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Table 5. —Return of Crown Lands sold for Cash during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

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Area disposed of. Average Price per Acre. Consideration received. Town. Suburban. Rural. Total. District. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Town. Suburban. Rural. Cash. Scrip. Total. Ordinary Crown Lands— 65 A. e. p. 24 1 26 A. B. P. A. E. P. A. B. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (1 0 10 | 1 1 19 7 j* ( 2 4 10 1 (12 10 4 f* 13 5 10 11 10 0 j 0 6 3 ) 1 1 0 0 } * 0 8 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. Auckland 42 2,298 0 23 107 2,322 2 9 258 12 0 9,332 15 2 I 9,332 15 2 Hawke's Bay 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 11 141 3 7 14 147 1 7 37 0 0 12 0 0 493 0 0 493 0 0 Taranaki Wellington 37 74 16 3 23 21 0 21 10 4 63 2 15 21 1 1 5 2 I 11 3 24 21 3 0 52 80 92 1 22 64 0 22 54 15 6 290 0 0 6 4 0 6 7 0 1,470 14 2 8,027 0 7 | 1,470 14 2 | 8,027 0 7 Nelson 17 4,979 1 7 17 4,979 1 7 • • 1,199 9 4 1,199 9 4 Marlborough Westland 1 683 0 0 1 683 0 0 273 4 0 53 0 Of 1 273 4 0 53 0 0 - ( 1 12 4 1 1 3 13 4 J* ( 1 4 4 \ \ 0 10 1-6 ) * ( 0 10 4-1 j t 0 18 10 f * Canterbury 20 782 1 1 20 782 1 1 2,255 8 10} 2,255 8 10 Otago 5 1 3 28 7 15 1 33 20 32,189 2 2§ 32 32,206 3 23 20 0 0 2 13 16,519 0 10 .. ! 16,519 0 10 Southland 1 0 3 0 16 88 1 5 10 762 2 6 27 851 2 11 30 0 0 5 0 3 920 2 1 920 2 1 Totals 38 192 0 14 - 40,543 15 0 40,543 15 0 184 67 0 18 128 41,870 0 30 350 42,129 1 22 Land for Settlements — Auckland Hawke's Bay Wellington Marlborough Canterbury Southland 1 10 0 1 1 I 0 3 10 5 0 0 5 7 2 8 3 12 18 1 0 2 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 1 9 3 12 18 1 0 3 2 18 6 0 30 4 0 30 5 0 0 42 0 0 50 0 0 14 0 0 39 8 1 19 6 4 16 0 0 389 15 0 352 11 3 84 19 5 140 0 0 163 1 0 15 0 0 389 15 0 352 11 3 84 19 5 140 0 0 163 1 0 15 0 0 i 1 1 0 30 0 2 0 'i 1 3 2 30 5 0 0 58 19 9 280 0 0 6 7*2 3 0 0 .. ., .. Totals 3 2 2 30 2 5 3 10 16 38 2 10 21 47 0 10 1,145 6 8 1,145 6 8 Grand totals 187 ! 69 3 8 40 197 3 24 144 41,908 3 0 I 42,176 1 32 1 371 41,689 1 8 j 41,689 1 8 * Where two average prices are given, the first is for lands selected when an option was given to acquire them under other tenures, and the second when no such option was given. t Payment received for excess area on survey of areas selected as unsurveyed land. } Of this amount £191 10s. was received during previous year, but was not returned, as purchase was not completed till after 31st March, 1908. A forfeited deposit on an incomplete purchase, together with an excess payment, totalling £li 0s. 3d., is excluded from the sum £2,255 8s. lOd. § Includes an area of 31,880 acres of Crown land which was transferred to the Otekaike Estate, and dealt with under the Land for Settlements Act.