C—No. 5.

RETURN OF LANDS HELD UNDER DEPASTURING AND OTHER LEASES.

RETURN of LANDS held under DEPASTURING and other LEASES (except for Gold Mining), and of RENTS &c. paid, for the Year ending 31st December, 1871.

.Foil Djspastukini Purposes. Foe Miner Puki lL OE OTHEE 'OSES. Peotincb. Number of Acres. Rents and Assessments. Number of Acres. Eents Paid. A. E. P. £ s. d. a. a. p. £ s. d. Auckland 58, 750 0 0 55 0 0 a 70 0 0 32 10 0 Taranaki 24 0 23 2 6 4 Hawke's Bay ... f b 278, 733 X c 40, 848 0 0 0 0 878 18 7 193 6 2 } Wellington 21, 350 0 0 141 13 4 Nelson ( I 283, 509 I c 371,887 0 0 0 0 827 3 8 3,010 15 1 601 0 35 51 4 0 Marlborough ... (el, 006, 770 { b 22, 428 0 0 0 0 4,139 0 1 87 19 2 } Canterbury C 5,402, 837 I <Z769 0 0 3 11 33,942 15 6 38 3 0 } "Westland 31,400 0 0 428 18 10 Otago 6,488, 756 0 0 56,281 12 7 1,888 3 35 368 9 3 Southland District ( e 916,462 I / 75, 500 0 0 0 0 7,708 13 8 28 11 2 } Total 15, 000, 023 3 34 107,764 17 2 2,560 0 30 452 3 3 a Timber License b Held under Lie c Held under Lei cl General G-overi e Held under " S / Held under Ots ;s. senses. ases. iment Reserves leased for pasturage purposes, iouthland Waste Land Act, 1865." igo Land Regulations, 1st April, 1856. "W. S. MOOBHOTTSE, Secretary of Crown Lands.