WASTE LANDS SOLD UP TO 31st DECEMBER, 1859.

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RETURN of the Number of Acres of WASTE LANDS Sold, or otherwise disposed of, in each Quarter, from the. 1st April, 1856, to the 31st December, 1859; and of the Nature and Amount of Consideration received; distinguishing TOWN Lands from COUNTRY Lands.

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Number of Acres. Consideration. Remission Grants without Purchase; Certificates to Pebiod. Retired Free Grants; Remarks. Town. Suburban. Country. Cash. Govt. Scrip and New Zealand Company's Land Orders. Provincial Govt. Scrip and Land Orders. Officers. Old Land Claims. 1856. June Quarter ... (September Quarter December Quarter Totals 1856 ... 1857. .March Quarter... June Quarter ... September Quarter December Quarter 37 3 4 54 2 9 47 3 7 71 2 16 29 2 27 A. R. P. 11 2 20 11 0 7 15 0 17 104 1 33 164 2 21 A. E. P. 104 1 33 a. r. p. 580 0 0 2,166 0 23 3,740 0 38 6,486 1 21 4,282 1 28 4,051 2 0 3,747 1 4 2,430 3 11 £ s. d. 368 5 0 1,802 2 0 3,970 8 10 6,140 15 10 1,383 19 0 3,400 3 6 1,941 7 11 367 19 0 £ s. d. I £ s. d. 540 0 0 1,002 14 3 858 16 8 751 5 0 1,083 15 4 540 0 0 899 7 6 4S0 17 6 32 2 6 £ s. d. 899 7 6 A. B. P. Iα the preparation of this Return some difficulty wad experienced in dealing with the " Immigrants' Conditional Free Grants" in the Province of Auckland. — Upon the whole, however, it appeared most advisable, as they were expressed in acres, to place them in the last column. This column, (the heading of which has been retained unaltered for the sake of uniformity with the Return presented in the Session of 1856,) embraces lands disposed of under various authorities ; but practically no confusion will arise, as all the figures in it refer only to the above mentioned " Free Grants to Immigrants." —Had they been returned under their Money value they would more naturally have appeared as " Provincial Government Scrip and Land Orders." Totals 1857 ... 203 2 19 164 2 21 14,512 0 3 7,093 9 5 3,696 11 3 513 0 0 1858. March Quarter... June Quarter ... September Quarter December Quarter 4 1 7 1,286 0 35 3,357 0 14 1,832 0 10 6,477 3 26 745 4 8 1,124 10 1 688 15 8 1,743 0 10 140 0 0 554 0 0 341 0 p 1,716 15 0 26 3 23 Totals 1858 ... 31 0 30 12,953 1 5 4,301 11 3 2,751 15 0 CONTINUED.