C.—l.

Other Lands. —A few small areas have been offered at public competition during the year for occupation for grazing purposes. The Crown lands scheduled in the " Land Guide " for disposal remain practically the same as at the commencement of the year, most of them being lands either of inferior quality or too remote from a market to be capable of profitable occupation on settlement conditions. These lands could, for the most part, only be utilised by owners of adjacent properties, who would probably be debarred from selecting them, by the limitations of the Land Act. Land-transactions. —The following table shows the result of the land-transactions for the year :—

Note. —£254 Is., miscellaneous endowment revenue, was paid to Receiver-General's Deposit Account, not being territorial revenue. Applications for Land.— 2,ll4 applications for land were received and dealt with during the year, 209 of these being granted. By far the greatest proportion of these were for the blocks offered under the Land for Settlements Acts.

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Transactions during the Year. Area held at 31st March, 1897. Class of Selection. Revenue :eived during the Year. Number. Area. Number. Area. Cash — Eural Crown lands Suburban, Cheviot Town Crown lands Cheviot A. E. P. 709 1 27 12 0 8 32 1 7 8 2 29 A. K. P. £ s. a. *912 4 2 48 4 0 1,038 7 11 287 18 0 15 1 44 12 Deferred-payment holders (including pastoral deferred payment) Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual-lease holders Perpetual lease made freehold Occupation with right of purchase ... Lease in perpetuity — Ordinary Lake Ellesmere... Cheviot Land for settlements Conversions to lease in perpetuity (Crown) Village settlements— Deferred payment Deferred payment made freehold ... Perpetual lease ... Perpetual lease made freehold Occupation with right of purchase... Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement— Perpetual lease (Crown) ... Lease in perpetuity Cheviot Ellesmere Farm homesteads (Crown lands) —■ Perpetual lease ... Lease in perpetuity Land for settlement Small grazing-runs— Crown lands Land for settlement Grazing-farms, Cheviot Pastoral leases— Crown lands Cheviot Miscellaneous leases — Crown lands Cheviot Land for settlement Endowment Other sources 4 3 1 1 4 5 155 23 8 1 13 3 5 2,680 0 10 207 3 33 240 0 0 655 1 0 1,036 0 1 320 1 31 14,587 3 15 1,466 0 37 128 3 14 i o o 289 2 1 40 2 0 50 0 0 35 107 12 159 68 111 277 21 72 4 23 145 80 83 47 14,661 17,450 1,080 70,595 13,943 23,846 17,602 318 1,340 1 9 4,366 3,662 2,473 1,417 0 30 3 10 3 24 1 10 3 39 2 21 0 23 2 30 3 38 0 0 2 11 0 35 1 35 1 37 1 3 3,738 12 10 1,239 1 10 348 1 0 80 14 11 2,784 18 9 1,369 18 0 5,973 14 4 6,013 5 8 186 3 5 826 13 7 25 0 0 14 0 9 7 8 627 6 7 231 1 6 869 4 7 275 7 4 27 1 13 2,203 89 2,510 0 39 3 18 1 9 175 5 8 5 12 4 135 19 3 2 1 1,792 0 0 3,966 0 0 36 1 27 72,541 4,279 44,886 2 20 2 5 2 0 4,437 14 3 94 0 0 6,311 13 1 15 195,303 0 0 92 2 2,846,675 2,102 0 0 0 0 30,434 10 10 262 3 8 28 16 9 7 9,637 1 20 227 0 30 4,138 1 9 191 0 0 229 87 1 23 34,122 3,827 0 6,993 0 1 3 35 2 13 0 24 1,625 4 9 614 16 10 329 12 8 450 19 1 3,121 7 9 Total ... 3,193,002 1 30 74,885 10 3 376 237,720 3 32 1,783 * Include is £21 16s. 8d. scrr