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Table No. 12. Statement showing the Acreage of low-lying Pastoral and Agricultural Land fit for Settlement. Acres. Auckland District ... ... ... ... ... ... 665,500 Taranaki District ... ... ... ... ... ... 334,000 Hawke's Bay District ... ... ... ... ... 284,000 Wellington District ... ... ... ... ... ... 423,000 Nelson District ... ... ... ... ... ... 160,000 Marlborough District ... ... ... ... ... 49,000 Canterbury District ... ... ... ... ... ... 90,000 Westland District ... ... ... ... ... ... 310,000 Otago District ... ... ... ... ... ... 298,000 Southland District ... ... ... ... ... ... 236,500 Total ... ... ... ... 2,850,000

Table No. 13. ESTIMATE OF GEADUATED LAND-TAX. Improvements of each owner to the value of £3,000 deducted, and an exemption of .£500 allowed when the value, less improvements, as stated, does not exceed ,£1,500, and above that no exemption allowed.

Note. —The tax is calculated on the total taxable value of an owner's is, on £5,000 at on £25,000 at lfd., and on over £100,000 at If a.

Authority ; Geoboe Didseuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9l.

Persons. Companies. Total. £ £ 177,596 £ £ 27,361 £ £ 204,957 An all-round tax of Id. in the pound ... Graduated tax on £5,000 to £10,000 -Jd. extra 10,000 to 20,000 |d. „ 20,000 to 50,000 fd. „ 50,000 to 100,000 fd. „ over £100,000 |d. „ Total graduated tax 2,391 6,580 12,588 12,207 12,801 111 241 726 1,931 12,314 2,502 6,821 13,314 14,138 25,115 — ■ 46,567 ■ 15,323 • 61,890 Totals £224,163 £42,684 £266,847