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Table 31. —Return showing Position and Transactions in Improved-farm Settlements from their Commencement to 31st March, 1909.

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District. I Area. I Number j Total of Settlers Nl]m v„,r Number of remaining | :« u ™ Del Sections inOccu- Persoas m the pation on : 1 . ( , sident Settlements. 31st March, rB1 > lueuu 1909. Area occupied. Number. Total Area made Freehold. Area felled. Area grassed. Number of Stock on Allotments. Area. Total Amount received. ■I . I 51 16 250 233 45 191 64 872 811 A. 5,971 1,830 32,732 27,859 4,732 b. p. 2 29 0 0 2 - 7 3 34 1 16 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Southland Acres. 12,104 2,025 42,127 32,572 4,862 111 17 356 273 57 2 1 34 A. K. 242 0 86 0 P. 3 0 £ s. 181 10 272 17 d. 0 3 Acres. 1,843 1,829 15,803 19,228 2,945 Acres. 2,759 1,829 17,463 19,943 2,844 2,011 10,222 26,734 1,394 2,528 1 14 3,433 4 0 Totals 93,690 814 595 1,938 73,126 2 6 37 2.S56 1 17 3,887 11 3 1 41,648 44,838 40,361 District. Past Ti For Houses. 'ransactions. For Bushfelling and other Works. Amount paid to Selectors for Improvemente. Duri For Houses. ing Year. | For Bushfelling Total Payments, and other Works. Rent and Interest paid by Selectors. Value of Improvements no 1 Past Transactions. During Year. DUri elded Yeal * From Commence31st March, 1909. ment of System. including those paid for by Government. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Southland .. £ s. d. 1,457 5 0 159 14 4 3,575 10 0 3,090 15. 0 902 i 0 £ s. d. 6,101 2 0 1,860 9 5 19,069 0 8 14,367 2 0 11,155 14 2 £ s. d. 280 0 0 £ s. d. 289 10 11 1,991 3 0 £ s. d. 7,847 17 11 2,020 3 9 24,915 13 8 17,457 17 0 12,057 15 2 £ h. d. 661 13 4 , 248 13 11 1,814 16 4 2,299 19 0 304 13 5 £ s. d. 3,483 13 5 2,936 5 4 12,360 10 0 21,272 1 3 2,385 4 3 £ s. d. 16,969 0 0 8,141 12 9 61,160 0 0 90,480 8 2 10,146 3 6 Totals 9,185 5 4 52,553 8 3 j 280 0 0 2,280 13 11 64,299 7 6 5,329 16 0 42,437 17 3 186,897 4 5