C—No. 5.

RETURN of Lands held under Depasturing and other Leases (except for Gold Mining), and of Rents &c. paid, for the Tear ending 31st December, 1869, in the various Provinces of New Zeal and.

LAND HELD UNDER DEPASTURING LEASES, ETC.

Pob lEPASTUBING PUEPOS: is. Fob Mutesax ob otheb Pu: tPOSES. Province. Number of Acres. Bents and Assessments. Number of Acres. Rents Paid. Royalties. Auckland a. e. r. £ s. d. A. B. T. £ n. d. 95,830 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0(a) 15 0 0 Faranaki Hawke's Bay ... 347,700 0 0 10,064 12 7 Wellington 53,079 0 0 195 19 1 Nelson ... ... j 347,038 O 0(b) 749 19 7 320,777 3 18(c) 2,752 17 6 485 0 6 34 0 0 Marlborough ... < 983,644 0 0(d) 4,062 8 8 29,490 0 0(e) 106 10 10 Canterbury 5,525,149 0 0 33,882 12 6 769 3 11 27 10 3 Westland 30,100 0 0 377 10 0 Otago ... 6,578,000 0 0(f) 58,320 1 6 Southland ... j 932,023 0 0(o) 7,835 17 2 72,000 0 0(h) 17 4 0 15,314,830 3 18 118,415 13 5 1,554 3 17 76 10 3 (a.) Timber License: (b.) Depasturing Li< (c.) Crown Lands (I (d.) Under Leases. f. :enses. kelson) Leasing Act, 181 17. (E.) w (G.) (H.) Under Licenses. Approximate only. Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865. Otago Land Regulations, 1856. Alfred Domett, Secretary for Crown Lands.