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No. 19.
Mr Commissioner Kemp to the Chief
Commissioner.
Bay of Islands, 18th January, 1859.
Sir,—
I do myself the honor to report, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the result of negotiations for land witliin the district of Mangonui, from whence I have recently returned.
- No. 1. Kohumaru Block, estimated to contain about ten thousand-acres (10,000), for which we offered the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds (£350), but which, for the present, has been declined by the natives.
- No. 2. The Puheke Block, estimated to contain about eight, thousand acres (8,000 acres), for which the sum of three hundred pounds (£300) has been fixed.
- No. 3. Keihana's, or the Upper Aurere Block, estimated to contain about five thousand (5,000 acres), for which the sum of two hundred and twenty pounds (£220) has been fixed.
The above-mentioned blocks are all within a short distance of the harbour and township of Mangonui. The 1st, or Kohumaru Block;, is easily accessible by water, and although the surface is very broken, there is much of the land that is desirable, with a plentiful supply of timber, including some very fine kauri.
Nos. 2 and 3 join each other, and are open undulating land, with a great part flat. They form a part of Doubtless Bay, and are an extension of the Mangonui Country District. The soil is light and poor, and fitted principally for grazing.
These purchases, if completed, will connect a long line of country North of; Mangonui, over which the native title will have been extinguished.
I have, &c.,
H. T. Kemp.
The Chief Commissioner,Land Purchase Department, Auckland.