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No. IV.—THAMES AND PIAKO DISTRICT.

District where Date of Extent in Acres. Description of Land. Date of PaySums paid. Date of payments to be made. Sums Total of each Tribe from whom purchased. Commissioner Remarks, Situated. Purchase. ments made. Payable. Purchase. negotiating. ! 1 Thames & Piako. 1857. 1857. £ s. d. £ s, d- £ s. d. Ngatirawhea; This purchase extinguishes Ngatipaoa claims between north boundary of land already purchased, and Ngatimaru boundary. Adjoins former purchase, and takes in all river frontage of Piako. This purchase takes all the river frontage claimed by Tipa Takurua and others. Available river frontage ; a most desirable piece. TeNge, , Nov. 23 1,200 Average land Nor. 23 110 0 0 110 0 0 G. W.D.Hay Te Matai, . Nov. 20 2,500 Average land Nov. 20 100 0 0 60 0 0 160 0 0 Ngatitikonga Kopatutai . Nov. 25 2,000 Swampy, but good with slight drainage Nov. 25 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto Te Ara tohua Nov. 17 2 000 . Well timbered Nov. 17 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ngatipaoa TeWhanake Dec. H 450 Ditto Dec. 14 20 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 Ngatitikonga Te Waikokoai, ... Mangakahika, Kohatuanoa, Nov. 27 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Nov. 24 450 5,000 450 Good average land Good agricultural land Poor land TTorest land Nov. 27 Nov. 23 Nov. 27 Nov. 24 20 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 250 0 0 30 0 0 Ngatipaoa Ngatirawhea Ngatiwhanaunga Ngatipaoa Opposite Te Nge on the east bank of Piako extending to the Waitoa. In extension of Piako purchases southward. East bank of Piako, seven miles from mouth. West bank of Thames, ten miles from mouth. In extension of Hotukiwi towards Te Awaiti, a tributary of the Piako, running in by Te Kerepehi. Hotukiwi, 412 20 0 0 20 0 0 Taurikomou, Nov. 24 900 ] [ ■Forest land,available for cultivation 70 0 0 70 0 0 Te Whakatohea 15,362 555 0 0 ••» 355 0 0 910 0 0 DONALD McLEAN, Chief Commissioner.