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1890. NEW ZEALAND.

OWNERS OF 5,000-ACRE BLOCKS AND UPWARDS (RETURN OF) SHOWING ABSENTEE OWNERS, BANKS, AND INDIVIDUAL OWNERS.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 16th July, 1890. Ordered, " That a return (supplementary to Return H.-25 of 1889) be laid before this House showing all the facts and figures in Return H.-25 of 1889, but grouping absentee owners on the first page, banks, corporations, companies, and firms on the following page, and lastly the names of individual owners; indicating opposite each proprietor's name (if owning more than one block) the several blocks, with marginal figures stating the total acreage of each owner, and showing at the end of the return the total acreage of land therein." —(Mr. Joyce.)

Return of Owners of 5,000-acre Blocks and upwards in the Colony.

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Name and Address. Area. Total Area. Value. Value of Improve- Bent, ments. County. I Local District or Biding. ABSI 3NTEES, Acres. A'Deane, John Allen, William Shepherd Acres. 15,582 6,201 £ 31,165 2,855 £ 12,480 £ Waipawa .. Tauranga and Rotorua Amuri and Cheviot Wallace Buataniwha R.D. Waimapu and North Ridings. Waiau & Hawkeswood Ridings. Waiau Riding. Wairio Riding. Anstey, George A. 43,618 63,008 4,700 , — u - Ashbury, James .. .. 26,140 250 26,390 11,033 5,313 9,401 0,463 75,700 750 30,500 250 Benn and Co., John Boutellian and Co. Brown, Matthew Ingle .. ... Brown, William and James Buchan Can , , Edmund and Charles R. .. 105 5,773 22,040 4,605 47,008 12,654 420 24,025 7,150 * Waipa Hutt Ashburton .. Mackenzie .. Hawke's Bay Pukekura R.D. Wellington R.D. Mount Hutt R.D. Fairlie Riding. Pnketapu R.D. Petane R.D. 3,110 2,463 80 8,365 * □larke, Joseph Clifford and Weld Curling, Robert .. 5,878 72,521 66,190 14,571 73,552 135,100 50,469 12,339 3,600 16,457 Tuapeka Marlborough Patangata .. James Riding. Awatcre R.D. Oero and Havelock R.Ds. Waiau Riding. W a i k a r e m o a n a Riding. Pahau Riding. Cuthbertson, John Dalgety, Frederick G. .. .. 24,960 6,200 ! 1 6,382 25,000 980 7,733 * Wallaco Wairoa 6,235 32,549 63,744 41,240 12,770 12,470 41,780 380 7,030 623 Ainuri Derham, Walter Dixon, George 12,465 17,629 51861 East Taupo. Wairarapa North Castlepoint and and Upper Taueru R.Ds. TaotaoroaR.D. and Patetere Riding. Fergusson, Sir James 8,026 17,650 8,000 Piako Graham, William Smellie .. 95,309 21,319 116,628 13,314 13,938 20,060 8,031 * East Taupo. Hobson Dargavillo Riding. Gordon, Thomas Edward Grice and Co., William 47,914 24,500 7,150 10,500 Hawke's Bay Waipa Clive R.D. Rangiaohia and Pukekura R.Ds. Mount Peel R.D. Rangitoto Riding. Campbell and Carnarvon Ridings. Awahou Riding. Hoare, Henry Keiler, William Larkworthy, Falconer .. .. 7,160 17,334 6,127 71,136 17,651 25,133 4,500 13,024 1,398 Gorakline .. Rangitikei .. Manawatu .. 9,233 16,393 14,265 28,005 20,546 Mein Brothers .. .. .. ... 35,396 19,667 Southland .. Toitois Riding (outlying). Awatere R.D. Aratapu Riding. Monro, Alexander B. Nimmo, James .. .. .. 40,549 64 7,013 7,013 10,140 186 1,400 500 Marlborough Hobson * 40,613 ♦ Not stated.