THE LAND FUND OF NEW ZEALAND.
The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times telegraphs I The following extract from -a return laid on the table of the House shows the acreage of laml alienated ami the cash received for it in cacdi Provincial District since the formation of the Colony .
The following is the area of land in hand open for sale
A errs Canterbury 5,350,725 Oa.-o 233,800 Southland 1,548.903 Auckland ... ... 37.397 Hawke’s Bay 65,548 Wellington 27,721 Nelson 5,585,963 Marlborough 1,071,395 Westland 245,500 Taranaki 11,397
The return of land held under depastur - ing and other leases (except for mining), ami of rents paid for year ending December 31st, 1879, shows that in the whole Colony the land held for depasturing purposes is 12,025,013 acres ; agricultural leases, 123, 813 acres ; mineral and other purposes, 111,287 acres ; total rents and assessment, U IS, 605.
Acres £ Canterbury ... 3,342,301 5,701,104 Otago 2,244,532 2,008.170 Southland 1,014,039 1,037,759 Auckland 2,205.734 309,759 Hawke’s bay... 1,002,059 447.101 Wellington l,SS2,650 750,073 Nelson 1,025,832 358,992 Marlborough ... 849,004 209.315 Westland 14-4,072 57,147 Taranaki 285,800 160,203
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Dunstan Times, Issue 958, 27 August 1880, Page 3
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