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Eeserve at the Ahaura, and no doubt as the West Coast gets more permanently settled the whole of the Eeserves will become occupied." GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. It is not possible that on so short an acquaintance with the condition of the Eeserves in New Zealan" as my official connection with the trust has enabled me to have, I should be able immediately to point out aa improved method of management, or any alteration that would have the effect of rendering the estates at once more productive. It has been my object, rather, to compile a list of the reserves, descriptive of their condition and the nature of the varying responsibility that attaches to them, and to shew their extent in relation to the Native population. Several of the reserves had been lost sight of, and many had remained unutilised. It may not be premature here to draw attention to the advantage that would accrue from a consolidation of the more scattered reserves being effected, when practicable, whether by the simple consent of the natives, or, if necessary, by legislative enactment, and, further, to the propriety of aiding by a judicious expenditure of any money that could be made available out of the Trust Funds, the practical development of the Whanganui Coal Field —a work that would subserve equally the Native and public interests of Nelson. Charles Heaphy, The Hon. the Native Minister. Commissioner Native Eeserves.

SCHEDULE A. CLASS A. 2. —Trusts under provisions of Crown Grants or Legislative Enactments. Lands in the Town of Nelson set apart by the New Zealand Company for Charitable and Educational purposes, and subject to the Native Reserves Act, 1856.

No. District. Area. Remaeks. 5 50 62 63 64 65 66 93 144 148 152 159 162 177 198 203 205 227 229 231 233 241 244 248 261 263 265 266 267 209 283 284 294 305 307 344 Town of Nelson Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. ' Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. A. B. P. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Part occupied by Native Hostelry Native Hostelry Purchased by Provincial Government for £400. Unlet Do. Do. Exchanged with Messrs Curtis, Bros, for section No. 946, Nelson. Included in exchange with Messrs Curtis, Brothers. Part sold to Messrs Greenfield and Adams ; proceeds invested i» purchase of section No. 58, Picton (Suburban.) 367 406 416 417 443 521 522 537 582 583 598 710 733 905 911 1092 1096 1099 946 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 / ] Do. 1 1 30 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. De. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Unlet Do. Acquired by Exchange from Messrs Curtis, Brothers for Native Reserve Acres Nos. 266 and 269.