Tauranga.

Te Papa.—The Native reserves Nos. 14 and 114, in the Parish of Te Papa, containing 159 acres 2 roods 20 perches, have been let, after advertisement, for twenty-one years, to Mr. R. C. Jordan, at £25 a year. This section is much cut up by roads crossing it, which deteriorates form its value as a farm, and has, until lately, prevented its letting.

All the reserves under my management having now been let, mostly on twenty-one years' leases, and the work of the department brought into system and simplified, I have been able to recommend that my salary as Commissioner of Native Reserves should be reduced. This has been done—from £500 to £100 a year—taking effect from the 1st of April last. I append a debtor and creditor account of my receipts and expenditure for the year.