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Schedule A.

Summaey. Acres. Crown lands ... ... ... ... ... 133,800 European lands ... ... ... •■- ... 83,947 Native lands ... ... ... ... ... 298,237 Leased (Native land) ... ... ... ... ... 444,297 Total ... ... ... ... 960,281 Mr. A. Dundas to Mr. J. W. A. Makchant. g IB) Palmerston North, 15th September, 1884. In reply to your telegram of the 13th instant, I have the honour to forward the following description of the country and timber on each side of the Eangitikei and Hautapu Eivers : — West Side. —About two-thirds of the Eangatira Block is agricultural land suitable for small farms, the remainder being good pastoral country; thence to the north there is a good width of agricultural land, partly open, intersected by the gullies of the Makohina and its branches, and running out at about four miles above Ohingaiti Clearing; from this point to the junction of the Hautapu and Eangitikei (4 miles) the steep spurs of the Otairi Eange come down to the Eangitikei; from the junction, along the west bank of the Hautapu to the open country below Turangarere, I understand there is a belt of level country between the river and the foot of the spurs; thence past Turangarere towards the Murimotu, undulating and ridgy country, with flat valleys, mostly open. East Side. —From south-w rest boundary of the Otamakapua Block for four miles there are high cliffs, with ridgy and undulating country behind; thence to Pakihikura Stream (5 miles) there is level country for three-quarters of a mile to foot of spurs; thence to Mangamoko Stream, high cliffs, with ridgy and undulating-cotkitry- at back; thence to opposite Ohingaiti Clearing, flat and undulating country ; and from there to the Mangawarariki the country is rather broken : all this country (on east side) being cut up by deep gullies. From Mangawarariki, across the Kawatau, extending several miles up the Eangitikei Eiver, there is a flat one-half to three-quarters of a mile wide, cut up by deep ravines. From the junction of the Hautapu with the Eangitikei, for some miles up the latter,.

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d I 3 Name of Block. Area in Acres. Tennre. Remarks. to Rangitikei 'Paraekaretu 10,000 25,000 European freehold Ditto Mostly open country, agricultural land, settled upon. Mostly hilly forest, part cleared, fair pastoral land, generally settled upon. Forest and open, hilly and flat, good land. 9 to 20 Tarakitihi 3,075 Maori (partly leased to Europeans) European freehold !0to 27 Rangatira .. r Otairi Nos. 1a and 2a Nos. 1b and 2b „ No. 3 19,500 18,800 16,500 3,772 Crown lands European freehold Ditto Maori Forest, hilly and flat, good land; part being subdivided for sale. Mostly high, hilly forest country, good and fair ; partly opened up by horse-road. Mostly high, hilly forest country, good and fair, partly cleared and stocked. Hilly and flat forest, good land, partly cleared and stocked. Hilly and flat forest, good and fair land, partly cleared and stocked. Hilly and flat forest, good and fair land, with clearings on Rangitikei. Mostly high, hilly forest, fair land. Mostly hilly forest, good and fair land. Hilly and flat, forest and open, good land, stocked. „ Nos. i and lc 1,370 „ No. Id 9,367 Ditto !7to 45 „ No. 1e Otamakapua Mangamoko 9,175 60,000 0,498 European freehold Crown lands Maori (leased to Europeans) Ditto Maori Takapurau 'Hautapu, S.W., Upper Mangapapa, and Turakina Te Ruanui 2,454 160,000 Hilly, forest and open, good land, stocked. High, hilly forest and scrub, with flats and open country ; good and fair land. 15 to 86 Hautapu, N.E. Rangipo-Waui Murimotu .. 11,370 100,000 98,000 I 46,4001 601,281 Maori (leased to Europeans) Maori Maori, partly leased to Crown and occupied by Europeans Mostly hilly, open land, good soil, stocked. Mostly hilly, forest and open, good and fair soil. Hilly and flat, nearly all open; good and fair pastoral land towards Moawhango, but very inferior stony and pumice land to the west and northward along the Wangaehu Eiver. rhe! -.ore remote blocks are, — Middle Turakina, Mangapapa, and parts of Ohauraoko-Mau-ngakareta Mangoira and Upper Oroua Orouamatua .. 26,000 Maori Mostly hilly forest country, good and fair land. 55,000 Crown lands Ditto. 115,000 Maori (leased to Europeans) Ditto Mostly open country, stocked. Owhaoko 163,000 960,281 Ditto. Total