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TABLE A.—NATIVE LAND COURTS. Eeturn of Business and Fees for the Year ended 31st March, 191.9. Native Land Court. Number of sittings .. .. .. .. .. . . 107 Number of cases notified .. .. .. .. .. 18,744 Number of cases for which orders were made . . .. . . 6,102 Number of cases dismissed .. .. .. .. .. 2,609 Number of cases adjourned sine die .. .. .. .. 10,033 Number of partitions made .. .. .. .. .. 1,119 Area affected (acres) .. . . . . . . . . 321,534 Number of investigations of title .. . . . . .. 33 Area affected (acres) . . .. . . . . .. 23,595 Number of succession orders made .. .. . . .. 4,649 Number of other orders made .. .. .. .. .. 2,772 Court Fees. £ s. d. Fees received .. .. .. ... .. .. 4,183 18 9 Fees outstanding for period .. .. .. .. .. 200 16 0 Native Appellate Court. Number of sittings .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Number of cases notified .. .. .. .. .. 41 Native Land Court decisions varied .. .. .. .. 3 Native Land Court decisions affirmed .. . . . . .. 4 Native Land Court decisions referred back to Native Land Court .. 1 Native Land Court decisions annulled .. . . . . . . 3 Appeals dismissed or withdrawn .. .. . . . . 15 Appeals adjourned sine die .. .. .. .. .. 9 Applications under section 208 ordered . . . . . . . . 3 Applications under section 208 dismissed Applications under section 208 adjourned sine die . . . . 3 Court Fees. £ s. d. Fees received .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 14 0 Fees outstanding for period

TABLE B.—MAORI LAND BOARDS. Areas of Native Land vested in and administered by Maori Land Boards.

Board. As at 31 st March, 1918. Vested during Year. As at 31st March, 1919. Lands subject to Part XIV of the Native Land Ad, 1909. \ Jt T" A P l> 'art XIV of the Nat' we Land Act, 1909. I Ikaroa Aotca Tairawhiti Waiaciki Waikato-Maniapoto Tokerau A. R. P. A. K. P. 16,304 0 12 14,345 0 28 2,824 3 36 18,710 14 197,637 3 3 54,042 0 22 *2,212 3 4 A. K. P. 16,304 0 12 14,345 0 28 2,824 3 36 18,710 1 4 197,637 3 3 54,042 0 22 A. R. P. * - *2,212 3 4 t A. 16,304 14,345 2,824 18,710 197,637 51,829 A. 16,304 14,345 2,824 18,710 197,637 51,829 R. P. 0 12 0 28 3 36 1 4 3 3 1 18 R. P. 0 12 0 28 3 36 1 4 3 3 1 18 303,864 1 25 *2,212 3 4 303,864 1 25 *2,212 3 4 301,651 301,651 2 21 2 21 Lands subject to Part XV of the Native Land Act, 1909. Ikaroa Aotea Tairawhiti Waiariki Waikato-Maniapoto Tokerau 1,742 1 34 193,885 2 26 54,337 0 17 14,551 2 28 538 0 0 85,039 2 16 *557 0 0 350,094 2 1 *557 0 0 1,742 193,885 54,337 14,551 538 84,482 349,537 1 34 2 26 0 17 2 28 0 0 2 16 2 1 350,094 2 1 *557 0 0 349,537 2 1 I * Revested during the von/r. Revested during the year.