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Table 1. — Return showing (approximately) the Position of Lands of the Dominion at 31st March, 1909.

District. Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area reserved, granted under Acts, &c, from Foundation of Dominion to 31st March, 1909. Total Area of Crown Lands leased under all Tenures. Total Area open for Selection. Total Area of Native Land. Estimated Area Estimated Area of Barren occupied and Worthless by Roads, Bivers, Countrv. Lakes, &c. Total Area remaining for future disposal, exclusive of Land shown in Preceding Columns. Total Area in Land-District. I ----- -- -I ...| . Auckland Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres, Acres. Acr*s. Acr.s. Aeres.1,515,500 Acres. 13,858,000 2,133,092 3,566,283 1,656,378 326,803 4,006,771 fiKS 173 653,173 653,173 Hawke's Bay 2,594,120 433,596 872,084 4,403 1,493,979 504,035 160,783 6,063,000 504,035 Taranaki 448,012 700,343 520,021 870,513 971 2,490 351, 359 M 700 52,792 343,801 2,417,299 •■ 52,792 4,464,568 869,149 125,031 36,500 142,702 142,702 300,000 6,810,953 Wellington .. 1,411,935 i 54,589 1,544,000 60,000 60,000 4,686,000 Nelson 542,746 282,974 752,457 37,299 Marlborough 833,475 202, 450 1,343,525 ! i 7 140,000 100,000 100,000 148,543 2,768,000 Westland Canterbury .. 120,252 205,862 879,940 731,867 1,375,500 154,016 154,016 427,450 3,894,887 3,732,526 1,360,133 3,765,397 394 301, 586 " 444,009 " 444,009 9,604,045 8,882,800 7,583,892 Otago Southland 1,978,126 715,395 5,518,312 7,794 200,000 263, 200 263, 200 139,760 199,973 1,560,039 3,494,887 1,729,313 33,195 233,698 139,760 393,000 _l— Totals. 18,406,956 11,831,072 17,907,940 1,145,223 6,031,729 3,831,284 2,513,687 4,900,985 66,568,876