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1909. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LANDS AND NATIVE-LAND TENURE: INTERIM REPORT OF NATIVE LAND COMMISSION, ON NATIVE LANDS IN RAGLAN COUNTY.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency. Native Land Commission, Auckland, 17th December, 1908. To His Excellency the Governor. , May it please Your Excellency,— We have the honour to submit for your consideration a report on Native lands in the Raglan County. Our recommendations are set out in the accompanying schedules : the following is a summary of the information contained therein : — A. E. P, Lands leased ... ... ... ... ... ... 17,638 314 Lauds for Maori occupation, "A" ... ... ... 14,520 0 0 "B" ... ... ... 52,184 1 18 Lands for general settlement — By lease, "A" ... ... ... 2,462 0 0 "B" ... ... ... ... ... 1,650 0 0 -By sale, "A" ... 1,040 0 0 "B" ... ... ... .. ... 10,283 3 24 "C" ... < ... ... ... ... 227 0 0 Total ... ... ... ... ... 100,006 0 16 We have thought it necessary to schedule separately the lands owned by the two Waikato sections in this county. We have already explained, in our reports of the 15th and 16th instant, the position of the tribes acknowledging the leadership of the Hon. Mr. Mahuta, M.L.C., and of the tribes which have seceded under Taingakawa. Our remarks in the report of the 16th instant on lands in the Manukau and other counties, in so far as they relate to the proceeds of the sale of lands for " mana," will apply to lands so scheduled in this report. We have the honour to be Your Excellency's most humble and obedient servants, Robert Stout, ) n ■ . A m at r Commissioners, A. T, Ngata, ) I—G. Ib,