No. 29.
Mr. Commissioner Rogan to the Chief
Commissioner.
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.
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 |
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 |
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.
Chief Commissioner, Auckland.