RUNS ABANDONED IN OTAGO DURING YEARS 1877-84 (PARTICULARS OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885 Session I, C-09

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RUNS ABANDONED IN OTAGO DURING YEARS 1877-84 (PARTICULARS OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 22nd July, 1885. Ordered " That a return be laid upon the table showing the number of runs, and their acreage, which have been thrown up in Otago during the years 1877-84; said return to give rentals of such runs before they were abandoned, and how the lands have been dealt with since."—(Mb. FERGUS.)

Return showing Number of Runs and their Acreage whch have been thrown up in Otago during the Years 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884; also the Rentals of such Runs before they were abandoned, and how the Lands have been dealt with since.

* Approximate amount of assessment being under the old Acts.

Date of .bandonment. Number of Bun. Acreage. Kental. How dealt with. New Eentals. i*eb., 1877 240 47,000 £ s. d. 264 0 0* Eelet, March, 1887, under Act of 1872, in two runs:— 240a, 32,110 acres 240b, 12,150 acres Eelet, April, 1877, under Act of 1872, in two runs :— 326, 42,680 acres 326a, 650 acres Eelet, March, 1877, under Act of 1872, in two runs :— 340a, 63,090 acres 340b, 15,850 acres Grouped with 449, 21,430 acres, and relet for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884 £ s. d. 326 44,800 621 0 0* 206 0 0* 58 0 0* m 250 0 0* 2 0 0* 840 80,000 583 0 0* )ot., 1877 ilarch, 1877 une, 1877 torch, 1877 Tov., 1877 j'eb., 1877 448 Wakatipu. 1 2b 7 15 22 23 338 5,000 85,000 3,000 6,000 10,800 20,700 16,300 50,000 16 0 0* 485 0 0 177 10 0 485 0 0 315 0 0 470 0 0 493 0 0 439 0 0* Eelet, from 1st April, 1877 from 1st Nov., 1877 „ from 1st June, 1877 from 1st January, 1878 _ from 1st April, 1877 from 1st April, 1877 Eelet, under Act of 1872, in two runs :— 338a, 27,000 acres 338b, 31,500 acres Eelet, under Act of 1877, for ten years, frpm 1st March, 1883 Ditto 583 0 0* 73 0 0* £5 for first seven years ; £10 for second seven years ; £15 for third seven years. 212 0 0 105 0 0 305 0 0 315 0 0 194 0 0 135 16 8 Lugust, 1878 32 0 0* 306 0 0* 10 0 0 .eo., 1878 463 40,000 53 0 0* )_t., 1878 .eo., 1879 415 444 455 64,000 5,500 40,000 233 0 0* 29 3 4* 73 0 0* Eelet, under Amendment Act, 1882, for ten years, from 1st March, 1884 35 0 0 10 0 0 £5 for first seven years ; £10 for second seven years ; £15 for third seven years. 35 18 4 )ot., 1879 1 8,500 212 0 0 Eelet, under Act of 1877, for ten years, from 1st March, 1880 Ditto 2a 4 5 6 7 11 7,500 5,400 15,800 11,000 6,000 14,000 177 10 0 95 0 0 370 0 0 315 0 0 305 0 0 275 0 0 31 5 0 22 10 0 66 0 0 45 16 8 25 0 0 116 13 4

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Date of Abandonment. Number of Run. Acreage. Rental. How dealt with. New Rentals. Oct., 1879 Wakatipu. 12 23,500 £ s. d. 490 0 0 Relet, under Act of 1877, ten years, from 1st March, 1881 Relet, under Act of 1877, ten years, from 1st March, 1880 Ditto .. Relet, under Act of 1887, ten years, from 1st March, 1881 Ditto .. £ s. d. 97 18 4 13 14,000 365 0 0 58 6 8 m 15 17 10,800 18,300 315 0 0 240 0 0 45 0 0 76 5 0 tt if 20 25 26 24,000 19,000 6,000 100 0 0 160 0 0 92 10 0 Relet, under Act of 1877, ten years, from 1st March, 1880 Ditto .. 37 10 0 79 3 4 55 8 4 27 28 29 389 4,700 9,400 11,000 40,000 125 0 0 140 0 0 87 10 0 146 0 0* 68 10 10 117 10 0 114 11 8 Dec, 1881 April, 1882 391 16 50,000 7,000 58 0 0' 58 6 8 Relet, in two runs:— 389, 11,000 acres, for ten years, from 1st March, 1883 389a, 53,480 acres, for fourteen years, from 1st March, 1883 Relet, as 38,220 acres, for twentyone years, from 1st March, 1884 Grouped with 17, 20, 21, and 22, 104,100 acres, and relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884 Grouped and let as above. Grouped with 26, 28, 30, and 31, 47,710 acres, and relet, for twentyone years, from 1st March, 1884 185 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 £50 for first seven years; £100 for second seven years ; £150 for third seven years. May, 1882 Aug., 1882 20 29 24,000 11,000 37 10 0 114 11 8 £50 for first seven years; £100 for second seven years ; £150 for third seven years. 0 31 30 22 8,600 13,500 20,700 71 13 4 112 10 0 43 2 6 Grouped and let as above. 0 Sept., 1882 June, 1882 431 15,000 5 0 0 Grouped and let as above. (See No. 16.) Grouped with 418, 33,000 acres, and relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884 £10 for first seven years ; £20 for second seven years ; £30 for third seven years. 5 0 0 Aug., 1882 438 37,000 38 0 0 Grouped with 452, 55,690 acres, and relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1885 Relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884 Ditto .. 354 48,150 129 0 0 107 0 0 Oct., 1882 415 41R 21 64,560 30,000 32,000 35 0 0 15 0 0 66 13 4 Grouped and let with 431, as above. Grouped and relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884. (See No. 16 under 1882.) Grouped and relet as above. (See No. 29 under 1882.) Grouped and relet as above. (See No. 16 under 1882.) Grouped and relet as above. (See No. 29 under 1882.) Offered for sale 28th May, 1885, for twenty-one years, at £20. Relet, for ten years, from 1st March, 1885 Relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884 £42 for first seven years; £84 for second seven years ; £126 for third seven years. Jan., 1883 March, 1883 26 6,650 55 8 4 17 18,300 76 5 0 28 9,400 117 10 0 April, 1883 5 15,800 66 0 0 May, 1883 6 11,000 45 16 8 5 0 0 July, 1883 9a 7,500 97 13 2 £13 for first seven years; £26 for second seven years; £39 for third seven years. Sept., 1883 Tuapeka. 1 130 0 0 Relet, for nine years, from 1st March, 1884 Relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1884 Ditto .. 2,380 75 0 0 April, 1883 417 26,400 60 0 0 15 0 0 324 350 140b 63,350 46,000 9,230 250 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 Relet, for fourteen years, from 1st March, 1884 195 0 0 50 0 0 90 0 0 May, 1883 471 472 473 474 476 6,000 4,500 6,400 7,000 6,000 10 0 0 10 0 0 13' 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 Grouped, offered, and now opened [■ for application, for twenty-one years, at £10. Open for application, for twenty-one years, at £5. Relet, for seven years, from 1st March, 1884 August, 1883 160 0 0 Sept., 1883 170a 12,870 500 0 0 * Approximate amount of assessment being under the old Acts.

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Crown Lands Office, J. P. Maitland, Dunedin, 31st July, 1885. Commissioner of Crown Lands. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, Nil; Printing (1,225 copies), £3 95.]

By Authority: George Didsboey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBs.

Date of .bandonment. Number of Eun. Acreage. Eental. How dealt with. New Eental. £ s. d. £ s. d. fune, 1884 Wakatipu. 11 14,000 116 13 4 Grouped with 12, 13, and 15, 59,910 acres, and relet, for twenty-one years, from 1st March, 1885 Grouped and let as above. Ditto. £50 for first'seven years; £100 for second seven years; £150 for third seven years. * 12 13 15 8 23,500 14,000 10,800 12,500 97 18 4 58 6 8 45 0 0 104 3 4 m Offered for sale, 28th May, 1885, for fourteen years, at £50. Eelet, for fourteen years, from 1st March, 1885 Ditto .. Sept., 1884 30 0 0 10 16,000 66213 4 427 445 23633 3,000 15,080 3,760 40 0 0 75 0 0 120 0 0 Eelet, for ten years, from 1st March, 1885 . Ditto .. Open for application, for ten years, £5. Eelet, for fourteen years, from 1st March, 1885 Eelet, for five years, from 1st March, 1880 41 0 0 22 0 0 85 0 0 236H 444 17,980 5,500 910 0 0 10 0 0 370 0 0 3ept., 1884 432 9,500 30 0 0 25 0 0 Section No. 5, Block VIII., Teviot Section No. 16, Block, X., Teviot 181 12 0 0 5 0 0 i-ugust, 1884 462 11 0 0 Offered for sale, 23rd July, 1885, for five years, at £5.