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No. 1.—Summary of Lands Disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony, with Total Cash Received for Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1881.

No. 2.—Summary of Extent of Crown Lands absolutely Disposed of for Cash, Scrip, or in any other manner, during the Year ended 31st March, 1881.

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Lands Sold. Lands Disposed of without Sale. Land District. Number ol Acres. Rate per Acre. Consideration. Town. Number of Purchases. Suburban. Number of Purchases. Country. [Number of! Purchases. Town. Suburban. Country. Cash. Scrip. By Grants or in any other manner. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki West Coast (North Island) ... Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland A. R. P. 56 .11 7 i 10 *4 3 o 8120 300 3 o 23 020 23 2 35 5 3 3* 31 o 20 46 3 34 9' -5 27 295 4 16 A. R. P. 215 O 16 97 3 22 23 3 26 227 2 37 36 2 22 9 0 18 2700 42 3 18 29 4 4 3 1 A. R. P. 66,205 * ° 3.3*9 ° 39 1,068 o 39 *4>3*3 3 8 *5>*9* * 37 2,267 2 11 1,216 i 39 20,710 3 19 595 2 14 53:599 * '7 17,142 1 12 *9S.63° o 35 143 12 16 225 60 20 £ s. d. 45 2 6 48 13 8 42 10 o 80 o o 62 10 o 51 o o 30 o o 64 o 10 40 o o 62 o o 42 2 6 £ s. d. 416 369 700 11 00 5 *3 o 3 3 0 300 *3 8 4 300 5 9 0 486 £ s. d. o 7 95 0 17 6 1 18 3 f 5 *° o 1 4 10 o 12 o £ s. d. 25.793 " ° 2,622 16 1 1,778 2 10 88,683 11 6 1,542 o o 1,262 9 11 45,793 16 5 832 3 o 70,126 3 7 23,838 13 3 £ s. d. 3,456 6 3 974 8 10 5>639 H o A. R. P. 4,704 3 23 870 o 17 778 2 I 2,186 o o 27,059 3 *7 340 o 9 1,163 * 33 717 o II *7 3 23 3,011 1 28 1,739 o o I 95 35 7* 61 ... -3 3 289 -3 3°7 67_ o 19 3 223 100 * 5 * * 3 9 88" 2 6 150 o 23 34° 2 2 2. 65_ Totals 1,170 3 24 202 i,*55 275,896 16 7 10,158 11 7 42,588 I 2 274 3 4 .i*

Land District. Total Area Sold. Total Area Granted or Reserved under Acts. Total Area Sold.or Otherwise Disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony.^ Total Cash Received. Total Area open for Selection on 31st March, 1881. Total Area remaining for Future Disposal, exclusive of Area in preceding Column and of Native Lands. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki West Coast (North Island) Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland A. r. p. * Cannot 981,451 o o 126,224 1 314,825 o o 1,576,611 3 15 1,028,510 o o 493,127 2 24 2,919,461 I 28 49,248 2 28 2,046,463 O O 899.5 0'6 3 34 A. R. P. be given. 58,703 o o 184,080 o 6 2,186 o o 334,796 2 27 13,186 o o 359,789 2 12 519,206 2 O 70,362 I 27 794,757 o o 135,100 o o A. B. P. t 3,446,932 I 23 1,040,154 O O 310,304 1 37 17,011 o o 1,9II,408 2 2 1,041,696 O O 852,9*7 o 36 3,438,667 3 28 119,611 o 15 2,841,220 O O 1,034,606 3 34 £ s. d. 403,419 9 o 456,320 6 9 201,088 19 10 88,683 *' 6 775,901 10 6 360,645 18 10 271,009 10 11 5,829,576 15 2 57,879 *3 9 2,149,490 13 o 1,063,570 17 6 A. R. P. 57,269 o o 40,650 o o *6,755 3 9 4,625 1 16 46,666 o o 5,844,304 o o 630,000 o o 5,254,493 * 8 255,971 3 29 260,000 o o 1,527,498 1 6 A. R. P. 2,738,999 o o 274,349 o o 1,085,000 o o 267,737 o ° 1,218,852 o o 1,077,526 o o 2,670,177 o o 10,156,588 o o 218,487 o o Totals 2,472,167 o 32 16,054,529 2 15 11,657,587 6 9 13,938,233 2 28 19,707,715 o o ■0,135,43° o o * Original land records lost in fire. t 1,161,439 acres of confu icated lands disposed of, but not included in returns of former years, has been given for this year.