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Table 30.— Lands disposed of under the Land for Settlements Acts to the 31st March, 1915.

Table 31. —Transactions in Bush, Swamp, and Scrub Lands under Section 127 of the Land Act, 1908, during the Year ended 31st March, 1915.

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_S_*Sf oo_3f_a acquired, h ,.» , District. including y " d surplus. unlet _ra ■ _r_„ & ■SSS°SSh° Total _ 3 cs 3 „ ca " or mi •3 _■_-?; ©Sa£a' ~*r-r-_S..q'3_]i_2 °S _].3_^_ _© o|Sa_«o_© a£ « 2 g © © o * S oi fl tS ©.2.2 _, n a s MS gg •. _ fc* .roa purchai ide Freeholi led for Cash 1 to Dato. Total Lands leased o ca © o X o Area. as 3 © a*" at Date. Annual 1 .ental. Area. Price realized. Acres. Acres. Auckland .. .. 288,882 7,499 Hawke's Bay .. 226,220 2,133 Taranaki .. .. 5,331 62 Wellington .. .. 71,815 784 Nelson .. .. 34,501 765 Marlborough .. 213,526 2,533 Westland .. .. 5,125 102 Canterbury.. .. 501,232 3,236 Otago .. .. 223,887 2,572 Southland .. .. 86,124 945 Acres. 72,182 264 36 6 4,298 30 6,083 1 11,029 10 J £ 34,011 2,691 371 2,002 2 2,806 £ Acres. 49,660 904 175,190 17,121 688 221,396 9,008 80 4,898 25,609 420 64,731 11 40 27,651 6,533 : 438 196,910 31 5,023 12,653 1,70.1 496,467 6,765 I 877 I 218,673 10,861 l 298 : 69,520 £ 24,562 72,950 3,934 22,348 2,515 29,700 540 129,032 57,469 15,448 113 33 I,866 16 11,186 26 1 1,416 776 4,473 Totals .. 1,656,643 20,631 656,643 20,631 106,757 422 48,608 138,221 j 5,477 1,480,459 359,098 Yea.lv Total v..,._ _f Amount Value of „, lv „ n „ H r Unlet "dvancec District. Landat Sole l c ° or( Yearly Value of Unlet ' Land at 81st March, 1915. Total Amount ridvanced to Selectors for Improvements. Rent anil other Payments received during the Year. Arrears on Total 31st March, Receipts 1915. from Inception to 8l8 *19_6? Cb ' No ' Au ' oullt ' Holdings inspectei 31st Ma •_ _ o © , •a ©:£ Area. 91| fcPn Value of m< d during Yi irch, 1915. Improve ints. iar ended 1915 ' ments. Required. Actually made' £ £ Auckland .. .. 3,279 2,209 Hawke's Bay Taranaki . . ... .. 337 Wellington .. .. 1,494 2,510 Nelson .. .. 367 850 Marlborough .. .. 722 Westland Canterbury .. .. .188 2,785 Otago .. .. 716 I Southland .. .. 1,272 £ 3,279 I ,494 367 722 £ 2,209 337 2,510 850 £ 53,355 86,532 12,842 j 41,466 2,632 31,258 469 128,230 54,664 23,539 £ £ 300,359 59 , 1,277 682,588 11 ! 389 55,080 1 8 252,901 27 822 13,639 5 728 262,120 12 366 7,710 I 8 1,105,213 137 2,757 570,803 32 1,236 150,857 7 238 Acres. 217 31,124 196 53,963 27 567 26 10,836 34 21,884 408 178,518 28 5,023 862 198,149 775 213,651 330 77,657 £ 24,454 105,105 1,760 5,573 13,355 102,327 3,320 ,299,204 1251,267 79,105 £ 92,163 191,801 8,404 20,905 25,254 242,889 19,000 391,366 361,864 146,613 188 716 1,272 2^785 Totals .. .. 8,038 8,691 8,038 8,691 434,987 3,461,270 292 7,829 2,903 791,372 885,470 1,500,259 Payments of capital value under section 191 of the LtJnd Act, 1908 1,400 5,702 Totals 436,387 3,466,972

Selections during the Year. Total Area held at 31st March, 1915. District. .a . ° _ S3 J x> "8 Area. as 3 © fc m . ' Heavy-bush Land. Heavy-bush Land. Light-bush Land. Scrub La *£ £2 Annual ° £ . Annual f S 2$ Area Rental »£ Area Rental ©£ Area 1 18 held. (re- | g held. (re- , f £ held. a© mitted). 3© mitted). s© fc m .. fc K | fc K Scrub Li md. Totals. Amount of Rental remitted during the Year. i Annual ° 8 ' Rental ©5 re- a, 2 mitted}. P_| •a'" Area held. 1 Annual Rental (remitted). 1 Taranaki .. Wellington Acres. £ 2 62 I Acres. £ Acres. I £ Acres. 2 2,827 198 ' .. j 62 58,135 4,403 .. Acres. £ 2,827 198 58,135 4,403 62,725 1,284 Acres. ........t £ 2 2 62 Acres. 2,827 58,135 £ 198 4,403 Nelson 37 23,257 477 107 107 62,725 1,284 20 11,313 225 2 597 20 11,313 225 2 11 129 74,635 ! 1,520 Totals 477 20 11,313 37 23,257 ll VI 123,687 |5,886 225 597 I I I 93 1135,597 6,121 I