2 Tokatea Block.

This is the most valuable portion of the Coromandel Goldfield at present worked. The probable extent is 15,000 acres. This land is leased by the Native owners to the Crown at the annual rental of £500. All the available kauri timber, excepting that situated near Paul's Creek, has been cut by sawmill proprietors. Mr. Gibbon's mill at Kikowhakarere has been recently removed, and that of Mr. Charles Ring is principally employed to drive quartz-crushing machinery. There is no available agricultural land on this block, other than what is in the hands of European settlers, or is required for Native reserves. This block would be difficult to acquire in consequence of its known value. No accurate survey has been made of it.