Wairoa District.

In this district negotiations have been entered into for the purchase of 4 blocks of land, estimated to Contain 231,000 acres; and for the leasing of 3 blocks of land, of about 77,000 acres. These lands had been leased for twenty one years to Europeans, who have conveyed their interests to the Government, the Native owners having also agreed to sell, after sufficient reserves are surveyed and marked off for their own use and occupation.

The total land-purchase transactions entered into under the Immigration and Public Works Acts of 1870 and 1873, in the Province of Auckland, to 30th June, 1875, are shown in the following return:—

District.	Lands Purchased or Leased. (Transactions Completed.)			Lands under Purchase or Lease. (Transactions Incomplete.)
	Acreage purchased.	Acreage leased.	Amount Paid.			Acreage under Purchase.	Acreage under Lease.	Amount Paid.
			£	s.	d.			£	s.	d.
Mangonui	28,527		3,728	18	0	39,812		1,007	16	10
Bay of Islands	21,815		2,246	17	6	59,974		1,466	1	4
Hokianga	142,183		*13,669	18	9	56,163		1,744	6	9
Kaipara	6,868		1,080	9	10	4,000		140	0	0
Whangarei	69,125		6,796	5	6	117,613		3,517	12	11
Thames and Coromandel Peninsula	110,264		†20,992	8	3	496,661		42,876	14	4
Piako and Waitoa	31,170		927	13	0
Waikato	566		250	0	0	249,000	13,896	4,266	13	4
Bay of Plenty	55,768		7,124	1	8	114,700	381,000	7,623	8	7
Rotorua and Taupo	24,217	274,542	4,666	10	2	94,923	517,271	4,230	8	0
East Coast and Poverty Bay	280	117,059	2,957	8	10	154,840	225,500	4,771	13	11
Wairoa						231,000	77,000	6,221	17	5
Extinguishment of Old Claims			1,608	16	8
Total	490,783	391,601	‡66,049	8	2	1,618,686	1,214,667	77,866	13	5

The average cost per acre of the lands purchased in the province has been, including all expenses, 2s. 6¾d. per acre.