D.—No. 16

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REPORTS EROM THE COMMISSIONER

inundation, and I would respectfully recommend that one half width of the road (50 links) and the sum of £150 should be contributed from the Trust. There being several good sections unlet in the Arahura, and believing that the publication of a map of the sub-division^of the block would facilitate its letting as well as being of benefit to the tenants, I caused a copy of it on a large scale to be lithographed. The natives have a pre-emptive right over the land on either side of the Arahura Eiver as far as Mount Tuhua, it having been a stipulation at the time of the sale of the district, that they should have tho option of purchasing the land where the pounamu is found. There is a sum of £400 available for investment, and it has appeared hitherto to have been the wish of the Natives that it should be expended in the purchase of land at this place. I suggested to To Weretatainui, the chief at Greymouth, that he should make the selection without further delay, but he stated that Governor Grey having promised him all necessary land without payment, he did not see why the land should be paid for in this case. As this is a mere subterfuge, and as the land is not so much for the immediate use of the Natives as for an investment, I would respectfully recommend that the purchase be made without further delay, on the southern bank of the river, and in continuation of the present Eeserve. I append a descriptive schedule and plans of all the Eeserves in Westland, and respectfully suggest that they should be lithographed for public use. I desire to acknowledge the assistance kindly rendered to me by Mr. Hoos, the County Chairman, and Mr. Malcolm Eraser, the Chief Surveyor, whilst engaged on work connected with the Eeserves at Hokitika. I have, &c, Charles Heaphy, The Hon. Native Minister. Commissioner of Native Eeserves. * Gboss Rentals.—Greymouth, £3100 ; Arahura, £401; Hokitika, £218. Total, £3719.

SCHEDULE OF NATIVE RESERVES COUNTY OF WESTLAND OF WESTLAND.

Index No. Class. Class. Name op Reseeve. Aeea. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 A. 2 B.'l )) >> >) )> )> » ') Township. Jackson's Bay ... Arawata River, Jackson's Bay Wailnto River (south bank) Paringa River (north bank) Heretaniwha Mahitahi Mahitahi Mahitahi Makawiho Makawiho Makawiho Makawiho Point ... Manakaiau Karangarua W Tehenga Omoeroha Waikohai Waihopi Okarito Okarito Lagoon ... Waitangi Taona Waitangi Roto... Wataroha ... ,., Poherua Hokitika A. B. P. 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 630 0 0 58 0 0 32 0 0 143 0 0 169 0 0 4 3 8 20 0 0 5 3 0 10 0 0 27 0 0 19 0 0 22 0 0 13 0 . 13 0 0 310 0 0 26 3 8 353 0 0 28 0 0 400 0 0 }> J) )) )) A." 2 3> B.'l )) >» JJ A." 2 >) )> )) A."a B.'l >> Arahura Taramakau Taramakau Waimea, Taramakau Pakihi, Taramakau Mawhera Ngamoana Erua ... Kaiata Kotukuwhakaho ... 2000 0 0 28 0 0 85 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 8 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 B.'l A."2 A. 2 Total acres 5,920 1 16 NOTE.m the Wesi vith the coi -The Rese ; Coast of Lsent of tl ■.ryes in th< Canterbui le Natives 3 Class B. 1 above were set apart in 1860 for the use and occupation of the K •y. Those in A. 2 are of similar reservation, but all, with the exception of made inalienable by being ceded to the Governor under the " Native Reserve gaitahu tribe No. 34, were 3 Act, 1856."