The report (dated March 97th 186-2} describes several blocks of land under offer for sale by the Natives, among others ths following : — "A block of 32,600 acres, including the Ngatarawa plain, with the grassy hills and slopes adjoining, and a portion of the Rau kawa bush. This block consists of about one third plain, and the rest low limestone hills, almobt entirely free from fern, with a suf ficient quantity of timber within easy, reach to supply the wants of the"*setrTeis. The block as regards the quality of the soil, is the richest yet offered for sale in the district, and is no >r approachable by a good cart road the whole way from Waipureku." The price asked for this block by the Na tives was £3.600 or at the rate of *3s. 3d. an acre, it is admitted by Mr. Cooper that "the whole sum asked by the Natives is a trifle in comparison with the revenue it would imme diately yield," and it may be safely asserted that this land, if divided into sections of 50 or 100 acres, each, would readily be sold , at , two pounds an anfe, but it has not been purchased. 