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51,434 acres of freehold lands and a sum of £784. These exchanges were of lands in the Marlborough District chiefly, and were arranged to give both parties better boundaries, and also land for home-stations for the utilisation of the high pastoral country in the neighbourhood. The following is a summary of the disposal and condition of the estates settled : —

A. Barron, The Hon. the Minister of Lands. Assistant Surveyor-General.

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Land District, Selectors. Residents Condition. Auckland — "Opouriao .. _ Okauia ; (Rangiatea.. arapiro .". { Fencourt Whitehall.. Hawke's Bay — Kaureka Elsthorpe Waimarie Pouparae Tomoana Mahora Willows Wellington — Paparangi Ohakea Te Matua Aorangi Langdale Marlborough - Blind River Omaka Puhipuhi Starborough Richmond Brook Westland — Poerua Settlement .. Canterbury — Pareora Studholme Junction Kapua Rosebrook.. Otaio Patoa The Peaks Roimata Kereta Braco Epworth .. Ashley Gorge Omihi Valley Orakipaoa.. Highbank Otarakaro Wharenui Rakitairi Waiapi Horsley Downs Albury R.S. 1862 Part R.S. 2682 ' .. R.S. 36469, Cannington R.S. 36231 R.S. 36056 and 36057 R.S. 36228 Marawiti 72 9 19 17 34 7 18 46 17 8 13 32 22 37 15 13 37 23 17 13 2 112 11 18 62 6 17 10 22 6 18 28 14 6 11 24 12 35 \ 10 13 ]■ 34 12 j 19 11 1 52 8 8 Fairly prosperous. Pasture not good. Dairy farms, good pasture. Dairy farms. Dairy farms. Not yet inspected. Prosperous, lease conditions complied with. All occupied for pasture. Satisfactory crop —maize and grass. Cropped with maiz. 1 , pumpkins, and potatoes. In oats, barley, mangolds, potatoes, gardens, and orchards. Chiefly maize and potato crops—sheep and cattle. Progress of older settlements satisfactory, dwellings being rapidly ereoted. Better progress than last year. Season good ; crops fair. Leased with Crown lands. Harvest good, well garnered, improvements well dona. Improvements considerable. Not much progress made, season unpropitious. 28 4 10 14 9 4 12 26 4 14 2 10 1 27 70 5 26 21 15 25 74 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 25 3 10 14 9 3 1 26 4 14 1 10 Satisfactory, and settlers prosperous. Satisfactory progress. Satisfactory; floods troublesome. Improvements well done ; comfortable homes established. Doing well. Doing fairly well. Prosperous; drainage troublesome. Fairly satisfactory. Condition improved. Satisfactory. Doing fairly well; oomfortable houses. Stock paddock. Residents doing well; non-residents doing little improvement. Making good progress ; less cropping done. Tenants working their holdings well. Very prosperous. 18 62 7 24 18 ) 15 J 24 64 Both doing well, especially Rakitairi. Prosperous. Tenants doing well; settlement improving rapidly. Let as homesteads for other lands. Hekeao Pawaho Waikakahi Tamai Takitu Pareora No. 2 Rautawiri Papaka Punaroa Lyndon Otago — Pomahaka Teanaraki Tahawai Maerewhenua Puketapu Ardgowan Makareao Makareao No. 2 Momona Tokarahi Janefield Elderslie Barnego Southland — Merrivale Otahu Beaumont.. 13 25 156 34 5 33 6 9 17 8 13 12 20 132 24 3 25 4 5 10 Large holdings progressing steadily; small holdings not doing so well. Improving rapidly. Progress satisfactory. Prosperous; advance considerable. Has made fair progress. Improvements small, high prices of sheep prevented full stocking. Improvements substantial. Promises well. Large holders doing well; small backwards. Promises well. 13 22 8 71 11 65 31 3 14 78 19 33 21 18 18 8 61 9 51 l !l 14 43 17 14 15 Fair crops ; land better stocked. Crops fair; some sections infested with Californian thistle. Condition healthy. Heavy loss by hail storm; condition sound. Progress good. Very prosperous ; fair progress. Progress slow, especially small holdings. Most successful. Very satisfactory. Bids fair to become prosperous. Very good progress made. Season bad ; valuable improvements. 47 5 11 37 4 4 Every seotion improved. Not much improvement. Returns poor.