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

12 Karaka Block

12 Karaka Block.

This contains all the most valuable claims on the Thames Goldfield, also the Towns of Grahamstown and Shortland. The townships are chiefly private property, and it would not be advisable to interfere with existing arrangements. A large portion of the land, amounting to 1,600 acres, exclusive of townships, has been surveyed under my directions, and the unsurveyed remainder may be estimated at 1,000 acres. The difficulty of purchasing this block cannot be easily estimated, as the owners have been in the habit of receiving about £5,000 per annum for miners rights fees alone. There is no unsold land within this block fit for any purpose other than mining.