Crown or Native Lands available for Future Settlement.

In the Mangonui County the Crown possesses 106,700 acres of fairly-good forest-land, tolerably easy of access.

In the Bay of Islands County there are only about 24,600 acres of available Crown land, both forest and open, but the Natives still own some 152,000 acres, chiefly forest land, except about Kaikohe, where it is open and rich volcanic land, most of it broken, but fit for settlement.

In Hokianga County there are some 147,550 acres of available Crown land, of good quality, nearly all covered with forest, and fit for immediate settlement. the Natives still own some 126,000 acres, almost all good land, and fit for settlement.

In Whangarei County there are about 59,175 acres of available Crown land, mostly broken and forest-clad. The Natives still retain some 51,400 acres of land, part of it very rich.

In the Otamatea County the Crown retains only about 14,540 acres, a goodde deal of this being alluvial swamp, and well worth draining. The Natives still own about 20,000 acres, but not much of it is fit for settlement.

In the Rodney and Waitemata Counties about 15,162 acres of Crown lands are left, most of it fit only for pastoral or fruit-growing purposes. The Natives still own about 14,000 acres in these two counties, some of it very good land.

In the Manukau County the Crown owns some 22,035 acres of broken forest land, fit for pastoral purposes. The Natives still own about 15,000 acres, a portion of which is fairly good.

In the Waikato and Raglan Counties the Crown lands amount to about 55,780 acres, all fairly good land, mostly forest, and easy of access. In Raglan page 27 County the Natives still own the freehold of 150,000 acres, all good land, but difficult to secure.

In the Coromandel, Thames, and Ohinemuri Counties there are about 42,850 acres of available Crown lands. In the last two counties a good deal of the land is swampy, and requires draining. The Natives still own 27,512 acres, much of which is very good.

In Tauranga, Whakatane, and Rotorua Counties the Crown owns 487,075 acres, nearly all forest-clad, and generally broken; but in the last-named county the Natives retain a very large area, the greater part too broken or too much covered with pumice or volcanic ash to be fit for settlement.

In the Kawhia and West Taupo Counties the Crown is acquiring from the Natives large areas of very good land, all fit for settlement, and easy of access. About 300,000 acres are really first-class land, and about 1,000,000 acres' fairly good land, all suitable for pastoral purposes, and accessible from the Main Trunk Railway-line.