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Lands selected under all Tenures. The following table marked B(l) shows the selections made under the various tenures during the past year. For ordinary Crown lands there were 1,493 selectors, who took up 881,444 acres, being 163 less than the selectors for last year, while the area selected was 435,802 acres less. To this requires to be added sixty-one runs of 1,379,506 acres, mostly in Canterbury, leased during the past year, but being let twelve months in advance will not be actually brought to credit until next year. Lands for settlement show a considerable falling-ofi, as only 28,054 acres have been taken up during the year, against 89,206 acres during last year. The settlement of national-endowment land has been fairly well upheld, the selectors numbering 511 for an area of 502,760 acres. The total area now selected and held is 18,961,509 acres, with a total gross rental of £605,706 as shown in Table B (2).

Table B(1).—Return showing Selections during the Year ended 31st March, 1911.

Tenure. Number. Area taken up. hdinary Crown Lands, — Cash lands Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Eenewable lease (town and rural) Mining districts land-occupation leases Village settlement, cash ,, occupation with right of purchase .. ,, renewable lease Improved-farm special settlement Pastoral runs Pastoral licenses in mining districts under special regulations Miscellaneous leases 258 473 15 33 73 4 3 6 22 52 64 490 A. E. P. 9,527 3 11 131,001 1 1 1,876 3 24 5,477 3 12 2,686 3 19 3 3 3 1 3 10 38 0 32 5,003 2 28 644,695 0 37 17,053 3 23 64,076 2 19 Totals .. 1,493 881,443 3 19 llieviot Estate, — Renewable lease Miscellaneous leases i 1 1 11 0 7 0 0 28 Totals .. 11 0 35 'jiml /or Settlements, — Cash lands Renewable lease Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs .. .. .. .. Miscellaneous leases 12 223 1 1 23 16 26,375 219 30 1,413 0 34 0 34 2 30 0 0 2 9 Totals 260 28,054 2 27 National-endowment Lands, — Renewable lease Village renewable lease Improved-farm special settlement Small grazing-runs .. . . ...... Pastoral runs I'astoral licenses in mining districts under special regulations Miscellaneous leases 332 16 1 21 10 42 89 91,854 0 14 351 1 18 160 0 0 128,544 0 0 249,194 0 0 10,367 0 39 22,289 0 32 Totals .. 511 502.759 3 23 thermal springs 1 473 0 11 Grand totals 2,267 1,412,742 2 35