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1901. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS: PURCHASES IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS FROM THE COMMENCEMENT UNTIL NOW.

Laid on the Table of the House of Bepresentatives by the Bt. Hon. B. J. Seddon, by Leave.

Purchases in the several Pbovincial Districts from the Commencement to Date. Area. Price paid. Acres. £ Auckland ... ... ... 35,885 89,500 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... 58,855 347,996 Taranaki ... ... ... 1,500 31,500 Wellington ... ... ... 15,606 106,190 Nelson ... ... ... Nil Marlborough ... ... ... 64,450 158,700 . Westland ... ... ... 3,230 3,634 Canterbury ... ... ... 137,660 774,660 Otago ... ... ... 59,615 336,300 Southland ... ... ... 34,165 88,030 410,966 £1,936,510 The above does not include the cost of roading, survey, and administration. James McKerrow 22nd July, 1901. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing {1,375 copies), 18ft. 6d.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9ol. Pries 3d.]