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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS CONSOLIDATION ACT, 1900." TABLE B.—Return of Lands recommended for Purchase by the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners under the above Act from 1st April, 1902, to 31st March, 1903.

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Name of Seller and Locality. Area offered by Vendor. Price asked. Price offered for Land. Total Price »aid to Seller. Cost of Roading, Administra- Total Cost to tion, Date. &c, to Date. Remarks. Per Acre. Per Acre. Auckland Land Disteict. Williams, T. C, " Pakaraka Williams, Hon. H., " Ponerua Graham, Mrs. M. B. .. Seddon, S. T., " Knighton " .. McPherson, Captain .. .. Casey, A., " Sunnyside " „ " Riverview " Colbeck Bros., " Pukehuia " .. „ " Okahurewa " .. Assets Realisation Board, " Waimana "Matamata" "Paparamu" " Mangapouri" "Tirau" " Richmond Downs" .. A. E. P. 3,327 0 0 2,610 0 0 280 0 0 340 0 0 124 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 3,557 0 0 8,618 0 0 4,850 0 0 45,062 0 0 6,699 0 0 2,746 0 0 6,767 0 0 12,501 0 0 £ s. d. 3 12 6 3 16 11 10 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 4 10 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 6 2 5 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 £ s. d. 3 5 0 3 5 0 2 6 0 2 10 0 2 3 6 2 5 0 2 10 1 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Purchase not approved. Purchase not complete. Vendors declined price offered. Total 98,131 0 0 •• Hawke's Bay. Land Disteict. Reeves, A., " Wharekaka" Hunter-Brown, J., " Whakaki " Macfarlane, James, " Takapau " Williams, J. N., " Ruangarehu " ! 1,200 0 0 8,500 0 0 10,468 0 0 2,380 0 0 12 10 0 5 0 0 6 10 0 •• 5 3 0 Offer withdrawn. Purchase to "stand over." Purchase not complete. Exchange of 2,388 acres Crown land foi 2,380 acres freehold. .. •■ Total 22,548 0 0 •• Tabakaki Land District. Bailey and Mills, " Putts Farm " Kelsey, T. O., " Barret's Reserve " 294 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 14,588 16 2 612 10 0 I 77 17 10 Purchase complete. 15,279 4 0 Total 306 0 0 ■■ 15,201 6 2 77 17 10 15,279 4 0 Wellington Land Disteict. Purchase not approved. Chamberlain, T. E. .. Downes, D. .. Keeble, C. T... Carey, R. E. .. Wallis L. .. Smith, R. S. .. Sutherland, A. and A. Coombes, James, " Dunsinane " Johnston, J. R. Wilton's Trustees, " Wilton " .. 85 0 0 470 0 0 1,356 0 0 420 0 0 1,232 0 0 518 0 0 776 0 0 1,020 0 0 1,044 0 0 258 0 0 35 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 20 0 0 12 15 0 12 0 0 15 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 77 10 4 •• •• 9 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 •■ Vendors declined price offered. - • •• Carried forward 7,179 0 0 •• ■•