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TABLE C (Part III).— Summary of Estates acquired up to 31st March, 1908.

Name of Laud District. Number of Estates acquired before 31st March, 1907. Areas acquired 31st March, 1907. Number of Estates acquired from 1st April, 1907, to 31st March, 1908. Area acquired from 1st April, 1907, to 31st March, 1908. Total Numbers of Estates to 31st March, 1908. Total Area to 31st March, 1908. Purchase-money. Incidental Expenses, Roads, Preliminaries, <tc. A. B. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. £ £ Auckland 22 252,010 3 34 5 25,099 3 2 27 "277,110 2 36 449,053 73,430 Hawke's Bay 17 131,772 2 18 I 32,661 2 26 22 164,434 1 4 1,034,956 64,034 Taranaki 4 4,609 0 8 4 • 4,609 0 8 79,363 5,973 Wellington 25 55,637 3 17 8 1 17 25 55,646 0 34 434,319 53,092 Marlborough 9 113,749 2 21 9 113,749 2 21 364,946 44,087 Nelson 1 6,235 3 10 1 6,235 3 10 16,247 576 Westland 2 5,124 3 26 2 5,124 3 26 8,343 2,787 Canterbury 58 261,998 3 9 1 3 3 9 59 262,002 2 18 1,429,937 69,915 Otago 23 116,200 1 32 4 62,847 0 5 27 179,048 1 37 798,637 77,725 Southland 6 54,162 3 37 11 0 0 6 54,173 3 37 191,568 18,266 Totals .. 182 1,122,134 2 31 4,807,369 409,885 166 995,267 1 2 16 126,867 1 29