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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS CONSOLIDATION ACT, 1900," AND ITS AMENDMENTS. TABLE C (Part I.).—Statement of Lands finally acquired for Settlements between 1st April, 1904, and 31st March, 1905.

TABLE C (Part II.).— Estates acquired but not paid for at 31st March, 1905.

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Name of Settlement and Land District. Area of each Estate. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. Mode of Acquisition. Name of Person or Company from whom acquired. Price. Auckland Land District — Matamata A. R. P. 42,739 0 0 Wairere, Tapapa, and Cambridge Survey Districts Light agricultural on the plains and some of the downs ; pastoral on the hills Compulsorily taken Assets Realisation Board £ s. d. 127,515 13 4 Hawke's Bay Land District — Lindsay (Mount Vernon) 13,470 0 0 Waipukurau and Ruataniwha Survey Districts Part limestone hills, excellent pastoral country ; part flats and rolling downs, and part thin shingly Ditto Messrs. A. and J. W. Harding 95,369 11 C Wellington Land District— Hikawera Otago Land District — Greenfield 2,605 0 0 Huangarua Survey District Loam on clay and papa ; part ploughable, good pas-, toral Undulating downs ; soil medium to shingly. Subsoil sandy olay By agreement.. Horiana Kingi 9,380 0 0 22,043 0 0 Waitahuna West, East, and Hillend Survey Districts Messrs. Smith 78,595 17 6 Southland Land District — Edendale 19,784 0 0 Lindhurst, Lothian, Mataura, and Oteramika Hundreds Survey Districts Heavy loam .. N.Z. and A. Land Company 113,621 19 10 Totals 100,641 0 0 £424,483 1 g

Auckland Land District — Selwyn Estate.. Hawke's Bay LandDistrict — Ruangarehu A. R. p. 160,000 0 0 Piako County Soil light loam and pumice sand, easily worked. Part plougnable, and part forest Fair pastoral country, fenced and ready for occupation. Exchanged for small detached blocks of rough bush lands Pair soil; subsoil mostly resting on papa, part limestone Agricultural land, first class, part alluvial, rest light loam over clay By agreement.. Thames Valley Land Company J. N. Williams .. £ s. d. 64,000 0 C 2,380 0 0 Part Ruangarehu No. 1 Block 3,272 0 C Wellington Land District — Mahupuku 7,087 0 0 Huangarua Survey District M. Mahupuku 28,000 0 C Tawaha Marlborough Land District — Flaxbourne Canterbury Land District — Kinloch 2,350 0 0 45,368 0 0 Cape Campbell Survey District Small flats and downs of fair quality, part limestone ; balance hilly pastoral land Volcanic soil, well grassed; altitude, from sea- level to 2,000 ft. Compul sorily taken Ditto BidwilFs Trustees .. Sir G. Clifford and others 34,000 0 C 181,675 0 C 13,000 0 0 Akaroa and Ellesmere Survey Districts By agreement.. 117,000 0 C Totals 230,185 0 0 £427,947 0 C