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Pakani Block, 8,955 Acres. —Mostly forest; the soil good, but much broken.' Kahumahu Block, 8,517 Acres. —All forest; the soil good. A good part of this block is level, lying on the "Waoku plateau. Te Waoku Block, 17,650 Acres. —All forest; the soil good, generally level or undulating. Situated on the Waoku plateau. Te Waoku No. 2, 8,017 Acres. —All forest; soil good; broken. Occupies the eastern slope of Waoku plateau. Waimatmui, 4,800 Acres. —All forest; soil good, rather broken. Eastern slope of the Waoku plateau. Opouteke, 4,300 Acres. —All forest; soil everywhere good, but a good deal broken. Some level land on the Waoku plateau, and about 3,000 acres of alluvial level land in the Opouteke Valley. Easy of access from the Mangakahia Valley. Tutamoe Block, 31,576 Acres. —Nearly all forest; soil generally good; the western partoftho block a good deal broken. It contains a few small alluvial valleys of excellent quality. Probably a good limestone will be found to exist in this block. Tokawhero, 2,727 Acres. —All forest; soil good in patches, a good deal broken. Easy of access from Mangakahia Valley. Tukuwhurua, 2,500 Acres. —About half forest. Soil indifferent. Ngapipito, 850 Acres. —Mostly open ; soil indifferent, with the exception of a little really good in the Ngapipito Valley. Arawhatatotara No. 1, 2,019 Acres. —Soil very poor; volcanic in the valley. Mostly bush and tolerably level. Pukehuia, 3.270 Acres.} OkoriM, 930 „ > All forest; good soil, but very broken. One No. 2, 313 „ ) Punakitere, 7,557 Acres. —About 1,500 acres very good volcanic soil, but containing much stone, the rest indifferent. This block has a valuable frontage of about half a mile on to the navigable part of the Taoeke River. Oikura, 2,700 Acres. —Mostly forest; soil indifferent Pukewharariki, 2,552 Acres. —Mostly forest; soil indifferent. Bakauwahi, 1,600 Acres. —All open soil, very bad. Waihoanga No. 1, 380 Acres. —Mostly open; soil indifferent. Whataipu, 2,800 Acres. —Mostly forest; soil indifferent and broken, but with good land along the TJtakura River. Whakarongarua, 810 Acres. —All bush; soil indifferent, with exception of frontage to Utakura Biver. Okaka, 915 Acres. —All bush; soil pretty good, especially along the Utakura Eiver. Waihoanga No. 2, 400 Acres (about). —Mostly forest; soil good. Omataroa, 3,320 Acres. —Soil good, but very broken. All forest. Omahuta, 8,532 Acres. —All forest soil ? A good deal of kauri. Takalme, 28,527 Acres. —Nearly all forest; soil generally excellent. Some parts very broken. Te Tauroa. —Open. Orohaua.- —All forest. Epakauri. —Open soil; indifferent. Te Takanga, 1,675 Acres. —All forest; soil good; very broken. angaroa, i 9392 Acres. —All forest; soil very good. Western part broken, but the eastern, n"/ aili . X adjoining Manganuiowai, undulating, with capital soil. Kauaioruruicahine, 9,260 Acres. —All forest; soil good, but very broken; contains a, valuable kauri forest. Puwhata, 3,352 Acres; Te TJMroa, 7,219 Acres. —All forest. TunapoJiepohe, 2,700 Acres. —All open soil; indifferent. Mangataraire, 2,604 Acres. —All forest soil; indifferent. Wharoro, 850 Acres; Awarua, 3,100 Atyres. —Mostly open; soil pretty good. The road from Kaihohe to Mangakahia runs through both of these blocks. Poroivhenua, 73 Acres. —Bush ; soil good. Mangakino, 752 Acres. —All bush; soil good; broken. Kioreroa, Whangarei. —Mostly open, soil good in places. This block is valuable as being within three miles of the Whangarei township. Puketutu, Whangarei. —Mostly open; soil good in places. Manganuiowai. —All forest; soil generally excellent, especially in the valley of that name. S. Pebct Smith.

No. 88. Mr. Brissendeit to Sir D. McLean. Sib,— Auckland, 3rd July, 1875. I had the honor to forward you, on 24th June, a business report of my transactions as Land Purchase Agent for the General Government for the year ending that date, and trust it will prove satisfactory to you, feeling as I do that any bad results which might occur from my appointment would be reflected on you by those opposed to the Government. This knowledge, with the animus shown towards me by Natives, official and non-official, has stimulated me to use greater exertions than I would otherwise have done. I regret I am not able to show a greater number of completed purchases; but the want of necessary funds on the one hand, and the unfinished state of the surveys on the other, made it

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