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reserve on Small Grazing-run No. 95, and the description given of the latter applies to the former. I do not think the tenants would make any objection to the severance of about 200 acres, which amount of land would, I think, be sufficient. The second proposed reserve is a portion of the Native reserve on the coast south of the Clarence Eiver. It comprises an area of (approximately) 2,370 acres, consisting of beautiful wooded slopes and hills overlooking the main road and sea-coast. Very little of this land is fit for cultivation or pasture, and the bush will probably be destroyed by fire unless active steps are taken for its protection, a part having been burnt last summer south of the land in question. The forest contains specimens of nearly all native trees found in this portion of New Zealand. The scenery along this coast is noted for its beauty, which is chiefly dependent upon the forest growth on the slopes and hills ; it would be a calamity to have this forest or any part of it burnt. I have little doubt but that the Natives could be compensated for the loss of this land by a gift of land elsewhere. The suggested scenic reserve does not take in all the present Native reserve, as there is a considerable area both north and south not included. W. B. Buckhuest, The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim. Crown Lands Banger.

Schedule of Existing and Proposed Climatic and Scenic Reserves.

Survey District. Section. Block. Purpose. Area. Tennyson a Existii I., II., VI. II., III., IV., VI., VIII. V. VII. <,g Reserves. Growth and preservation of timber tr A. R. P. 11,500 0 0 12,800 0 0 a tr Orieri... 4 2 3 5 5 12 7 4 II., III. XII. IV. XI. VII. XIV. I., II, III., VI., VII., VIII. VI. X. Preservation of scenery... State forest Preservation of scenery 397 0 0 671 0 0 65 0 0 20,340 0 0 1,683 0 0 110 0 0 370 0 0 179 0 0 47 0 0 6,800 0 0 it • • • a • • • „ ... ... State forest Gore ... ... Growth and preservation of timber a • • • 32 15 14 Preservation of scenery... 40 0 0 285 0 0 161 0 0 80 0 0 n • • • n ... ... „ ... ... Motungara Island 2 4 3 XXIII. Preservation of native flora and fauna State forest /, •.. if • • • n • * * Heringa IX. XIII. XXIV. XI. II. XI., XII., XV. X., XL, XIV., XV. VIII. Growth and preservation of timber State forest Growth and preservation of timber State forest 152 0 0 236 0 0 176 0 0 7,000 0 0 850 0 0 5,760 0 0 4,850 0 0 Whrtkamarina .. it it 7 18 Preservation of scenery... 51 0 0 98 0 0 6,000 0 0 Link water 7 11 Part 2 8 6 6 16 11 X., XL, XIV., XV. XVI. II. Growth and preservation of timber 960 0 0 190 0 0 173 0 0 168 0 0 105 2 0 131 0 0 138 0 0 126 0 0 202 0 0 37,100 0 0 if Preservation of scenery... a tr if a • * • Arapawa ir Pine Valley It IV. VII. II. VIII. XII. XV. VI., VII., VIII., X. to XV. VIII. XII. V. XVI. IV. ) XIII. } XL ;/ ... ... State forest Growth and preservation of timber Onamalutu Cloudy Bay Kaitarau Mount Fyffe ... 9 4 8 6 I I 8 9 10 4 5 6 '/ it Preservation of scenery... Growth and preservation of timber ' 232 0 0 76 0 0 823 0 0 200 0 0 4,175 0 0 Hundalee Preservation of scenery... 25 1 0 14 2 0 13 0 17 2 0 12 2 0 31 2 0 It XV. a it ... ... tr •' • It i/ ... ... » ... ...