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PART 111.-SUMMARY OF AREAS. Area finally acquired to 31st March, 1905 (vide G.-3, 1905) .. .. .. .. .. ..7,972,309 Area finally acquired during 1905-1906 .. .. .. .. .. 3,856 Total area finally acquired to 31st March, 1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,976,165 Portion of 3,856 acres, as above, finally acquired during 1905-1906, representing the work of that period *3,698 Uncompleted purchases on 31st March, 1906 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 99,745

♦In blocks which do not appear in Part II of this return, in consequence of negotiations for their acquirement having been Initio ted subsequent to 31st March, 1906, interests equal to 80,000 acres have been acquired to date.

PART IV.-EXPENDITURE

Native Land Purchase Office, P. Sheridan, Wellington, 31st July, 1906. Officer in Charge. t An error of £1,000 overcast which crept in the Return for 1901 (G-.-3,1901) is now adjusted.

Statement of Moneys received and paid for the Purchase of Native Lands during the Financial Year ending 31st March, 1906.

Moneys received. jg s. d. Moneys paid. £ s _ a Amount of moneys reoeived .. .. 13,776 12 7 For purchase of Native lands .. .. LS,776 12 7 £13,776 12 7 £13,776 12 7

Certified as correct, in terms of section 20 of " The Native Land Purchases Act, 1892," subject to the following remarks : The amount of £13,776 12s. 7d. includes £2,013 Is. Bd. expended on roading Ohotu Block, and £1,000 loan to the Aotea District Maori Land Board, as charges to the Unauthorised Expenditure Account. J. K. Warburton, Wellington, 11th September, 1906. Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate CoH of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,450 copies), £4 12s 6d.

By Authority : John Mackay. Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o6

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General Loans. North Island Main Trunk Bailway Loan. ] Total Sxpenditure from 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906— On lands finally acquired : Part I On lands partially acquired : Part II On old purchases On working-expenses On Native Land Court surveys On roads to open up Ohotu and other blocks & s. d. 9,307 11 11 231 1 0 908 8 11 868 16 0 770 18 9 2,158 0 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 9,307 11 U 231 1 0 908 8 11 868 16 0 770 18 9 2,158 0 4 'redits 14,244 16 11 468 4 4 14,244 16 11 468 4 4 'otal net expenditure, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Sxpenditure to 31st March, 1905, as per G.-3, 1905 13,776 12 7 fl,790,883 14 8 219,762 2 7 13,776 12 7 12,010,645 17 3 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1906 1,804,660 7 3 219,762 2 7 2,024,422 9 II