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Table 24. —Return showing the Total Number of Selectors, with Area of Crown Land selected or held, the Yearly Rent payable, and the Area made Freehold at 31st March, 1915.

Summary showing Total Land held in each Land District.

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Total Tenure. Number Selectors. Total Area held. Total Total Arei Yearly Rental made Freehold. Instalment Number payable. Purcnaaers . Area. _ __: j Ordinary Crown Lands — Cash Deferred payment (Land Acts, 1877 and 1885) 11 Deferred payment (Land Laws Amendment 191 Acts, 1912 and 1913) Perpetual lease . . .. . . . . 643 Occupation with right of purchase .. .. 0,030 Lease in perpetuity .. .. .. 6,407 Renewable lease .. .. .. .. 302 Agricultural lease . . .. .. .. 16 Mining districts land occupation teases . . 695 Homestead Pastoral licenses in mining districts under special 499 regulations Small grazing-runs . . .. . . 224 Pastoral runs .. .. .. .. 430 Miscellaneous leases .. .. .. 4,580 Acres. 832 53,117 33 ' 9,521 3,349 27 Acres. 13,164,651 1,090,307 0,125 61,495 I,847,471 1,440,676 16.010 541 24,959 2,533 i 2,736 127,087 2,104 54,491 I ,000 3,474 3 23 i I ,475 I ,424 525 2,962 812,810 556.925 219,583 8 140.890 80.453 122,273 414,892 0,754,677 880,396 19,091 6 41,172 25,187 8,558 Totals.. .. .. .. 20,028 20,028 11,017,945 280,820 10,080,370 Cheviot Estate — Cash Lease in perpetuity .. .. . . 210 Renewable lease .. .. .. .. 14 Grazin.g-farms .. .. .. .. 34 Pastoral runs .. .. .. . . 1 Miscellaneous .. .. . . . . 53 210 14 34 1 53 20,800 659 45,021 1,619 1,184 7.294 509 6,787 190 295 6,855 'totals .. .. .. .. 312 312 75,349 15,075 0,855 Land for Settlements — Cash Deferred payment (Land Laws Amendment 232 Acts, 1912 and 1913) Lease in perpetuity . . .. .. 3,358 Renewable lease .. .. .. .. 1,503 Small grazing-runs .. .. .. 105 Pastoral rune .. .. .. .. 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 275 232 3,358 1,503 105 4 275 31,645 030,822 620,228 185,627 1,530 10,607 7,995 183,925 139,708 25,013 125 2,332 41 184 09 4 539 1,566 20,277 16,823 9,403 TotalB . . .. .. . . 5,477 5,477 1,480,459 359,098 48,608 National-endowment Lands — Renewable lease .. .. .. ■. 2,123 Mining districts land occupation leases . . I Pastoral licenses in mining districts under special 361 regulations Small grazing-runs .. .. . . 528 Pastoral runs . . . . .. .. 199 Miscellaneous leases .. .. .. 555 2,123 1 361 547.115 12 68,126 26,516 1 1,665 528 199 555 I,756,223 3,778,090 225,062 37,929 35,103 2,342 Totals.. .. .. .. 3,767 3,767 6,374,628 103,556 Thermal springs (Rotorua) . . .. .. 315 315 4,053 2,090 Education Endowments — Primary . . • • ■ • • • • • 3,117 Secondary .. .. .. . • 369 3,117 369 764,822 38,517 71,146 8,415 Totals .. .. .. .. 3,486 3,486 803,339 79,561 Grand totals .. .. .. 33,385 33,385 20,355,773 840,206 16,141,839 Other endowment lands .. .. .. 816 810 376,486 15,443

District. Number of Selectors. Area held. Annual Rental. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 7,814 1,938 2,314 4,124 2,074 I ,324 2,242 3,694 4,841 3,020 Acres. I,958,420 1,047,818 059,041 I,020,848 846,309 1,497,150 1,637,127 4,298,858 5,326,162 2,064,040 I I j £ 106,387 138,459 45,783 88,627 14,845 44,399 7,791 225,636 122,646 45,633 Totals 33,385 20,355,773 840,206