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Table 32. —Inspections made by the Rangers for the Year ended 31st March, 1915.

Table 33. — Return of Lands alienated under Acts without Money Payment, or reserved by the Crown for Public Purposes.

Table 34. —Advances obtained for the purpose of roading Crown Lands, showing the Amount borrowed and the Amount repaid up to 31st March, 1915.

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District. Number of Properties visited. Value of Improvements. Area. For Reouired Actually Deficient Required. _ ad _ improvements only. For Nonresidence only. Numln ir of Defaulter.' For Nonresidence and Improvements. For 1 other Reasons Total. Auckland . . Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington. . Nelson Marlborough Westland .. Canterbury Otago Southland . . I ,I 78* 435 270 1,130 881 539 273 I ,086 1,070 1,502 Acres. £ £ 260,280 112,930 268,266 63 258,652 195,667 528.062 27 127,421 65,316 | 123,667 18 268,406 33,047 T62.425 3 378,776 132,614 212,277 106 499,402 135,964 350,228 13 63,729 29,853 : 76,922 5 733,475 328,585 473,000 156 437,850 278,505 431,423 122 299,331 99,631 I 237,229 31 178 11 1.7 51 88 21 4 16 39 15 88 9 16 6 60 I 3 2 332 49 51 59 254 35 10 176 161 62 1 4 it? Totals 8,364 3,327,322 1,412,112 ; 2,863,499 544 440 200 5 1,189 * In ad' Idition 1,4', _ iniscellaneoi is inspections were made, CO' ■eriug an an ia of 1,081 1,619 acres

During the Year ended 31st March, 1915. Total Area granted under Acts without Money Payment, or reserved for Public Purposes, from foundation of Dominion to 31st March, 1915. District. Crown Lands sot apart for various Public Purposes. Area granted under Special Acts. Total Area thus alienated during the Year. Auckland Hawke's Bay I'aranaki Wellington . . Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. Acres. 1,815 . 80 336 1,589 4,907 206 49,431 66 1,492 3,019 Acres. 735 Acres. 1,815 80 1,071 1,589 4,907 206 49,431 66 1,492 3,019 Acres. 3,640,930 437,223 713,805 890,639 311,421 222,445 308,545 1,369,047 591,999 3,554,257 Totals 62,941 735 63,676 12,040,311

Land District. Area. Amount borrowed. Amount repaid. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson.. Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago .. Southland Acres. 1,336,869 452,094 718,685 769,645 391,975 225,417 40,749 3,552 176,085 163,188 a 319,591 114,663 235,237 264,429 42,661 28,098 5,576 1,821 21,475 41,325 £ 130,829 58,777 137,895 184,489 8,007 26,776 1,921 796 23,743 22,083 Totals 4,284,259 1,074,876 595,316