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No. 423a, 6,000 acres, Nokomai District: Lessee, D. A. Cameron. Relet to D. A. Cameron, for ten years, at £12 per annum, from 20th May, 1880. No. 426, 3,000 acres, Manipori Lake ; Lessee, A. M. Clarke. Relet to J. Richards and Co., for ten years, at £5 per annum, from Bth July, 1881. No. 431, 15,000 acres, Greenstone River: Lessee, Hon. R. Campbell, jnn. Relet to If. and J. Thomson, for ten years, at £5 per annum, from 25th February, 1881. No. 436, 34,500 acres, Waikaia District: Lessee, Joseph Clarke. Relet to Ewen Cameron, for ten years, at £39 per annum, from Bth July, 1881. No. 438, 37,000 acres, Eyre Peak District: Lessee, Joseph Rodgers. Relet to William Crowe, for ten years, at £38 per annum, from Bth July, 1881. No. 324, 63,350 acres, Wakatipu District: Lessees, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited). Relet to New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), for ten years, at £250 per annum, from Ist March, 1881. No. 350, 46,000 acres, Wakatipu District: Lessees, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited). Relet to New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), for ten years, at £200 per annum, from Ist March, 1881. Of the above runs abandoned, but since relet, Nos. 416, 426, 431, 436, and 438, have been sold, subject to being stocked within a certain time.—J P Maitland, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

No. 12. —Statement of Rent received for the under-mentioned Runs, previous to the date of their being abandoned. (See Parliamentary Paper, C.-IU, 1877):—No. 389, 40,000 acres: Lessees, E. and R. Campbell; £182 ss. ]od. 3STo. 391, 50,000 acres: Lessee, E. Campbell, jun.; £66 4s. 2d. No. 452, 19,400 acres: Lessee, R. Campbell, jun.; £43 15s. No. 415, 58,000 acres : Lessees, R. and R. Campbell; £151 13s. 4d. No. 416, 74,000 acres: Lessees, E. and R. Campbell; £116 13s. 4d. No. 418, 30,000 acres : Lessees, R. and E. Campbell ; £58 6s. Bd. No. 423a, 4,000 acres: Lessee, D. A. Cameron ; £58 6s. Bd. No. 426, 3,000 acres : Lessee, A. M. Clarke; £29 3s. 4d. No. 431, 14,000 acres : Lessees, R. and R. Campbell; £35. No. 436, 63,000 acres : Lessee, Joseph Clarke ; £262 10s. No. 438, 35,000 acres : Lessee, Joseph Rodgers; Rent not stated. No. 324, 66,350 acres: Lessees, McArdell and Hodge; £758 14s. 3d. No. 350, 46,000 acres : Lessees, Mathieson Brothers ; £526 4s. 6d. Total, 502,750 acres ; £2,288 17s. Id. Ten of these Runs have since been relet at a gross rental of £619, showing a serious loss to the Government. Total number of sheep in the colony, 1878 ... ~. .. ... 13,069,338 Ditto, ditto, 1879 ... ... ... .. 11,405,389 Showing a deficit of ... ... ... ... 1,663,949 The departmental returns for 1880 and 1881 are not yet compiled, but tlie Hon. Mr. Waterhouse estimates the deficiency now at two millions, and the loss to the exports of the colony at £500,000 per annum. (See Hansard, 23rd June, 1881, page 172.)

Eetl-en showing the Approximate Area of Unoccupied Crown Lands in each Babbit District in the Colony. District. Area. District. Area. Napier 303,485 Lake .. .. 703,000 Castlepoint ... .. 212,000 Tuturau .. 1,272 Masterton .. 96,000 Kaiwera .. ... 856 Wainuioru 75,000 "Wyndham ... 6,713 Awhea ... .. 30,000 Hokonui . 32,200 Carterton ... ... 44,500 Aparima .. ... 50,520 Palmerston North .. 42,600 Wallace 75,970 Otaria 27,800 "West Oreti ... 1,000,500 Tapanui. 11,899 Vincent... ... 60,698 2,781,013 General Survey Office, "Wellington. A. Baebon. sth August, 1881,

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