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Table I. —Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1917.

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District. Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area granted under Acts without Money Payment or reserved for Public Purposes from Foundation of Dominion. Total Area of Crown Lands leased under all Tenures (exclusive of Reserves leased by Crown). Total Area Total Area open of for Selection. Native Land. Estimated Area of Barren and Worthless | Estimated Area Country occupied not already ! by Roads, Rivers, included under Lakes, &c. any of the other ! Headings. Total Area remaining for Future Disposal, exclusive of Land shown in Preceding Columns. Total Area in Land District. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. 662.1311 Acres. 1,205,717 Acres. 13,525,540 Auckland 2,569,300 3,580,663 1,804,863 215,898 3,486,960 Hawke's Bay .. 2,469,465 436,272 954,474 24,526 1,312,671 150,190 161,302 5,508,900 Taranaki 533,209 714,990 595,671 18,745 292,624 67.602 181,659 2,404,500 Wellington 3,282,809 - 897,989 814,339 34,937 1,613,936 36,500 195,232 175,258 7,051,000 Nelson 599,981 329,716 870,405 105,293 30,627 1,573,000 60.093 1.145,885 4,715.000 Marlborough 772,871 222,032 1,489,820 18,196 131,447 100.416 33.218 2,768,000 Westland 142,384 308,555 1,785,808 502.603 750,000 154.208 220,320 3.863,878 Canterbury 3,611,409 1,352,288 3,717,508 12,500 175,000* 445.400 263,305 163,940 105,891 9,478,045 9,095,000 Otago 1,976,170 610,492 5.552.398 13,144 573,600 i Southland 1,603,880 3,557,588 1,639,170 30,724 626,479 140.559 283,969 7,882.369 Totals 3,866,026 _^__ 2,239,144 17,561,478 12,010-5851 19,224,456 976,566 6,736,818 3,677,159 66,292,232 * Area reduced by exclading land formerly classed as barren and worthless now held under temporary lease. f Total Crown land reserved during the year was 17,928 acres.