CROWN LANDS.
The Hon. R. McNab has furnished the Christchurch Press with the following information in regard to .Crown lands:— AREAS-AND RENTALS OF CROWN LANDS. Table showing areas and annual rentals of Crown lands in each land district held under pastoral-run, small-grazing ' run, miscellaheous, agricultural, and mining districts land occupation leases, at 31st March 1906: —Auckland land district, total area held 338,890 acres; annual rental, £3,467; Hawke's Bay, 413,958, .£1,598; Taranaki 17,785, £563; Wellington 282,877, £6,208; Nelson 331,479, £1,963; Marlborough,fl, 161120, £7,774; Westland, 875,893/ £1,549; Canterbury, 3,681,775 £42,800; Otago, 5,023,071; £41,576; Southland 1,694,895 ; £5,518 ; Canterbury - Cheviot £49,043, £7,420; totals 13,580,786, £123,436. Approximate area of land not leased, 3,243,759 acres; grand total of Crown lands, 16,824,545 acres. APPLICATIONS FOR SINGLE SECTIONS. The following are some recent cases ■of single sections largely applied for: — . Hawke's Bay District: Section 1, block 16, Mangatoro, 1,100 acres, number of applications received 441; section 2, block 2, Uratawa East, .880 acres 293; Mangatoro Block (eleven sections offered), 825. Taranaki District: Section 32, block 14, Ohura, 242 acres, 184; section 35, block 14, Ohura, 112; section 6, block 15, 512 acres, Ohura, 124. Wellington District: Section 3, block 14, Pukeokahu, 7QO acres, 302; section 6, block 1, Ruahine, 800 acres, 285; section 9, block 1, Ruahine, 815 acres, 283; part section 19, block 10, Hautapu, 74 acres, 416. Marlborough District: Benmore, smal' grazing run, 5,000 acres, 251; Napoleon Spur run, 20,00 acres, 275. Westland District: Section 147, block 14, Wanganui, 300 acres, 203; . section 153, block 2, Poerua, 294 acres, 194. ENDOWMENT. Schedule showing the order of Land Districts in regard to aTeas coming Under the endowment contained in them:—Otago, 5,085,262 acres; Canterbury, 3,776,583; Auckland, 1,849,- • 374; Southland, 1,661,234; Westland, 1,695,214; Marlborough, 1; 163,896; Nelson, 665,804; Hawke's Bay, 568,898; Wellington, 323,392; Taranaki, 134,888.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8335, 18 January 1907, Page 3
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296CROWN LANDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8335, 18 January 1907, Page 3
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