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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1894." TABLE B.—Return of Lands recommended for Purchase by the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners under the above Act up to 31st March, 1897. [Note.—Wherever the land-tax value is absent, the tax value of the property offered cannot be separated from the rest of the estate.]

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Name of Seller and Locality. Area offered by Vendor. Price asked. Tax Value. Price offered for Land. Total Price ___ paid to Seller. Per Acre. Cost of Eoading, Administra- Total Cost to tion, Date. &c, to Date. Date of Deed, Remarks. Per Acre. Per Acre. Auckland Land Distbict. a. b. p. 4,738 0 0 1,357 3 21 3,546 0 0 6,746 0 0 2,711 0 0 1,028 0 0 3,100 0 0 4,102 0 0 5,940 0 0 7,604 0 0 40,872 3 21 £ s. d. 4 10 0 6 12 6 4 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I Owner refused price offered. I I 3 13 0 3 10 0 1 18 0 2 15 0 3 5 0 0 14 0 3 4 0 __ •• Assets Realisation Board, " Okauia " .. Gould, J., " Opouriao " 3 10 0 •• 4 9 4 24,261 3 3 1,338 4 9 25,599 8 0 21/9/96 Purchase not yet complete. See report attached. 7,504 acres purchased ; title to 100 acres not complete. Total .. 24,261 3 3 1,338 4 9 25,599 8 0 •• Hawke's Bay Land Distbict. i 6,964 0 0 807 0 0 1,472 0 0 8,000 0 0 430 1 30 337 3 4 10,293 0 0 427 2 0 5 15 0 20 0 0 5 3 4 3 0 0 3 5 9 4 0 0 18 0 0 3 12 6 2 15 0 20 0 0 23 0 0 4 10 0 24 0 0 Owner could not complete title. Owner refused price offered. •• 2 0 0 Bruce, George, " Waimarie " .. Donner, Mrs. E., " Pouparae " Murray, Roberts, and Co., " Elsthorpe " Williams, J. H., " Rauxeka " .. 25 0 0 6 0 0 27 0 0 5 0 0 23 1 5 8,608 15 0 7,768 16 6 45,878 10 0 10,260 0 0 70 1 3 10 16 0 743 15 4 209 9 8 8,678 16 3 7,779 12 6 46,622 5 4 10,469 9 8 23/2/97 Purchase complete. See report attached. Total .. I ! ! i 73,550 3 9 30/3/96 28,731 2 34 .. 72,516 1 6 1,034 2 3 Wellington Land District. Withdrawn by vendor. 4,236 0 0 745 0 0 1,090 0 0 322 3 32 5 15 0 9 15 0 10 15 0 15 0 0 5 10 0 7 5 0 7 5 0 12 0 0 •• Drake, W., " Paparangi " 3,875 8 0* li' 0 3 li' 0 3 3/8/97 Purchase not quite complete. Total .. 6,393 3 32 ! 1 3,875 8 0 11 0 3 ! .. •• 11 0 3 1 Mablbobough Land Distbict, Owner refused price offered. Pell, C. Y., "Blind River" .. Goulter, C. P., " Omaka " 9,600 0 0 6,500 0 0 4,950 0 0 5,020 0 0 3,898 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 10 0 3 10 0 2 15 9 1 10 0 3 7 0 2 17 0 3 0 0 2 15 9 •• 14,678 10 5 10,865 13 6 2,235 13 1 299 7 3 16,634' 3 7 11,165 0 9 2/8/94 4/5/96 Parsons, J. A., " Puhi Puhi " .. Offer accepted by vendor; purchase complete. See report attached. Ditto. 320 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 320 0 0* 22/4/97 Total .. 30,288 0 0 ; 25,864 3 11 •■ 2,535 0 4 27,799 4 4 * To be paid.