An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand
Native Purchases and Surveys
In reference to the Order of the House of Representatives, calling for "a Return showing the number of acres over which the Native title has been extinguished during the twelve months ending the 1st June, 1861, and the purchase money paid or agreed to be paid for the same; also the number of acres surveyed during the same period by surveyors acting under the orders of the Laud Purchase Department," the Chief Commissioner supplies the following information:—