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Table 24. —Return showing the Total Number of Selectors, with Area of Crown Land selected or held, the Yearly Rent or Instalment payable, and the Area made Freehold at the 31st March, 1918.

System and Tenure. Total Number of Selectors. Total Area held. Total Yearly Rental or Instalment payable. Number of Purchasers. Total Area made Freohold. Area. Ordinary Crown Lands — Cash Deferred payment (Land Acts, 1877 and 1885) Deferred payment (Land Laws Amendment Acts, 1912 and 1913, &o.) Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Renewable lease Agricultural lease Mining districts land occupation leases Homestead Pastoral licenses in mining districts under special regulations Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses Acres. £ Acres. 13,181,774 1,096,480 30,1 19 9 341 713 84,089 "ao 0,339 9,523 111 434 5,554 5,815 516 16 708 41,730 1,065,041 1,314,729 108,772 541 23,004 1,950 123,865 49,644 18,091 23 1,502 2,903 2,937 1,004 9 1,475 34 525 28 831,222 801,120 327,208 23 140,890 1,290 80,453 6,515 500 129,045 3,770 187 434 5,298 389,662 0,409,270 1,072,504 17,836 40,751 31,761 23 23,503 Totals 19,812 11,299,700 295,022 16,520,009 Cheviot Estate — Cash Lease in perpetuity Renewable loaso Grazing-farms Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses 210 15 33 I 53 26,866 2,051 40,328 1,462 4,713 7,294 831 9,858 256 950 0,802 Totals 312 75,420 19,189 0,802 Land for Settlements — Cash Deferred payment.. Lease in perpetuity Renewable lease Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses 377 3,029 1,858 101 14 320 73,311 571,378 733,435 108,347 4,331 16,392 18,398 170,007 1.80,790 22,298 615 4,396 140 407 117 0 614 16,926 59,549 27,563 11,519 Totals 5,699 1,567,191 396,504 116,171 National-endowment Lands — Renewable lease Mining districts land occupation leases Pastoral licenses in mining districts under special regulations Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses 2,437 2 416 045,973 14 85,290 30,793 2 1,998 553 210 511 2,041,757 3,71.3,395 228,210 44,554 38,022 1,910 Totals 4,129 0,714,639 117,879 Thermal springs districts leases 320 3,053 2,114 Educational-endowment Lands — Primary Secondary 3,199 414 763,748 38,708 81,824 9,041 Totals 3,613 802,516 90,805 Grand totals 33,891 20,403,122 922,173 1.0,043,042 Other endowment lands 841 300,020 17,797 Summary showing Total Land held in each Land Dii ITRICT. District. ll^Zs 1 *«••*«■ * Area held. A] inual Rent. Acres. Auckland .. .. .. 7,819 1,926,741 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 2,034 1,081,924 Taranaki .. .. .. 2,386 642,448 Wellington .. .. .. 4,143 971,786 Nelson .. .. .. 2,087 907,715 Marlborough .. .. .. 1,383 1,457,520 Westland .. .. .. 2,375 1,839,767 Canterbury .. .. .. 3,695 4,121,290 Otago .. .. .. 5,049 5,520,393 Southland .. .. .. 2,920 1,993,538 Acres. 1,926,741 1,081,924 042,448 971,786 907,715 1,457,520 1,839,707 4,121,290 5,520,393 1,993,538 £ 114,491 100,254 48,029 102,388 15,728 47,971. 8,425 241,276 132,670 50,941 Totals .. .. .. 33,891 20,463,122 I 33,891 20,463,122 922,173 i