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Date of Payment. Name of Block. Numbei of Acres. Amount Paid. Province of Wellington. £ s. d. Feb. 27, 1862 Whawhanui Reserve 1000 80 0 0 Jan. 15, 1862 Aranga Te Kuri ~j £ $ 20 0 0 Jan. 17, 1862 Makara | g 320 0 0 Jan. 18, 1862 Tuhetarata «. 'C^ 30 0 0 Feb. 3, 1862 Tauwharenikau and Taratahi § * jg 200 0 0 Feb. 12, 1862 Te Whiti 80 0 0 Do. do. Arama Karaka's Block 0 % § 17500 Do. do. TeTahoke S|^ 150 0 0 Do. do. Papawhakarau "^ e-.a 10 0 0 Feb. 27, 1862 Wereta's Pahaua Block J ~ o 7 0 0 Note. Payments on account of Blocks the Native Title to which has not yet been extinguished are not included in this Return. Iu those instances where the acreage is not given the payments are on account of Blocks the Native Title over which was extinguished prior to 30th June, 1861. John Rogan, District Commissioner, For the Chief Commissioner, August 21st, 1862.

RETURN showing the number of Acres surveyed by Officers of the Land Purchase Department during the year ended 30th June, 1862. Province of Auckland.—Number of acres surveyed from 1st June, 1861, to 30th June, 1862, (70,177,) Seventy thousand one hundred and seventy-seven. In the Provinces of Hawke's Bay and Wellington the Surveyors have been principally employed in defining the boundaries of disputed land and Native Reserves. John Rogan, District Commissioner, For the Chief Commissioner, August 21st 1862.

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NATIVE LAND PURCHASES