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RETURN of Land held under DEPASTURING and other LEASES (except for Gold Mining), and of RENT, &c, Paid, from the IST January to the 31st December, 1878.

By Authority: Geoeob Didsbtjby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB79.

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For Depasturing Purposes. Agricultural Leases. For Mineral or Other Purposes. Provincial Remarks. No. of Runs. Rate of Assessment of Run. Number of Acres. Rents and Assessments. Number of Acres. Rents Paid. Number of Acres. Rents Paid. A. R. P. 81,148 O O £ ,. d. 117 10 o A. r. p. £ s. d. A. b'. p. £ s. d. 28 12 o 333 6 8 1000 203 5 o 9 15 o Auckland 11 Royalty on 572 tons manganese. Royalty on coal from mine at Kawakawa. Rent of manganese mine at Waikeke. Timber leases. For illegal cutting of timber on Crown lands. ,. ... 80 o o „ ... ,, ... 371 o o M Taranaki ... Hawke's Bay 23 123,146 O O 440 19 6 IO 2 15 40 I o o Approximate areas were given to these runs, and as surveys progress the correct area is ascertained, hence the discrepancies in the annual returns. Section 332, Carnarvon, and the Island of Mana, were let by late Provincial Govern, ment. Wellington Nelson 37 62 173,625 I 28 379,334 1 18 ',059,147 o o J 838 2 4 3,39° 'i 6 4,516 2 8 45,629 2 35 M75 5 6 5,882 o 6 „ Marlborough 9' 7d. per sheep, 3s. 6d. per head cattle id. per acre per annum 2d. per acre per annum 1,095 7 o These are leases over 500 acres. Under pastoral leases. „ ... 13 20,776 o o 1,103 1 17 60 o o Under pastoral licenses. ,1 ... 1 4,000 o o Canterbury ,, 11 ... Westland... Otago (exclusive of Southland) Southland Class I., 37 „ II., 171 „ III., 301 29 237 id. per acre 9,088 o o 264,631 o o 3,336,097 o o 327,920 o o 6,580,016 o o 245 17 9 4,308 17 o 28,559 '3 o 700 4 1 57,9io 19 7 Canterbury Association pre-emptive right. Under 5,000 acres. Of 5,000 acres and upwards. 86,709 o 19 12,581 4 5 1,750 o o 8,863 1 21 5150 1,307 5 3 58 2d. per acre 751,027 o o 5,857 7 9 526 o 14 18,586 1 3i 165 15 o Totals 1,072 13,109,95s 3 6 106,886 5 2 132,338 3 14 13,756 9 " 3,305 o 11