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1913 NEW ZEALAND.

NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LANDS (PARTICULARS RESPECTING).

Return to an Order of the Mouse of Representatives dated the sth September, 1913. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing, as to each provincial district —(1) The area of endowment land; (2) the area of such under lease; (3) the number of lessees ; and (4) the number of persons leasing between 100 and 200 acres, 200 and 300 acres, and so on in subdivisions of a hundred, up to the maximum holding."—(Sir W. G. Buchanan.)

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives showing, as at the 5th September, 1913, (A) the Area of National-endowment Land in each Land District, the Area of such under Lease, and the Number of Lessees; and (B) the Number of Persons Leasing between 101 and 200 Acres, 201 and 300 Acres, and so on in Subdivisions of a Hundred Acres of the Endowment, up to the Maximum Holding. (A.) The Total Area in the National Endowment, the Area under Lease, and the Number of Lessees at 5th September, 1913.

Land District. Area in National Endowment. Area under Lease. Number of Lessees. Auckland Sawke's Bay Caranaki Wellington ... kelson. VEarlborough Westland ... Danterbury... Dtago Southland ... 1,011,684 0 0 309,377 2 19 94,999 0 28 122,372 2 34 1,089,113 2 27 557,720 1 34 787,488 0 19 1,466,178 2 22 2,423,097 0 0 755,845 0 21 A. R. P. 326,440 0 0 214,988 2 12 50,275 0 23 78,337 0 32 252,794 2 15 539,678 1 34 443,925 3 8 1,440,446 1 35 2,392,066 0 0 755,438 2 35 529 116 121 396 668 178 787 119 555 214 Totals 8,617,876 2 4 6,494,390 3 34 3,683