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Table E.—Return of Lands purchased from 1st April, 1913, to 31st March, 1914.

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Name of Owner. Name of Estate. Locality. Price per Acre. Mode of Acquisition. Ni Area taken Possession of during Year and Amount paid Area approximately not yet taken Possession of. Area. Paid for Land, &c. Revell and Rowe Henry, M. .. Crown lands added Ohauiti Balachraggan Auckland. Tauranga Waitoa Waitakaruru .. £ s. d. 3 15 0 10 0 0 By agreement.. Ohauiti Balachraggan Waitakaruru .. Acres. 4.856 1,420 263 £ 18,212 14,200 315 Acres. Taranaki. 6,539 32,727 Bee, G. Less adjustments, rates, &c. Tariki 14 10 0 By agreement.. Tariki 747 10,838 5 \ V ' ,»,,. Hawke's Bay. Ongaonga 10,833 Rhodes, A. L. V. Vallance, L. B. Rhodes, L. M. Springhill Waratah Kotri 9 15 0 8 0 0 8 10 0 By agreement | Springhill r L 2,428 2,079 1,727 23,672 16,632 14.680 Wellington. 6,234 54,984 Macdonald, J. R., and Bartholomew, A. M. Stone-Wigg, A. J. Beetham, H. H. Beetham, 0. H. Poroporo Brancepeth .. Levin Near Masterton Wairarapa I 35 0 0 8 0 0 6 10 0 1 0 0 By agreement.. 1 Heatherlea Poroporo r i i 604 3,762 523 5,148 21,159 30.096 3,399 5.148 ,, • • I* J Add adjustments, rates, &c. 10,037 59,802 6 Carter's Trustees Harrison, T. Hillersden .. Lynton Downs Marlborough. Wairau Valley Near Kaikoura « 2 2 6 6 5 0 By agreement.. Hillersden Lynton Downs 78,259 6,771 166,300* 42,321 t 59,808 Nelson. Tophouse 85,030 208,621 J. M. Kerr's Trust Lake Run By agreement.. Howard 2.945 4,400+ * Including goodwill of 88,000 acres leasehold. t Including goodwill of 12,000 acres leasehold. t Including goodwill of 2,786 acres leasehold.