balance, rated at 1s. 3d., 30,222 acres	1,888	17	6
Total	£3,288	17	6

The owners being the same in each block, I, in order to make even money in each deed, transferred the odd 2s. 6d. from Kairara to Opouteke, making £2,079 for Kairara, and £3,289 for Opouteke.

There may be some discrepancy in the acreage of Opouteke, as, the Inspector of Surveys has sent a surveyor to go over one of the boundaries again; but the figures on which this calculation is based, I obtained from the Inspector, leaving the acreage in the deed blank for the correct figures, which, he tells me, will not vary much. The Natives understand this, and accept the figures. There is, however, one proviso in the deed, that a grant be issued to certain Natives for 50 acres at a portion marked out on the plan, being an old burial-place. This, as well as the reserve before mentioned in Maunganui, will be laid off and placed on the plans of the deeds before the same are deposited for registration.

In addition to the sum of £3,289 paid to the Mangakahia Natives for Opouteke, I had also to pay a sum of £100 to a Native named Haurangi, to extinguish a claim he had to the block, which claim Te Wharepapa would not admit, although he had admitted it when the land went through the Court, Te Haurangi then leaving the matter in his hands. As this was likely to lead to some complication, I paid him the sum above-named, for which he agreed to dispose of any claim he might have. I consulted Mr. Kemp on this matter, and he quite concurred with me in the advisability of settling the matter in that manner. The price, therefore, of the Opouteke Block is £3,389, and is so stated in the vouchers and deed.

Oue.

This block is the old land claim purchased by the Government from the Rev. Charles Baker, and on which Mr. Brissenden has paid a sum of £125, in satisfaction of all Native claims on the surveyed portion of the same; it contains 3,968 acres. The title was passed by the Court without opposition, and a deed signed without any further payment.

There is yet a sum of £35 outstanding on Mr. Baker's claim, which was paid by Mr. Brissenden, but the land which is to represent that sum has not yet been surveyed; it is situated on the south of the Oue, and named Opuhete.

You will observe in the vouchers a contingency voucher for a sum of £200, paid to Te Wharepapa for services as agreed on by Colonel McDonnell, which I was instructed by you to pay in the manner I have. The whole of these blocks being completed, I have done so.

The purchases completed by me at Kaihu on this occasion are as follows:—

	Acres.	£	s.	d.
Waipoua	35,300	price 2,200	0	0
Maunganui	37,592	"	2,300	0	0
Kairara	26,806	"	2,079	0	0
Opouteke (about)	43,622	"	3,389	0	0
Waerekahakaha	2,520	"	315	0	0
Pekapekarau	5,592	"	699	0	0
Oue (Mangakahia)	3,968	"	125	0	0
Total area	155,400	Total price	11,107	0	0

Which, together with the purchase of Waimamaku last month, make a total of 182,600 acres since the 1st of January.

The vouchers connected with these payments I have furnished to Major Green, from whom I have obtained the money.