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Table 26. —Return showing the Area of Land settled under Village-settlement Conditions to the 31st March, 1917.

Table 27. —Return showing the Area of Land settled under Special-settlement-association Conditions to the 31st March, 1917.

Table 28. —Return showing the Area of Land settled under Improved-farm-settlement Conditions to the 31st March, 1917.

Area held at 31st March, 1917.* Area ma< to le Freehold Date. Total Amount advanced to Selectors for Improvements up to lilst March, 1917. District. f-l o £a as Annual Rental or Instalment Area held, payable, including Interest on Advances. Amount of Advances which have been repaid to 31st March, 1917. Number of Selectors, Number of Purchasers. Area acquired. Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Nelson Marlborortgh Westland . . Canterbury Otago Southland,. 5 14 3 57 1 3 2 42 39 5 14 3 57 1 3 2 42 39 83 123 14 678 5 46 15 333 209 297 Acres. 3,241 3,687 55 10,989 il 389 89 9,709 3,233 4,507 £ 281 1,960 10 2,542 6 70 18 I ,748 598 578 80 414 441 652 J7 21 .774 260 1,047 Acres. 488 2,438 3,170 4,286 i42 125 5,864 2,976 9,668 £ 2,312 877 £ 2,333 429 6,893 51742 104 "l5 2J580 U580 I ,100 591 Totals 168 168 1,803 35,910 7,823 3,712 29,157 13,872 10,640 i I i _J » Incl iides holdingi converted bo deferred-payment license.

District. u 2 • a a ai Area held at 31st March, 1917.* Number of Annual S" Area held. , Rental or selectors. Instalment. Area made Freehold to Date. Number of Area Purchasers. acquired. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Canterbury .. • Otago 6 54 8,830 250 2 10 2,000 80 9 87 15,604 844 50 361 64,701 3,842 4 37 4,132 271 I 14 2,765 121 6 2 9 50 4 1 54 10 87 361 37 14 Acres. 8,830 2,000 15,604 64,701 4,132 2,765 £ 256 80 844 3,842 271 121 66 56 3 904 4 Acres. 7,436 5,610 600 96,403 518 Totals 72 563 98,032 , 5,414 1,033 110,567 * Includes holdings converted to deferred-payment license.

District. *2 °B 303 to Area held at 31st March, 1917.* Area made Freehold to Date. Total Amount advanced to Selectors for Improvements. Nnmhpr nf Annual Selectors Area ,leld ' Eental or selectors. Instalment. Number of Purchasers., Area acquired. Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki . . Wellington Southland. . 12 2 19 19 4 '117 15 338 207 35 Acres. 15,958 1,692 47,207 25,089 3,885 £ 1,936 219 5,227 3,851 234 8 2 22 138 10 Acres. 799 219 2,408 15,500 846 £ 26,696 2,020 44,913 33,661 12,058 Totals 56 712 94,431 11,467 180 19,772 119,348 * Includes l: lOldingB convi irted to deferred-payment license.