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Table 5.— Analysis of Holdings taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1896.

.verage igs o: lectors. Description of Land. No. of Selectors. No. of Selectors under 1 Acre. Selectc c 1 Acre ors e. t. t , c , , , No. of Selectors No. of Selectors el . n ,~ 1 to 50 Acre, ***> No. of Selectors 251 to 500 Acres. No. of Selectors 501 to 1,000 Acres. No. of Selectors 1,001 Acres and upwards. lash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase liease in perpetuity Vgricultural lease lecupation Lease under " The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 " tillage settlement, cash tillage settlement, occupation with right of purchase tillage settlement, lease in perpetuity Tillage-homestead special settlement Special-settlement associations Improved farm special settlements Small grazing-runs i'astoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses 462 6 7 431 415 3 69 222 1 "l 160 53 2 4 2 4 66 275 57 248 3 ' 53 15 17 1 66 86 6 21 19 4 3 4 16 3 183 11 224 315 30 15d 189 14 3 7 6 88 2 168 8 5 1 219 48 267 4 26 51 101 26 3 1 8 10 12 i 4 5 14 65 17 Total 2,520 282 694 1,174 203 60 107 Cheviot Estate— Cash Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Grazing farms Miscellaneous leases and licenses Iiand fob Settlements Acts — Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, village Special Settlement Associations 14 6 8 2 16 4 10 1 8 11 "a 3 "l "2 275 10 14 1 123 10 85 14 48 17 1 Grand totals 108 2,865 287 857 1,279 255 2,865 79 i 108 Table 6.— Retubn of Ceown Lands sold for Cash during the Year ended 31st March, 1896. Area disposed of. Area disposed of. — ; Average Price per Acre. Consideration received. iwn. Suburban. Rural. Total. Suburban. Rural. District. I . Number of Purchasers. Number | | Number Area. of Pur- , Area. I of Purchasers, i j chasers. Number | \ Number Number of Pur- , Area. of Pur- Area. of Pur- Area. Town. Suburban. ! Rural. chasers, j i chasers. chasers. Area. i Cash. Scrip. Total. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 14 5 43 141 A. B. P. A. B. P. 81 1 17 4 43 0 14 83 3 3 0 .. .. excess area 16 3 30 .. .. 4 43 3 18 28 64 2 19 10 31 6 2 2 2 1 13 20 39 1 15 I 21 14 3 33 6 35 0 0 10 a. B. p. a. r. p. a. r. p. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. i £ s. d. 4 43 0 14 83 8,742 3 37 101 8,867 1 28 j 3 1 048 2 5 648 0 12 11-06 f6 excess area 68 2 0 5 72 1 0 J15 4 0 .. 0 5 11 4 322 2 9 47 339 1 39 !67 6 3 .. 2 4 3-4 1 28 64 2 19 10 1,002 3 8 179 \ 1,111 1 5 154 13 5 10 13 7 1 16 0 4 31 7,908 0 10 31 7,908 0 10 .. .. 0 7 0 {2 6 7,120 3 0 6 7,120 8 0 .. .. 0 7 8 §2 2 *346 2 11 2 346 2 11 .. .. 12 6-2 2 140 0 0 2 140 0 0 .. .. 0 10. 0 20 39 1 15 I 21 242 2 39 49 284 1 27 20 18 2-7 5 18 11 0 19 3-3 6 35 0 0 i 10 203 2 15 40 253 2 8 |23 17 0 3 2 0 0 14 0 A. R. p. 8,742 3 37 68 2 0 322 2 9 1,002 3 8 7,908 0 10 7,120 3 0 *346 2 11 140 0 0 242 2 39 203 2 15 £ s. d. j 2 5 6-48 10 13 ' 7 5 1811 3 2 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 12 11-06 f6,355 0 7 .. 6,355 0 7 0 5 11 97 7 6 .. 97 7 6 2 4 3-4 1,791 3 1 .. 1,791 3 1 1 16 0 4,675 2 6 226 10 0 4,901 12 6 0 7 0 {2,771 9 0 I .. 2,771 9 0 0 7 8 §2,748 12 0 .. 2,748 12 0 1 2 6-2 398 15 8 .. 398 15 8 0 10. 0 ||35 0 0 .. 35 0 0 0 19 3-3 517 2 0 .. 517 2 0 0 14 0 727 10 10 .. 727 10 10 6, 1, 4, 2, ■1, £ ,3 ,7 ,6 ,7 ,7 8 II 6 7 £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ 355 0 7 .. 6, 97 7 6 791 3 1 .. 1, 375 2 6 226 10 0 4,' 771 9 0 I .. 2, 748 12 0 .. 2, 398 15 8 .. ; ||36 0 0 517 2 0 .. j 727 10 10 £ s. ,355 ( 97 \ ,791 I ,901 1J ,771 S ,748 IS 398 If 35 ( 517 i 727 1C a 24 Totals 235 163 0 31 i 58 182 0 8 j is 280a. 1b. Up. excess area. t Si ! . 58 182 0 8 169 26,098 2 9 462 26,443 3 8... .. .. 2C 169 26,098 2 9 169 Survev 20,117 3 2 | 226 10 0 0, ,1 117 3 2 | 226 10 0 20,: 20,343 13 ,343 li * Includi Up. excess area. \ Survey-fees, £336 lis. 8d. { Survey-fees, £162 8s. § Survey-fees, £27 5s. t Survey-fees, £336 lis. 8d. I! I! Survey-fees, £22. § Survey-fees, £27 5s. I! Survey-fees, £22.