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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

THE PUBLIC ESTATE (PARTICULARS OF).

Return to an- Order of the Bouse of Representatives dated the 18th July, 1899. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return setting forth particulars of the public estate as follows : {1) Area of land alienated from the Crown ; (2) area of Crown land acquired but not alienated ; (3) area of land held by Native owners; (4) area of Native land leased to Europeans ; (5) quantity of land held under different tenures ; (6) extent of freehold land, with original and present unimproved value; (7) extent of leasehold lands, with original and present values; (8) area and number of grazing-runs and small runs respectively; (9) rental and estimated value of the same; (]0) number of freehold and leasehold sections disposed of, and number of the same that are occupied."—(Mr. Hogg.)