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1873. NEW ZEALAND.

LANDS HELD UNDER DEPASTURING LEASES (RETURN OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

RETURN of LANDS held under DEPASTURING and other LEASES (except for Gold Mining), and RENTS, &c., paid in the several PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, for the Year ending 31st DECEMBER, 1872.

Fob Depas' xvsa Purposes. For Miner, PUR] LL OR OTHER 'OSES. Province. Number of Acres. Rents and Assessments. Number of Acres. Rents Paid. Auckland A. E. P. £ s. d. A. E. P. £ s. d. 117,990 0 0 95 0 0 110 0 0 a 55 0 0 Taranaki 24 0 23 2 6 4 Hawke's Bay ] r J 298,625 0 0 C c 40,848 0 0 998 19 0 ! 194 11 8 Wellington ... 17,600 0 0 110 8 4 Nelson C d 277,349 0 0 £ e 369,706 3 27 906 2 4 1,209 3 4 209 3 9 3,946 14 2 Marlborough r 4 22,006 0 0 (. c 1,005,470 0 0 89 7 4 4,126 12 3 ! Canterbury ... r 5,566,605 0 0 (. /769 3 11 34,497 8 2 \ #8 1 24 1 0 0 32 14 3 Westland County 46,500 0 0 479 10 0 Otago 6,435,018 0 0 57,147 0 7 3,449 2 23 435 14 9 Southland District r h 907,291 0 0 ( f75,500 0 0 7,632 15 8 \ 43 2 8 Totals 15,181,302 3 21 110,302 12 9 4,777 3 11 700 18 6 a. Timber Licenses. b. Licenses. c. Leases. d. Depasturing Licenses. e. Under Crown Lands Leasing Acts. f. Government ReseiTe leased for pasturage purposes. ff. Below high watermark, under " The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1866." h. Under " Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865." i. Under " Otago Land Regulations, 1st April, 1856." C. H. Hattghton, Tinder Secretary for Crown Lands. Price 3rf.] Bj Authority: Geokgb Didsbuby, GoTernmen* Printer, Wellington,—1873.